Southern Riverina Battered in Heavy Rain Storms Wargam 12 Inches-Homesteads Isolated- Highway Closed
The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 1
TORRENTIAL RAINS which drenched Southern Riverina during the past week caused motor traffic hold [?] on most roads. A heavy deluge in Booroorban district on Friday…
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The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 1
THE Waradgery Shire Council complimented its engineer and staff, at Thursday's meeting, for the very good work done and the way they had tackled the job of opening the district roads after they had been washed away in…
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The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 2
WITH a February total of 10 inches, there are record floods and washaways in the Booroorban district, and enormous damage has been done to creeks, dams, roads arid highways. A telephone call yesterday passed us…
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Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 2
SYDNEY, Mon.: Floodwaters, in some parts eight feet deep, have isolated the small township of Booroorban, 25 miles,…
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Border Morning Mail · Monday 27 February 1950 · page 2
BRISBANE, Sun: Rains which deluged the southern coastal district of Queensland over the weekend, are expected to continue for…
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The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 2
The ex-Mayor of Hay, Aid. J. P. Flood, has been endorsed by the Labor Party for the Murray seat where Mr. J. A.Lawson, Country Party, is the…
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Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 1
BRISBANE, Mon.: A cyclone bringing torrential rain was 60 to 70 miles south of Gladstone at 9 p.m., the Weather Bureau…
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The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 7
Heavy thunderstorms have been experienced throughout the Womboota district but rain has been very patchy…
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Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 1 March 1950 · page 1
LONDON, Tuesday : A 60-mile-an-hour gale battered the liner Orcades for 18 hours in the Bay of Biscay on Saturday, injuring…
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Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 1 March 1950 · page 3
SYDNEY, Tues: Flooding risk in the Tweed and Richmond river basins appears to have passed its peaks, says the Weather Bureau…
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The Pastoral Times · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 7
DENILIQUIN won each of the six Riverina championships conducted in the flooded Lachlan at Hillston on Sunday. This result was expected but the day was not without its surprises…
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Border Morning Mail · Saturday 4 March 1950 · page 3
SYDNEY, Fri When a violent thunderstorm swept Orange for an hour and a half today— A five-year-old boy was…
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Border Morning Mail · Monday 6 March 1950 · page 12
In one of the fiercest storms ever known to have taken place whilst a race meeting was in progress in Sydney, the field of eight horses was held at the barrier in the Flying handicap, chief sprint event on…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Former Hay Mayor Contests Murray Seat ALD. J. P. FLOOD
The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 7 March 1950 · page 5
Aid. J. P. Flood former mayor of Hay, has been endorsed as the Australian Labour Party candidate for…
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Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 8 March 1950 · page 2
BRISBANE, Tues.: Flood warning’s have been issued for north eastern Queensland, where a cyclone is raging…
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Border Morning Mail · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 14
ANKARA, Wed.: More than 2000 houses have been destroyed and 35,000 have been driven from their homes by floods in Eskisehir,…
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Border Morning Mail · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 5
Strong opposition to the projected flooding of Tallangatta to provide increased storage to the Hume Weir is expected to be levelled at the Victorian Minister for Water Supply (Mr Bolte) when he addresses Tallangatta residents on Thursday, March 16…
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Border Morning Mail · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 1
CHICAGO, Thursday: America’s worst winter windstorm has turned westward from the Great Lakes region…
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Border Morning Mail · Monday 13 March 1950 · page 1
Howling wind, thunder and vivid flashes of lightning hit Albury district almost without warning at 7 o’clock last…
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Border Morning Mail · Monday 13 March 1950 · page 2
When a storm hit Beechworth last evening the wind caught part of the roof at the home of Mr Bill Davies in Ford street…
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