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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1952

365 stories in Murray's papers · page 17 of 19

Money for Flood Prevention

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 21 October 1952 · page 1

The State Government has paid the Hay Municipal Council £817 towards the costs of flood prevention work in the town earlier this…

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Precautions Against Flood Damage

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 21 October 1952 · page 7

[?] had been found necessary to transfer Contractor Ashford [?] Ashford to the Calimo Road recently to undertake flood [?] in order to prevent the high flood overlapping the new [?] the engineer (Mr. M. R. Cover) reported to the…

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100 m.p.h. storm hits Philippines

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 23 October 1952 · page 11

MANILA, Wed.: Pacific storms with 100 mile an hour winds hit the eastern Philippines yesterday, causing damage to property…

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Philippines threatened by another storm

Border Morning Mail · Monday 27 October 1952 · page 1

MANILA, Sun.: Warning of a more powerful typhoon heading towards southern Luzon, devastated by a typhoon on Tuesday, was given today by the Philippines Weather Bureau…

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No Serious Floods Likely

Border Morning Mail · Monday 27 October 1952 · page 12

SYDNEY, Sun.: There is no risk at present of serious flooding on NSW inland rivers, although substantial rises will be maintained,…

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Floods Isolate Towns and Villages

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 28 October 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.: Several towns and villages on the far South Coast are isolated by flood waters. All rivers in the. south-eastern…

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Another flood at Wagga threatens

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 28 October 1952 · page 2

WAGGA, Mon.: Heavy rain in Murrumbidgee River catchment area is expected to cause a rice which will bring the river…

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Fireball heavy rain in Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Friday 31 October 1952 · page 9

MELBOURNE. Thurs.: A fire ball struck several Melbourne suburbs this afternoon, causing alarm but no damage…

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Flood Is Receding

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 4 November 1952 · page 2

Flood waters at Albury after last week’s heavy, rain have reacted their peak and are expected to recede rapidly…

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Heavy Storm at Darwin

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 11 November 1952 · page 3

DARWIN, Mon.: A heavy storm at Darwin this afternoon hurled the roof of the waterside workers’ shelter shed on the main…

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Flood danger on South Coast

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 13 November 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.: Further heavy rain on the far South Coast today increased the flood danger in lowlying districts…

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More Flood Damage to Roads

The Pastoral Times · Friday 14 November 1952 · page 1

Damage to several roads within the shire had been caused by local flooding brought on by the recent…

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“L’il Mo” Centre of Storm

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 18 November 1952 · page 14

MELBOURNE, Mon.: Eighteen year-old Wimbledon champion Maureen (“L’il Mo”) Connolly was the centre of a storm at…

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Flood Damage Repaired

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 18 November 1952 · page 1

Conargo Shire Engineer (Mr. W. H. Hare) told Council last Thursday that flood damage to the Willurah and Carrathool…

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Radio will link flood-warning stations

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 20 November 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.: The State Government has provided funds to link flood warning stations in the Hunter Valley by radio…

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Gale to meet Damiani

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 22 November 1952 · page 22

Albury boxer Tommy Gale will meet Italian Joseph Damiani in the main bout at Albury next Friday night…

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Fire and flood victims aided

Border Morning Mail · Monday 24 November 1952 · page 10

The annual report of the NSW Bush Fire and Flood Rehabilitation Appeal Fund was released yesterday…

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Flood Damage

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 27 November 1952 · page 3

Some of the best dairying country in South Australia has been inundated by flood waters on the Murray River. These waters have…

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Flood Damage Grant

The Pastoral Times · Friday 28 November 1952 · page 5

The shire clerk (Mr. T. A. Marshall) reported to Windouran Council last Thursday that a visit he paid to the Public…

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SPRINGHURST Heavy Rain

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 2 December 1952 · page 8

Heavy rain. fell, on Wednesday. and Thursday of last week, 12 points being registered Social Afternoon…

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