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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1954

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

Storm Tears Off Tree Limb

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 14 December 1954 · page 20

Tree limb blown down by Saturday’s storm in Ovens street, outside North-Eastern Co-op. Society’s store, in…

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Town misses big flood

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 14 December 1954 · page 18

BENDIGO, Mon.: Rochester people awoke this morning to find they had escaped large-scale flooding…

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Flood Scene at Benalla

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 14 December 1954 · page 13

Benalla experienced its second biggest flood in 50 years on Sunday when the Broken River rose 15 feet in…

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Flooding Worries Council

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 14 December 1954 · page 6

Conargo Shire could easily become involved in litigation with costly damages if more serious flooding occurred, said the…

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Storm Shatters Tree

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 15 December 1954 · page 1

A tree shattered by the storm at Wangaratta on Saturday. The tree is in Sydney road, opposite Gale’s nursery…

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King River in Flood

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 15 December 1954 · page 24

The King River in flood at Wangaratta. In the distance cattle can be seen on high ground on the downstream side of the King Bridge…

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More Floods and Gales Harass the British Isles

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 16 December 1954 · page 4

LONDON, Wed.: Floods, gales, fog and snow again harassed the British Isles yesterday. In the Athlone region of Eire,…

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Malaya Has Its Worst Floods

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 18 December 1954 · page 19

SINGAPORE, Fri.: The British Army and Air Force in Malaya yesterday threw its weight into rescue work and food supplies…

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Floods Swamp Rich Farmlands

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 18 December 1954 · page 26

DUBLIN, Fri.: The worst floods in 75 years have submerged the rich agricultural district of central Ireland under a huge lake, varying…

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Malayan Floods End

Border Morning Mail · Monday 20 December 1954 · page 5

SINGAPORE, Sun.: Blue skies appeared over Southern Malaya today for the first time in 10 days as one of the heaviest and most…

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Heavy Rain Panics Peasants

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 22 December 1954 · page 18

CAIRO, Tues.: Panic stricken peasants, many screaming, “The end of the world is coming,” fell on their knees to call on Allah…

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Gales sweep Scotland, Northern Ireland

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 23 December 1954 · page 2

LONDON, Wed.: Gales swept Scotland and Northen Ireland yesterday in gusts which reached more than 100 miles an hour. On…

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Fierce gales lash many parts of Europe

Border Morning Mail · Friday 24 December 1954 · page 24

LONDON, Thurs.: Buildings were damaged, traffic was dislocated and ships were sent dashing to harbor in many parts of Europe by fierce gales which raged throughout Tuesday night and…

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Freak thunderstorms lash parts of South Australia

Border Morning Mail · Friday 24 December 1954 · page 16

ADELAIDE, Thurs.: Freak thunderstorms this afternoon and evening lashed Adelaide seaside suburbs and widely separated country towns. Later yesterday gusts of…

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Floods Cause 30 Deaths

Border Morning Mail · Monday 27 December 1954 · page 10

LONDON, Sun.: The flood threat receded from the gale-whipped North Sea coast of Europe on Christmas Eve after storms had…

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Fierce Storms in N.w. N.s.w

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 28 December 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY, Mon.: Fierce electrical storms, the worst for years, left a trail of wreckage through far north western…

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Storm Plunges 12 Towns Into Darkness

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 30 December 1954 · page 1

TAMWORTH, Wed.: A severe electrical storm plunged 12 towns in the Tamworth district into darkness tonight…

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Storm lashes U.S.

Border Morning Mail · Friday 31 December 1954 · page 2

CHICAGO, Thurs.: A giant winter storm lashed across the United States from coast to coast yesterday, stranded hundreds of…

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