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New England · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1953

125 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 7

Deluge Follows Drought Relief For Central Australia

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 5 January 1953 · page 8

Drenching rain has broken Central Australia's drought and Tennant Creek people are driving seven miles in a…

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Storm Showers Yield 120 Points

The Inverell Times · Monday 5 January 1953 · page 4

Thunderstorms on New Years Eve, New Years Day and yesterday yielded a total of 120 points…

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£1742 To Help R[?] Ashford Flood Damage

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 7 January 1953 · page 4

The Minister for Public Works, Mr. J. B. Re[?]shaw advised Ashford Shire Council at its…

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[?]Cific Fur[?] Battered By [?] Gales Tanker Breaks Up!

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 9 January 1953 · page 1

NEW YORK: The Swedish oil tanker s.s. Avanti broke in two in a storm, between Japan…

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£150 Grant To Repair £295 Flood Da[?]nage

The Inverell Times · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 1

The Shire Engineer, Mr. G. J. Stow, told Friday's meeting of Macintyre Shire…

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­Gales And Motor By-Passes In Yallaroi Shire

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 1

In his report to Yallarol Shire Council meeting, the Shire Clerk advised that the time for lodging objections to…

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Flood Precautions on North Coast

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 16 January 1953 · page 12

In about three weeks it is expected that the new aerial being erected at Grafton Police Station will be competed…

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Storm Affects Iron Lung

The Inverell Times · Monday 19 January 1953 · page 1

GRAFTON: During a brief electrical blackout because of a storm at Grafton, the iron lung at Grafton Base…

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Thunderstorm Spoils Children's Picnic Changeable Weather

Guyra Argus · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 4

There have been somewhat severe thunderstorms and rain on three days this week, i.e. Monday, Tuesday…

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Widespread Rain Follows Humid Weather, Storms And Hail

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 2

Hot and humid weather, thunderstorms, and hail-storms over the Glen Innes district early this week have given place in most parts to cooler weather, overcast skies and a light easterly…

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Big Floods

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 26 January 1953 · page 5

SHILLONG, India (Reuter): Foot big Assam rivers and countless tributaries burst their banks recently in…

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Death, Destruction Hit Europe: A- _ *-f it rope Hundreds Die in Gales Lightning Floods Ravage England, Holland

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 2 February 1953 · page 1

LONDON, Monday: While shipping officials have fixed the death roll of Saturday's steamer tragedy in the Irish Sea at about 133, floods in England and Hol[?] have become even more critical and [?]58 people have died on the [?] Coast of England alone…

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Flood Death Toll Rues in England

The Inverell Times · Monday 2 February 1953 · page 1

LONDON, Monday: Floods in England and Holland became even more critical last night and the death toll on the east coast of England, reported at 108, is steadily increasing…

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Europe Devastated by Worst Floods in Living Memory

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 2 February 1953 · page 6

LONDON: Floods in England and Holland became even more critical last night. The death toll on the east coast of England is reported at 108 and steadily increasing…

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Dead, Homeless Increase as Europe's Floods Fall

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 4 February 1953 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday: Apart from some areas in Lincolnshire, flood waters are now subsiding slowly in Britain. But total deaths caused by the North Sea's vast inroads in Britain,…

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Dreadful Effect Flood Waters Subside As Britain Surveys Grisly Damage

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 4 February 1953 · page 1

LONDON, WEDNESDAY: APART FROM SOME AREAS THE LINCOLNSHIRE FLOOD WATERS ARE NOW SUBSIDING SLOWLY IN BRITAIN. But the total deaths caused by the North Sea's vast…

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1300 Dead and 100,000 Homeless As Result of Floods

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 4 February 1953 · page 8

LONDON: Apart from some areas in Lincolnshire, floodwaters are now subsiding slowly in Britain. But the total of deaths caused by the North…

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Blizzards and Snowstorms Follow European Floods

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 1

LONDON, Friday: In the wake of slowly subsiding floods, fierce snowstorms and blizzards are now sweeping across many parts of the Continent. Meanwhile, three flood-stricken countries—Britain, Holland and…

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Floods in Low Lands: New Havoc Fe[?]e Flooded Countries F[?]hb

The Inverell Times · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 1

LONDON, Friday: Even more floods, which have cava[?]rop Low Countries, have som[?]ly sided, snowstorms and [?]…

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Flood stricken Areas Hit By Blizzards

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 1

LONDON: Even before the floods which have just ravaged Europe's low countries nave completely subsided, snowstorms and blizzards are now sweeping across many parts of the Continent. FEVERISH EFFORTS TO PLUG DYKES…

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