Floods Sweep Most of North Towns Isolated As Waters Rise
The North Coast of New South Wales in the grip of the worst floods for many years…
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Floods & storms, 1945
197 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 10
Floods May Extend
FLOODINGS might extend to the Hunter River, according to-the Acting State Meteorologist (Mr. Newman)…
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SYDNEY: A mother and her four children were drowned near Casino yesterday when a boat capsized as they were being rowed from their flooded home. With a south-easterly gale still raging with great fury a…
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For more than 24 hours Newcastle has been buffeted by driving rain and a south-easterly gale which reached, in brief gusts, 80 miles an hour. Its sustained peak velocity of 60 miles an hour was reached…
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Although the rate of rise had decreased, the Hunter River at Maitland was more than 25 feet high at the Belmore Bridge last night, and was still rising. The river, carrying considerable debris, rose rapidly…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Three homes were washed out to sea at Collaroy this afternoon and night. Six other homes were badly…
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SYDNEY: Two amphibious jeeps from Queensland are being used for rescue work in the flooded Lismore-Casino area and to take in urgent supplies of food and medicine. About 1000 people are still homeless in Lismore, where…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—There is every indication that one of the most disastrous droughts in the history of the Riverina is breaking…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday.—The chief engineer of an Allied ship was killed and four other members of the crew seriously injured, in a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Waters Over Morpeth Farms
This huge extent of water over farming areas at Morpeth, near the Hinton road turn-off, gives some idea of the flooding from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods Subsiding at Lismore 300 Still Homeless; State Feeding 1000
Flood waters at Lismore and north of Casino are gradually subsiding, but 200 to 300 Lismore residents are still homeless and 1000 are being fed by the police and…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Rationing of milk to householders and shops in Sydney and Newcastle is to be increased from one pint in 14 to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flood Warning for Lower Hunter Morpeth Farms Suffer Now
The State Weather Bureau last night issued a flood danger warning for the Lower Hunter and tributaries. It forecast more showers over the Hunter Valley. Last night there was no…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →North Coast Flood Recede Moruya, South Coast Now Isolated: Food Position Grave
SYDNEY: Floods were receding everywhere on the North Coast today. The danger area has switched to the South Coast…
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SYDNEY: State Meteorologist (Mr. Newman) said today that the weather position was improving, but there was still…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Crop Damage Will Total Thousands: Flood At Maitland
Damage estimated at thousands is being caused to crops immersed by floodwater in the Lower Hunter. THE loss of vegetables and lucerne destroyed on one part of…
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TWEED FLOODS.— Road communication between Murwillumbah and Tweed Heads broken near Boyd's Bay Bridge. Flood waters covered the main highway for more BELOW: than a quarter of a mile. Farm lands in the low-lying area near Morpeth have been invaded by flood waters…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Went to School Despite Flood
Flood waters in the Morpeth district did not prevent these youngsters from going to school. While the boy rides his bicycle, the little girl is obviously enjoying her opportunity for a long paddle…
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LISMORE, Thursday.—Smashing through high beach embankments east of Wardell, heavy seas to-day linked with Richmond River water which had burst the banks…
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CANBERRA, Thursday.—The New South Wales floods would cause an immediate and serious decline in Australia's total butter production,…
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