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New England · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1951

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Dive Bombers Hole Floodgates of Dam Korea, Wednesday. (A.A.P., Reuter)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 2 May 1951 · page 1

United States Navy dive bombers using aerial torpedoes today punched holes in the Hwachon reservoir floodgates. Chinese Communists had closed the…

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Evacuation In Flood Time

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 14 May 1951 · page 3

The Premier's Department will be asked by the Kempsey Municipal Council to give authority to the police to order…

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City Flooded by Cloudburst

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 23 May 1951 · page 1

HAYS (Kansas), Wednesday—A massive cloudburst that turned a quiet over into a raging stream that flooded…

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Magleay Floods Investiogations Committee Appointed

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 4 June 1951 · page 3

The N.S.W. Minister for Conservation, Mr Geo. Weir, M.L.A has announced the constitution of committee to…

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Gales Lash Nsw Coastline

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 8 June 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—A 55-mile an hour gale lashed the New South Wales coast early today wrecking homes and small…

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Gale Lashes Coastal Areas Stdney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 8 June 1951 · page 1

A S5 mile an hour gale lashed die N.S.W. coast early today, wrecking homes and small boats…

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Missing Homes Wrecked by Gales on the Coast

The Inverell Times · Friday 8 June 1951 · page 1

[?] Friday. A [?] HOUR GALE [?] N.S.W. COAST [?] TO-DAY…

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Burst Dam Near Lismore Causes Flooding

The Inverell Times · Friday 8 June 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: A FIFTEEN FEET HIGH WALL OF WATER SWEPT THROUGH FARMLANDS IN ROCKY…

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Aero Club Pilot Links Flooded Home With Doctor

The Inverell Times · Friday 15 June 1951 · page 4

On the eve of the Inverell Aero Club's first annual ball it is a fitting moment to consider the value of the club…

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Incidents of the Great 1890 Flood

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 20 June 1951 · page 7

The late Mr. F. P. Soiling, to whom I was apprenticed at the time was the contract surveyor to the Lands…

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Flood Danger in Victoria

The Inverell Times · Monday 25 June 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE: Northern Victoria faces its worst flood danger for three years. The Loddon and Murray…

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Heavy Rain

Guyra Argus · Thursday 28 June 1951 · page 4

Rain has fallen in Guyra and surrounding districts during the past fortnight, Guyra registering 475 points up to 9…

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Storm Upsets Open Golf Field

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 6 July 1951 · page 1

LONDON, Friday.— A midday storm, which deluged players, caused an upset of form and threw…

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Loss of Life in Kansas Floods

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 13 July 1951 · page 1

TOPEKA (Kensas). Friday.— Record breaking floods surged over Eastern and Centre Kansas yesterday leaving 12 dead…

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[?]oolooroo Shire's [?],700 Flood Grant

The Inverell Times · Friday 13 July 1951 · page 3

The Minister for Local Government (Mr. Cahill) [?] informed Mr. G. R. Craw[?] MLA. that he has…

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12 Dead in Kansas Floods Topkeka. Kansas

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 13 July 1951 · page 1

Record breaking floods surged over eastern and cenral Kansas yesterday, leaving12 dead and millions of dollars…

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Floodwaters Recede From Stricken Kansas City

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 16 July 1951 · page 1

KANSAS CITY, Monday.—The steady recession of the floodwaters rampaging the Missouri-Kansas Rivers yesterday brought a new hope to the weary fighters saying the water and power supply to the…

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Workers Give Up Fight As Flood Rolls Towards Another U.s. City

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 18 July 1951 · page 1

NEW YORK, Wednesday.—The flood crest, 40 feet high, rolled towards Sr. Louis yesterday, forcing the levee workers north of there to give up the fight to save West Alton—depite around-the-clock help from…

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Fire Spreading in Flooded City

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 18 July 1951 · page 1

NEW YORK, Wednesday: The flood crest, 40 feer high, rolled towards St. Louis yesterday, forcing levee workers north of there to give up the fight to save West Alton-despite round-the-clock help from troops rushed…

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