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New England · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1954

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Storms Threaten

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 8 December 1954 · page 4

Vivid lightning and heavy thunder crashes awakened people early this morning, but no rain fell in Inverell…

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Wheat Deliveries to Inverll Silo Delayed by Storms

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 8 December 1954 · page 4

Storms are holding up the delivery of this season's wheat into the inverell silo. In just h week's operations the silo has received only 20,000…

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Thunderstorms

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 8 December 1954 · page 1

N.S.W. Forecast issued p.m.: Some showers along the central and north coasts and few thunderstorms in the…

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Rain, Storms

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 10 December 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday : NSW Forecast: Scattered rain and thunderstorms in the north west,…

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Fresh Gales Lash Britain, Ireland

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 10 December 1954 · page 1

LONDON: Fresh gales and torrential rain swept across stormwhipped Britain and the…

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Storms Forecast For North West

The Inverell Times · Friday 10 December 1954 · page 1

N.S.W. Forecast, Issued 1 p.m : Scattred rain and thunderstorms in the North-west, extending eastwards; hot…

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Gales Take Toll Of Lives and Homes

The Inverell Times · Friday 10 December 1954 · page 1

LONDON, Friday: Fresh gales and torrential rain swept across storm-whipped Britain and the Continent yesterday, bottling up shipping, rupturing transport and damaging more homes…

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Fresh Gales Hit U.k. and Europe

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 10 December 1954 · page 1

LONDON, Friday : fresh gales and torrential rain swept across storm-whipped Britain and the Continent yesterday bottling up shipping, rupturing transport and damaging more homes…

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Big Storm at Ashford

The Inverell Times · Friday 10 December 1954 · page 10

The week-end at Ashford was marred by an extremely severe storm, which commenced at approximately 2…

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Rain, Storms SYDNEY, Monday: NSW Forecast

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 13 December 1954 · page 1

Rain and thunderstorms and local severe squalls in the north cast corner. Showers contracting…

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Second Deluge Hits Town: 104 Pts. Recorded in Twenty Minutes

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 13 December 1954 · page 2

In the second deluge in nine days, 104 points of rain fell in 20 minutes in Glen Innes early this morning. The rain fell in a storm which broke at 12.30 a.m. Within minutes of the first drops falling, gutters throughout the main…

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Over Inch of Lain in Storm

The Inverell Times · Monday 13 December 1954 · page 4

Out an men of ran for in a heavy storm a Increll last night The ran accompanied by…

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Floods Worst on Shannon

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 15 December 1954 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday.-- Floods, gales, fog and snow again harassed the British Isles yesterday but the position is…

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Heavy Rain and Hail in Week-end Storms

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 20 December 1954 · page 1

Storms at the week-end brought heavy falls of rain and hail in many parts of the district. Matheson reported the heaviest registration with 126…

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Trucks in Storm Collision

The Inverell Times · Monday 20 December 1954 · page 4

On Saturday last, during tho heavy rainstorm, a motoe lorry which was being driven by Robert w. Cutler, of Sapphire,…

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Recurring Heavy Storms Bring Problem in Road Maintenance

The Inverell Times · Monday 20 December 1954 · page 4

From storms on Thursday night and on Saturday afternoon 267 points of rain were recorded in Inverell. Thursday night's storm…

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Freak Storm at Gwydir Park

The Uralla Times · Thursday 23 December 1954 · page 4

Mr. Berry McMahon, of Gwydir Park, told the Times that a freak storm occurred there on Saturday last, at…

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Fierce Gales, Floods Britain, Europe

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 24 December 1954 · page 1

LONDON, Friday: Icy gales continued to whip across Europe and Britain yesterday killing at least 14 people and bringing threats of disastrous floods and battering shipping…

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Gales and Floods Strike Europe - 14 Dead

The Inverell Times · Friday 24 December 1954 · page 1

London, Friday: Icy gales continued to blow across Europe and Britain yesterday, killing at least fourteen people, bringing threats of disastrous floods and battering shipping. Germany, Belgium, Holland and Britain reported…

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Europe Again Lashed by Severe Storms

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 24 December 1954 · page 1

LONDON: Icy-gales continued to whip across Europe and Britain yesterday, killing at least 14 people, bringing threats of disastrous floods and battering shipping. Germany, Belgium, Holland…

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