Flood Pictures From Maitland
TOP LEFT: Mrs. A. M. Whitehead, 80, is rescued from her home in Maitland. TOP RIGHT: High-street, Maitland,…
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Floods & storms, 1949
685 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 35
Flood Sidelights
Water seeped through the walls at Hamilton Post-office, making the staff lunch room and the counter used for filling in telegrams…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Radio "Hams" Provided Flood News Service
LATE FLOOD NEWS from Cessnock area was efficiently received in Newcastle last night by amateur radio…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods May Stop Bernbrook's Trip To Brisbane
SYDNEY: Doubts still exist whether Doomben Ten Thousand favorite, Bernbrook, will go north for the race. This is because northern floods have dislocated transport…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Northern Coal Output Crippled By Floods
Northern N.S.W. coal production has been crippled by the floods. Known loss of output on the field today was 11,000 tons, though the actual loss may be higher as interrupted communications have left the overall position indefinite…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Picture Tells Vivid Story Of Maitland Flood Desolation
This panoramic picture tells a vivid story of the desolation floods have brought to Maitland. The picture, taken from the High-st. overhead traffic bridge shows the sea of water stretching towards Louth Park and South Maitland. Many of the houses in this area are completely submerged. At the right is High-st. Railway Station Under the surface of the water is a residential area and the rich farm land of Louth Park…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Maitland Floods From The Air
These graphic air pictures vividly describe the flood desolation in Maitland today. Top; Forced to evacuate hurriedly from their homes, a number of people are living in cars and buses on the High-st. overhead traffic bridge between East and West Maitland. There are children in this little colony of flood victims and the food position is desperate. A number…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pathetic Scenes As Floods Slowly Drop; Hexham Peril
Though the crisis of Maitland's flood catastrophe passed this morning when the backwaters in the main street began to recede slowly, the plight of the people is still pathetic…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →EDITORIAL The Lessons Of The Floods
IT is feared that 20 years of Immunity from serious floods have caused a misplaced feeling of complacency toward measures of control and mitigation in the Hunter River areas…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Letter Box Flood Victims' Fund
Would it be too ambitious to suggest that the Lord Mayor (Ald. H. D. Quinlan) launch a fund to help the thousands…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Human Side of the Floods
Left reading from top: Scene on high-level bridge at High-st., Maitland, where people marooned by the floods are living in motor buses and private cars. ... Driving cattle over the railway lines to East Maitland from High-st ... Mr. T. Campbell evacuating flood victims at Hexham. ... Rescue by rowing boat near High-st Station. ... Right…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Government Help For Flood Victims
The Federal and State Governments are likely to make financial grants to aid flood victims in New South Wales. Mr. Chifley announced in Canberra that the Commonwealth would…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Artists Broadcast For Flood Appeal
Newcastle Music Lovers' Club artists last night broadcast part of their recital from 2KO auditorium as a contribution to the station's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Flood Is a Call For a Truce
In spite of the cool reception the General President of the Miners' Federation has given the appeal by the Minister for Works…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flooding Of Mine
The open cut over No. 2 west section of Aberdare Extended colliery, where flood water from Lavender Creek rushed into the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Riverside Places Flooded at Hexham
As flood waters receded from Maitland yesterday the level increased at Hexham. At 6 o'clock last night water was across Maitland-road at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Large Convoy of Supplies for Flooded Areas
A large convoy left Newcastle yesterday afternoon to take supplies to flood-stricken areas. The convoy assembles outside Newcastle Police Station before leaving…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flood, Power Cut Effects
Developments yesterday as the result of the floods and power cuts were— MEAT IN BALANCE: No shortage of meat was expected for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Youth Drowned in Flood Waters
Toby Graves, 16, son of Mr. Bert Graves Captain of East Maitland Fire Brigade, was drowned yesterday when a canoe capsized…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →League's Profits To Flood Victims
Newcastle Rugby League last night decided that its share of the profits from the match Newcastle v Queensland, at…
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