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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1952

365 stories in Murray's papers · page 10 of 19

Balls kicked into flood waters

Border Morning Mail · Monday 30 June 1952 · page 6

During the first quarter of the Yarrawonga-Albury game on Saturday, Albury full-forward, Kevin Minogue, punted…

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Floods Flying Gang in Action for First Time Good Work Saves Deniliquin Road for Time Being

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 1 July 1952 · page 2

FOR the first time since the flood patrols began in Hay the emergency alarm was sounded at 3.30 this morning. A BRIEF siren wail and a prolonged ringing of the old…

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Floods Affect Far West Clinic

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 1 July 1952 · page 1

The Far West Dental Clinic party which left Sydney on June 16th for the first of two dental tours this year, was held up by…

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Barges And Boats At Boonoke And Conargo Billabong Creek In Flood

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 1 July 1952 · page 8

Two barges and 4 outboard motor boats have been pressed into service out at “Boonoke,” which has been completely…

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£50,000 grant for flood damage repairs

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 2 July 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tues.: The Premier, Mr. Cahill, has approved an advance payment of £50,000 to help towards repairing roads and other…

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Victorian Floods Cost the Government £1½ Million

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 2 July 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tues.: Floods in Victoria caused at least £1,500,000 worth of damage to roads, bridges, railway lines and bridges…

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Evatt in centre of storm over liquor probe appearance

Border Morning Mail · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.: The Minister for Housing (Mr. Clave Evatt) acted against the advice of his Cabinet colleagues in appearing at the Liquor Royal Commission. It was revealed today that…

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Flood Waters Spread Over Wide Expanse Of Plains

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 1

Tired out by frustrated 'phoning trying to find out where all this flood water is, the "Grazier" decided to have a look at it from the air and accordingly sent a representative to Griffith to make some aerial observations. This is the picture…

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Deniliquin Road Breaks Aerodrome Flooded

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 2

THE wonderful effort made to save the Deniliquin road ended in failure on Wednesday when the water, backing up from several miles upstream became too high and it was necessary to break the bank to…

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Flood rescues hero, brave sailor are rewarded

Border Morning Mail · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 8

SYDNEY, Thurs.: The crew commander of an Army “duck” which carried out rescues in the 1949 and 1950 N.S.W. floods was awarded the M.B.E. of an investiture at Admiralty House today…

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Flood Details (Supplied by F. Ian Bolton, District Engineer, Irrigation Commission, Deniliquin.) Edward River

The Pastoral Times · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 6

Following on the tailing off of the water level at about 18.7 ft. at the bridge gauge at Deniliquin (19.4 ft. Gannon’s Farm—…

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Creeks Flood Low-lying Country Stock Inspector’s Report

The Pastoral Times · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 5

The stock inspector (Mr. E. Scott Rogers) reported as follows to Tuesday’s meeting of the Pastured Protection Board:…

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Radio Vita[?] in Floods

The Pastoral Times · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 4

From the [?] New South Wales [?] of the vital role [?] playing in the [?]…

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Money for Flood Damaged Roads

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 8 July 1952 · page 2

The N.S.W. Premier (Mr. Cahill) has approved an advance payment of £50,000 to help towards repairing roads and other council…

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Flood Epic in Miniature Nothing Succeeds

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 8 July 1952 · page 4

There is nothing conventional about this story,—conventional in the accepted story style, that is. There is no abstruse philosophy…

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Main Flood Water Now at Maude

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 8 July 1952 · page 2

The main volume of water in the river has now reached Maude. The level there this morning was 23ft. 9in. and it has been…

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Sheep Moved to Escape Flood

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 8 July 1952 · page 1

The threat of floods on the Lachlan River has caused movement of 22,000 sheep from Willandra Station to Merriwagga…

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Storm Severs Tv Link

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 10 July 1952 · page 2

LONDON, Wed.: A heavy thunderstorm last night upset the linking of London and parts by television…

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Floods Cause Court Cases Adjournment

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 11 July 1952 · page 2

Flood conditions which have made roads in the Hay district impassable, caused the adjournment of several cases listed for…

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Hillston Now Getting Flood Waters

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 11 July 1952 · page 2

We learn from the Carrathool Shire Engineer, Mr. Satterthwaite, that the flood waters have been at the peak at Hillston for some…

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