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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1950

494 stories in Murray's papers · page 24 of 25

8000 Mode Homeless by Floods

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 21 November 1950 · page 9

FRESNO (Cal.), Mon.: Floodwaters from over 20 streams in California's Central Valley yesterday drove over 8000 people…

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Violent Gale Lashes Channel

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 22 November 1950 · page 19

LONDON, Tues.: A. 76 mph gale, which swept the English Channel last night forced 25 ships to run for shelter at Margale…

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Major Floods Fore Cast

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 22 November 1950 · page 19

SUBNET, Friday: Residents of to was along the Lachlan, Darling, Macquarie and Castlereagh rivers are preparing for…

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Fierce Winter Gales Sweep Europe London

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 23 November 1950 · page 3

The first fierce gales of the winter surged in from the Atlantic yesterday, leaving at least one ship in a sinking condition and others in distress…

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Macquarie, Castlereagh Rivers Threaten Record Floods Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 23 November 1950 · page 3

Record-breaking floodwaters are sweeping down the Macquarie and Castlereagh Rivers, threatening residents with greater destruction than during the disastrous April floods. At Dubbo the Macquarie River has already broken its April record,…

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Floods Endanger Towns

Border Morning Mail · Friday 24 November 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.: Although floodwaters, have receded at Gilgandra, Dubbo and Wellington, towns lower down the…

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Town Completely Flooded

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 25 November 1950 · page 3

BRISBANE, Fri.: Within a few hours the entire town of Alpha was submerged in water up to six feet deep this morning…

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Deluge at Walwa

Border Morning Mail · Monday 27 November 1950 · page 3

A cloudburst on Friday night deluged Walwa in a tropical downpour and in 10 minutes 103 points were…

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Record Floods, Bushfires in Three States Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 27 November 1950 · page 3

Record bushfires ore sweeping Tasmania, hitory-making floods ore swamping Queensland, — and in flood-battered N.S.W. today: Five feet high sandbag levees built to protect Warren are crumbling…

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Storm Fury Dying

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 28 November 1950 · page 9

NEW .YORK, Mon.: Weather Bureau officials reported last night that the fury of the storm, which lashed the north coast of…

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200 Storm Deaths

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 28 November 1950 · page 3

NEW YORK, Mon.: The death roll in the disastrous storm which swept through the United States over the week-end today…

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Three Drowned in Floods

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 28 November 1950 · page 15

JOHANNESBURG, Monday.: Three people were drowned in floods last night when over two inches of rain fell in one hour…

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New Flood Threat

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 28 November 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.: A new flood threat faces towns on the Barwon and Darling Rivers as Queensland floodwaters move south into NSW…

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Storm Deaths Now 229

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 29 November 1950 · page 12

NEW YORK, Tuesday: Sterna deaths rase today to 229 and estimates of the damage to many millions…

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Town Expects Its Worst Flood

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 29 November 1950 · page 15

SYDNEY, Tues.: Although the flood position has eased considerably in western NSW, residents of Nyngan are expecting their worst…

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Flood Losses

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 30 November 1950 · page 2

Because of sheep losses due to recent floods, the earlier forecast of increased Australian wool production for the current season now…

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Flood Relief Gran[?] for Barham Road[?]

The Pastoral Times · Friday 1 December 1950 · page 6

A flood relief grant of £1[?] has been promised Deniliqu[?] Municipal Council. The Sum is listed for rep[?]…

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Carrathool Shire Viaduct Recommended Engineer Reports on Flood Damage

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 5 December 1950 · page 1

There is a danger that continuing floods may sever the Griffith-Melbourne road near Darlington Point and isolate the town…

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Sabotage Increases Flood Danger

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 5 December 1950 · page 2

Attempts to sabotage flood levees, are reported from three central western towns. At Narromine two attempts were made to cut the levee at the peak…

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Flood Waters Break Into Walgett

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 5 December 1950 · page 8

SYDNEY, Mon.: Floodwaters from the Barwon and Namoi Rivers are seeping into Walgett in north-western N.S.W…

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