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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1954

298 stories in Murray's papers · page 11 of 15

Gales, Heavy Seas Lash N.s.w. Coast

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 21 September 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: Gale force winds and mountainous seas are lashing the N.S.W. coast from Kempsey to the Victorian border. The Weather Bureau…

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Brawling Migrants Storm Peace Rally at Stadium

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 21 September 1954 · page 16

MELBOURNE, Mon.: Sixty brawling migrants stormed a side door at West Melbourne Stadium a few minutes after Czech Professor Joseph Hromadka was hustled in through the…

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Storm Over Mr. Brown

Border Morning Mail · Friday 24 September 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thurs.: The refusal of the Victorian Railways Commissioners to re-employ Mr…

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Municipal Problems for Minister's Consideration Sewerage Scheme and Flood Debts

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 24 September 1954 · page 1

HAY Municipal Council is to seek the assistance of the Member for Murrumbidgee, the Hon. A. G. Enticknap, Minister for Conservation, in dealing with its two most pressing local problems, the payment of its…

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Flood horror in Pakistan

Border Morning Mail · Monday 27 September 1954 · page 3

LAHORE (Pakistan), Sun.: The Punjab province, “the granary of Pakistan,” was yesterday declared a…

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Reds assault former Hitler storm troopers

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 28 September 1954 · page 16

ISERLOHN (Germany), Mon.: Communists made a hit-and-run assault on 20 former members of Hitler’s Waffen (SS military…

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R.s.l. Belle of Belles Ball Miss Maureen Gale's Success

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 28 September 1954 · page 3

At the R.S.L. Belle of Belles Ball, held at St. John's Pariah Hall last Friday evening, a good deal of interest was shown in the choosing of the Belle, of Belles, and the large crowd of over 400 watched with interest the judging which…

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News from the District JINDERA Thunderstorm

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 28 September 1954 · page 7

A thunderstorm passed over the district on Friday morning, with [?] heavy downpour and 26 points [?] within 15 minutes. Crops and…

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Phone Channel Flooded

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 29 September 1954 · page 1

Waters of the Wodonga Creek have backed up into this channel, which has been excavated to take the new telephone cables from Albury to Wodonga exchange. Work on the project on the Wodonga side of the Union Bridge will be undertaken by Victorian P.M.G. technicians. N.S.W. workmen have taken the cable to the Union Bridge and the laying of the submarine cable…

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Flood Disaster Threat

Border Morning Mail · Friday 1 October 1954 · page 20

NEW YORK, Thurs.: American helicopters, planes and ships yesterday rushed to Honduras, where a big flood threatens a…

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Rain clouds dispersed at Albury: Short storm at Beechworth

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 7 October 1954 · page 5

Black clouds which promised rain for Albury yesterday afternoon dispersed, but there was a short, sharp thunderstorm in the…

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Interlocking Flood Control

Border Morning Mail · Monday 11 October 1954 · page 2

A Albury-proposed scheme for interlocking flood control of the entire Murray Valley will be discussed at the annual conference…

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Floods After Torrential Rain

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 12 October 1954 · page 16

CHICAGO, Mon. : Torrential rains have disrupted transport, communications and electric power and flooded thousands of…

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Flood Fears After Record Rains

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 14 October 1954 · page 1

CHICAGO, Wed.: Chicago yesterday began to dry out in the wake of a record rainfall, but flood fears rose in the nearby…

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Floods, Death and Destruction Follow Hurricane

Border Morning Mail · Monday 18 October 1954 · page 3

NEW YORK, Sun. : Hurricane “Hazel” faded away over Northern Canada yesterday afternoon leaving a trail of floods, death and destruction in the United States and Canada unequalled for…

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Heavy Rain Kills Thousand of Sheep

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 19 October 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.: Heavy rain in north and north-western N.S.W. over the weekend has killed thousands of newly-shorn sheep and new-born lambs…

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Violent Storm in Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 19 October 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.: A violent electrical storm, accompanied by fierce winds and heavy rain, caused severe damage in Sydney’s western…

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Melbourne lashed by rain, hail, snow and gales

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 20 October 1954 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Tues.: Rom, hail, snow and the strongest gusts of winds to strike the city in any October since the early months of World War II, this morning climaxed several days of wintry weather which have…

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Big Floods Sweep Over Britain

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 20 October 1954 · page 1

LONDON, Tues.: A five year old boy has been drowned and two large towns isolated by flood waters in the British Islet…

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Fierce Gale at Adelaide

Border Morning Mail · Monday 25 October 1954 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Sun.: A south easterly gale reaching nearly 70 miles an hour in gusts struck Adelaide and suburbs early…

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