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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1951

176 stories in Murray's papers · page 3 of 9

Violent Storm Lashes Town

Border Morning Mail · Monday 12 March 1951 · page 3

BRISBANE, Sun: Houses were unroofed, electricity, telephone wires blown down and trees uprooted by a freak tornado which…

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Storms lash Brisbane

Border Morning Mail · Monday 19 March 1951 · page 3

BRISBANE, Sun.: Heavy rains swept the city today and , gale force winds and high seas buffeted of Queensland and…

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Spurious Tokens Flood Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 19 March 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sun.: Thousands of counterfeit metal tokens are being used in NSW to cheat poker machines…

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Flood Damaged Fencing

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 20 March 1951 · page 4

The Hay Stock Inspector (Mr. K. Bray) who recently sought information from the Department of Building Materials Supplies on procedure necessary…

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Storm Batters Seaplane

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 24 March 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.: A Vickers Supermarine Walrus seaplane made a forced landing on the Tweed River early tonight after it was battered…

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Flood Area Now [?]Ust Bowl

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 28 March 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: Rich western district pasture country and potato land which were covered by summer floods a few…

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Chinese flood trap fails

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 11 April 1951 · page 3

TOKIO, Tues: Communists are renewing all-out efforts to build up strength along the central front after their abortive attempt…

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Floods in N.z

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 19 April 1951 · page 3

WELLINGTON; Wed.: Flooding in South Canterbury as a result of heavy rains in the bad country with sharp rises…

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Floods Isolate Two Cities

Border Morning Mail · Friday 20 April 1951 · page 14

CHRISTCHURCH (NZ), Thurs: Christchurch and Timaira are isolated today as far as rood and rail traffic are concerned as…

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Another Storm May Break in America Following Macarthur’s Address to Congress

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 21 April 1951 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Friday.— General Douglas MacArthur’s statement to Congress yesterday that the Joint Chiefs of Staff had supported his policies on the extension of the war to China is likely to cause a new in the United States. Already some Republicans and…

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Floods Make Thousands Homeless

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 3 May 1951 · page 1

HONG KONG, Wed.: Thousands of people in Kwantung province, South China, are homeless as a result of the…

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Hughes’ Sees Storms Ahead

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 9 May 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.: Mr W. M. Hughes, MHR, today said that there were storms ahead which no nation could hope to escape…

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Severe Storm at Rutherglen

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 9 May 1951 · page 2

A cyclonic storm that brought 24 points of rain in about 30 minutes broke over Rutherglen at 7 o’clock on Monday evening. The rain was…

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Freak Storm Roars Through Tarcutta

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 9 May 1951 · page 1

WAGGA, Tues.: A freak storm which roared through Tarcutta township shortly before 5 o’clock this afternoon caused hundreds of pounds’ worth of damage and interrupted telephone services for some time. During the 10 minutes in…

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Floods Stopped Work on Rabbits Is Plea

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 11 May 1951 · page 4

Manager of Hunthawong, part of a property owned by T. A. Field Pty. Ltd. in the Hillston district, pleaded extenuating circumstances in answer…

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Heavy rain in South Australia

Border Morning Mail · Monday 14 May 1951 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Sun.: Heavy rain over the settled areas of South Australia last night and today will enable farmers to proceed with…

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210 People Drowned in Floods

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 22 May 1951 · page 1

TAIPEH (Formosa), Mon.: It is estimated that 210 persons have been drowned in floods in the south-western…

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Flood of Jap Fabrics for World

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 22 May 1951 · page 10

TOKIO, Mon.: Japan plans to export textile fabrics this year to a total of £235,000.000, or 52 per cent of her entire export…

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Massive Cloudburst Floods Town

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 24 May 1951 · page 1

HAYS (KANSAS), Wed.: A massive cloudburst turned a quiet river into a raging stream that flooded one third of this…

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Four killed in road smashes during heavy rain

Border Morning Mail · Friday 8 June 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.: Four persons were killed and one seriously injured in two road accidents during heavy rain early today. Today’s deaths bring the road…

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