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New England · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1950

368 stories in New England's papers · page 2 of 19

Cyclone Abating Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 13 March 1950 · page 1

New South Wales is likely to escape the cyclone which battered the Central Queensland coast yesterday as it moved…

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N S.w. to Miss Cyclone

The Inverell Times · Monday 13 March 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.— N.S.W. is likely to escape the cyclone which battered the Central Queensland coast yesterday as…

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Dr. Kent-hughes Writes of a Storm

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 15 March 1950 · page 8

"Even the top decks have been awash and 3000 pieces of crockery have been smashed," wrote Dr. E. M…

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Flood Relief Grants Totally Inadequate, Says Mr. Hughes

The Uralla Times · Thursday 16 March 1950 · page 4

In the Legislative Assembly Mr. Davis Hughes, M.L.A., asked the Minister for Local Government (Mr. Cahill)…

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12 Women and 5 Children Saved From Flood Brisbane

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 17 March 1950 · page 1

Twelve women and five five children were rescued in a dinghy when the Georgina River flooded an area five…

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Southern Flood Danger Over

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 20 March 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—Danger of serious flooding of south coast towns is passing, but dozens of motorists and bus passengers are…

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Flood Danger Is Passing Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 20 March 1950 · page 1

The danger of serious flooding in South Coast towns is passing, but dozens of motorists and bus passengers are still…

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S.c. Floods Block Traffic

The Inverell Times · Monday 20 March 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—Danger of serious flooding of South Coast towns is passing but dozens of motorists…

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Floods Cause Power Blackouts

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 22 March 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A landslide caused by torrential rain and flooding damaged electricity transmission equipment…

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Southern Towns Blacked Out Because of Flood Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 22 March 1950 · page 16

A landslide caused by torrential rain and flooding damaged electricity transmission equipment at Burrinjuck Dam…

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Flood Damaged Roads, Bridges

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 22 March 1950 · page 1

Questions raised fey Mr. David Hughes, MLA for Armidale, in the Legislative Council regarding grants…

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Floods Rising at Wagga

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 24 March 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.: Water is a feet deep in the shopping centre of Wagga and up to six feet deep in other parts of the town…

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Floodwaters Now At Darlington Point SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 1

Several districts along the Murrumbidgee River are threatened by floodwaters which swamped Wagga…

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Priority wanted for Water Conservation Rival Claims of Flood Mitigation

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 5

The wisdom of the general pol[?] of devoting labour and mat[?]al to the construction of [?]d mitigation dams at the…

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Wagga Flood

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 5

News from Wagga on Saturday afternoon was that half the town was under water and hundreds of people are living in their…

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Fifth Cyclone Hits Queensland

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 29 March 1950 · page 1

BRISBANE. Wednesday.—Queensland towns have been warned to expect floods as the fifth cyclone on the east coast…

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Flood Warning for North Queensland Brisbane

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 29 March 1950 · page 2

Northern Queensland towns have been warned to expect floods as the fifth cyclone on the east coast-this year is…

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W.o. Foster Writes of Wacga Flood

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 29 March 1950 · page 8

Warrant Officer C. C. Foster, in a letter to his son, Mr. D. Foster, of Armidale, tells of activities daring the…

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Warning on Floods

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 29 March 1950 · page 1

BRISBANE, Wednesday.— Northern Queensland towns have been warned to expect floods as the fifth cyclone on…

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Flood Damage in Central West

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 31 March 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—A sudden flood which followed torrential rain in Bathurst, Lithgow and Penrith districts, has caused…

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