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New England · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1951

110 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 6

Thunderstorms Likely SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 January 1951 · page 12

North Coast and Tablelands: Fine, with warm temperatures, light variable winds. A few isolated…

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Storm Interrupts Telephone Services

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 4

A heavy electrical and rain storm disorganised telephone services in some parts of the Armidale district…

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Inverell Pilot as Santa To Flood-Bound

The Inverell Times · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 4

The heavy floods in the last months of 1950 kept Ray MacLean of the North-West Air Charter Service a very busy man. Throughout November and December he has…

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Deluge at Sarina Three Feet of Rain In Three Days BRISBANE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1951 · page 2

Residents of Sarina in "sunny" Northern Queensland haven't seen the sun for a fortnight…

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Freak Storm

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 17 January 1951 · page 2

More than 250 points of rain were recorded at Palmerston on Monday, when a freak electrical storm struck the…

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Storm Results in Heavy Rain 222 Points Registered At Uralla

The Uralla Times · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 1

A storm on Saturday afternoon at about 4 o'clock resulted in a very heavy downpour…

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Freak Storm

The Uralla Times · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 8

More than 250 point of rain were recorded at Panerston on Monday, when I freak electrical storm struck the…

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Storm and Flood Warnings

The Inverell Times · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—Flood warnings are current for the Nepean, Georges and Hunter Rivers…

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Collier Sinks in Fierce Gale

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—The 500-ton collier Kiama hit a reef and sank off Tuggerah during a fierce gale…

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Gales Lash N.s.w. Coast Lives Lost in Coast. Wreck

The Inverell Times · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday. The 500-ton collier Kiama hit a reef and sank off Tuggerah during a fierce gale early this morning. Some of the crew escaped from the vessel in…

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Floods Delay Hikers

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 22 January 1951 · page 4

Two hitchhikers who left Svdney on Friday night, arrived in Armidale this morning after being delayed in…

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Hunter River Flood

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 22 January 1951 · page 2

Heavy rain last week has [?]ed considerable damage, [?]ularly in the Hunter River [?]ley…

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Storm Rain in Inverell

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 24 January 1951 · page 4

As a result of the storm last night 53 points of rain fell at Inverell. Monday's maximum…

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Girl Drowned In Coastal Floods SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 1

A young girl was drowned when a pant capsized while creasing the flooded Richmond River at Woodburn, near…

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Girl Drowned In Richmond R. Flood

The Inverell Times · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday — A young girl was drowned when a punt capsized while crossing the fl[?]ded Richmond…

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Flood Warning for Coastal Districts

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 8

This morning Station 2AD broadcast the following flood warning issued by the State Weather Bureau:—…

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Story of Flood Stricken Coast by Glen Innes Man

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 2

A graphic story of flood and destruction was told yesterday by Mr. A. Henderson, of Glen innes, who transports fish from the coast to the tablelands. Mr. Henderson and Mr. M…

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Gales Swept Britain

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 5 February 1951 · page 1

LONDON, Monday.— Sixty mile an hour winds swept Britan yesterday, whipping up the worst sea storm this winter in the…

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Storm Rain at Inverell

The Inverell Times · Monday 5 February 1951 · page 4

A succession of storms at Inverell at the week-end brought only small rainfall. Gauge readings at the post…

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Severe Storms on U.K. Coast London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 5 February 1951 · page 2

Sixty mile an hour winds swept Britain yesterday, whipping up the worst sea storm this winter in the…

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