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New England · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1954

225 stories in New England's papers · page 2 of 12

Spectre of Disease Over Flooded Areas

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 24 February 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY: Threatened outbreaks of disease have become major problems now confronting flood weary police and health authorities on the devastated North Coast…

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Victims Prayed As Floodwaters Rose Sole Survivor Tells Of Their Last Half Hour

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 24 February 1954 · page 1

Hall an hour before five people were drowned at Baker's Creek Crossing on Saturday night one of them opened the Bible at readom and read [?] Psalm[?] "I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me."…

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Council Move to Help Flood Victims

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 24 February 1954 · page 8

Armidale City Council has opened a fund to bring relief to flood victims on the North Coast…

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Flood Washes 30,000 Fingerling Trout Fron Hatchety in Big Styx

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 24 February 1954 · page 8

Recent floods caused an estimated £100 damage at the L.P. Dutton Trout Hatchery on the Serpentine River. The supervisor of the New…

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Gale Plays Havoc with Fruit

The Uralla Times · Thursday 25 February 1954 · page 1

The cyclonic conditions ruling on Friday night and throughout Saturday played old Harry in the orchards of…

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Flood Relief Appeal

Guyra Argus · Thursday 25 February 1954 · page 1

On Sunday next, the Guyra Apex Club will make a house to house canvass in aid of the victims of the floods…

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Flood Washes 30,000 Fingerling Trout From Hatchery Into Big Styx

Guyra Argus · Thursday 25 February 1954 · page 6

Recent floods caused an estimated £100 damage at the L.P. Dutton Trout Hatchery on the" Serpentine River. The supervisor of the New…

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Enormous Flood Damage on North Coast

Guyra Argus · Thursday 25 February 1954 · page 4

More than a score of people lost their lives, and enormous damage was caused in the unprecedented floods which…

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Flood Havoc

The Uralla Times · Thursday 25 February 1954 · page 4

WHILE the populace of Uralla was in holiday mood on Friday and Saturday participating in the…

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Poultry, Pigs Storm Victims at Bundarra

The Inverell Times · Friday 26 February 1954 · page 6

After a week-end of heavy rain the weather has cleared and the warm tun is bringing a luxuriant growth of…

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Local Clothing Drive for Flood Victims Tommorrow

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 26 February 1954 · page 1

In Glen Innes to-morow afternoon, more than 100 volunteers at least 14 trucks will take part in a clothing drive to assist North coast flood [?] the volunteers are members of the apex Lions and [?] clubs…

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Flood Relief Fund Hearing £1,000 Mark

The Inverell Times · Friday 26 February 1954 · page 4

Inverell and district residents have subscribed a total, of nearly £950 to help flood victims op the North Coast. The Inverell Municipal Council launched its appeal at a meeting on Tuesday night. Radio Station 2NZ began an intensive appeal on Wednesday…

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Poignant Scenes at Mass Burial of Flood Victims

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1954 · page 1

Speakers at a funeral service in Armidale TownHall on Wednesday afternoon addressed the large gathering through the public address system…

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Shire Appeal for Flood Victims

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1954 · page 8

Dumaresq Shire President (Cr. W. B. Fooks) today appealed to people in the Shire area for donations of cash or…

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Flood Relief

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1954 · page 8

Donations for the Mayor's Flood Relief Appeal, totalling £100 have so far been sent to Lismore…

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Appeal for Food for Flood Victims

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1954 · page 8

Mr. Bruce Williams, driving his own truck, together with one of his employees and Constable Bradbury, will be…

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Ready Response to Salvation Army's Flood Appeal

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1954 · page 8

Directly word was received of the overwhelming disaster that had overtaken the North Coast, The Salvation Army…

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150 Delegates Present, 50 Absent Because Of Floods

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1954 · page 8

One hundred and fifty delegates from widely separated centres attended this morning's session of die Mew England New State Convention in the Church of England Parish Hall, Armidale…

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Heavy Rain; Hall in Some Places

The Inverell Times · Monday 1 March 1954 · page 4

Sharp rainstorms, with some hail, have struck several parts of the Inverell district, as well as…

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Editorial the Flood Relief Effort

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 1 March 1954 · page 2

The great success of the "cash and clothes" drive by the Legal Service Clubs members and Scouts on Saturday [?]ed two important points. The first was that no [?] call the people of Glen Innes mean when it…

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