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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1953

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Central Coree Hall Flattened by Storm

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 5 February 1953 · page 1

The Central Coree Hall, recently constructed by residents of that area, was destroyed by the windstorm…

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Storm Disrupts Power Good Job by Electrical Staff

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 5 February 1953 · page 1

The violent wind and rain storm through the Shire on Friday afternoon, caused several disruptions to the…

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Storm Damage

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 4

Storms similar to the one at Hay last week, Were experienced in a number of places in the south-west Riverina and damage…

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Local and General Storm at Yerong Creek

The Observer · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 2

A severe dust storm, followed by a thunder storm, passed over Yerong Creek on Friday afternoon. Beyond partial…

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Boxing for Flood Victims Appeal

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 2

The openings, night of Mr. "Snowy" Faulkiner's Stadium in Hay, to-morrow,, 7th. February, will be in aid of the…

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Dramatic flood rescues at Alice Springs

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 7 February 1953 · page 18

ALICE SPRINGS, Fri.: Three policemen, a transport operator, and a native stockman were the heroes of a series of dramatic rescues when the swollen Todd River flooded in Alice Springs yesterday…

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First signs of flood relief

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 7 February 1953 · page 22

LONDON. Fri.: The first signs of relief from further flood devastation appeared in both Britain and Holland this morning…

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£31 for Dutch flood appeal

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 7 February 1953 · page 24

Sum of £14 -was handed m to Mr. Brand Klooster yesterday for the appeal launched on Thursday night towards relief of victims of…

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Floods devastate Holland

Border Morning Mail · Monday 9 February 1953 · page 12

Two thousand people are estimated to have lost their lives in the great storms and gales which swept the Dutch coast. Dykes have given way and a large part of the country has been inundated. Photo shows the Brittenburg Hotel at Katwijk torn in half by the great floods…

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The Great Flood Disaster

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 10 February 1953 · page 1

Aftermath of the disastrous flood which, accompanied by gale winds swept Holland and the…

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Camera Records Grim Havoc of Floods

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 10 February 1953 · page 9

TOP: The railway line at Moerdijk, in Holland, between Dordrecht and Breda, wrecked and submerged in the inland sea. CENTRE: An aerial view of Jaywick, near Clacton, on the Essex coast, formerly popular holiday resort. The huge seas swept inland and now cover the country side almost as far as the…

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Grim toll of the floods in Britain Battle Against the Tides

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 10 February 1953 · page 9

LONDON, Mon.: Britain’s 12,000 strong army of servicemen and civilians worked in Arctic conditions yesterday in their…

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Dutch Flood Victims Ex-Lord Mayor commends appeal

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 11 February 1953 · page 2

The appeal for funds to help the flood victims in Holland was commended by a former Lord Mayor of Sydney, Ald. E. O’Dea, yesterday as “something worthwhile to help a nation which…

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Repairing Flood Devastation in Holland

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 12 February 1953 · page 2

Thousands of men have been mobilised to assist in the work of repairing the sea walls or dykes of the Netherlands after…

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Desert of Sand After Flood

Border Morning Mail · Friday 13 February 1953 · page 1

The remarkable scene at Sea Palling, on the Norfolk coast (England)m where the sea broke through and left behind it a desert of sand from 3 to 4 feet in depth. The damaged house is now partly submerged in the sand…

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Eye-witness tells of floods in Holland

Border Morning Mail · Friday 13 February 1953 · page 16

An eye-witness’ account of the devastation wrought by the floods in Holland has keen received by Mr. B. Klooster, of…

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Migrants to aid flood victims

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 14 February 1953 · page 4

Bonegilla Immigration Centre authorities hope to raise about £400 for the U.K and Dutch flood relief appeal funds a…

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Sugar Cane Fields Flooded

Border Morning Mail · Monday 16 February 1953 · page 14

BRISBANE. Sun.; Hundreds of acres of sugar cane and farmlands in the Proserpine district between Mackay and Townsville. were…

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Storm caused road damage, engineer says

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 17 February 1953 · page 12

A severe thunderstorm on January 30 caused damage to roads in Burrumbuttock and Brocklesby districts. New Work…

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Tragedy of floods in Holland

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 17 February 1953 · page 1

Further evidence of the flood devastation in Holland was received by Mr H. van den Brink, of Mate's Ltd., from his sister…

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