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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1954

298 stories in Murray's papers · page 8 of 15

Typhoid Fears in Flooded Cities

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 7 July 1954 · page 13

LAREDO (Texas), Tues.: The fear of a typhoid epidemic rose yesterday in flood-crippled cities south of the Rio Grande, and…

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Storm Flash lands big plunge

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 8 July 1954 · page 19

MELBOURNE, Wed.: When Storm Flash won the second division of the Olinda Handicap, for two-year-old fillies, at…

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Floods Led to Business Failure

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 9 July 1954 · page 2

The S.M., Mr. Smith, yesterday, conducted a public examination under the Bankruptcy Act of John Vincent Johnson, of…

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Floods expected in wake of cyclone

Border Morning Mail · Monday 12 July 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.: Flood warnings were issued tonight for southern Queensland and the Tweed, Richmond and Clarence River systems in N. S. W. as a cyclone moved down the Queensland coast…

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14 deaths in floods in Europe

Border Morning Mail · Monday 12 July 1954 · page 15

MUNICH, Sun. : Four central European countries last night reported continuing floods caused by almost unprecedented July…

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Deluge in the North

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 13 July 1954 · page 3

BRISBANE, Mon.: Flood danger in south-eastern Queensland worsened to-night as a new cyclone off…

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Lismore Menaced by Flood: Hundreds of People Moved

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 14 July 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.: Lismore has the “flood jitters” tonight as the Richmond River continues to pour into low lying areas of the city for the second time this year…

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North Coast Flood Danger Passed: Rivers Falling

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 15 July 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.: The N.S.W. North Coast was saved from its second flood this year when a cyclone, with its torrential rain, swung out to sea today…

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Floods cause sharp rise in fruit, vegetables

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 15 July 1954 · page 20

SYDNEY, Wed.: Fruit and vegetables at the city markets today rose sharply in price as a result of the North Coast…

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Violent Storm in Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 20

MELBOURNE, Thurs.: Several chimneys were struck by lightning and electric power failed in several eastern suburbs…

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Villages Disappear in Flood

Border Morning Mail · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 2

VIENNA, Thurs.: Entire village in slovakia yesterday “disappeared” beneath the waters of the rising Danube as…

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China Beating Flood Menace

Border Morning Mail · Monday 19 July 1954 · page 3

NEW DELHI. Sun.: China is rapidly conquering the age-old flood menace which regularly affects 400,000,000 peasants living…

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Big Floods Roll Over Hungary

Border Morning Mail · Monday 19 July 1954 · page 16

LONDON, Sun. : Reports from Hungary state that the country is experiencing the worst floods in its history, as vast quantities…

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Flood Terror in Hungary

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 20 July 1954 · page 3

VIENNA, Mon.: The Hungarian Government has appealed to Soviet troops to help stop the floods which are ravaging the…

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Floods Besiege Hungarian City

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 22 July 1954 · page 14

VIENNA, Wed: Gyder, Hungary’s second largest industrial city, was yesterday described as “a besieged fortress” in the…

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£15,000 for Flood Victims

Border Morning Mail · Friday 23 July 1954 · page 13

CANBERRA. Thurs.: The Commonwealth Government today offered NSW a further £ 15.000 flood relief grant on a £ for £ basis…

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Storm Ends a Football Match: Border Lashed

Border Morning Mail · Monday 26 July 1954 · page 3

For the first time in 50 years a match of the Ovens and King Football League was abandoned because of rain on Saturday. Being played at Bogong…

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20 Die in Floods

Border Morning Mail · Monday 26 July 1954 · page 3

TEHERAN, Sun.: Twenty people were missing and more than 1000 had been rendered homeless in live villages. 25 miles from…

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200 Fanatics Storm Palace of the Coptic Patriarch

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 27 July 1954 · page 3

CAIRO, Mon.: Two hundred religious fanatics stormed the palace of a Coptic patriarch at Cairo yesterday and forced him to relinquish his post. They carried him off to a Cairo monastery and forced him to name an archbishop as his successor…

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Disastrous Floods in Austria

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 28 July 1954 · page 2

Heavy damage has been caused by wide-spread flooding along the Danube Valley in Austria…

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