Emergency Radio for Flood Areas
CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Postmaster-General (Senator Cameron) said to-day that emergency radio telephones had been provided…
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Floods & storms, 1949
685 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 35
Maitland Needs Aid In Flood Clean-Up
Dr. J. R. Shannon, of the Board of Health, has told the Commonwealth State Flood Relief Committee at Maitland that urgent assistance was needed in cleaning up the city…
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Waratah-Mayfield R.S.L. will give £200 to the Lord Mayor's Flood Relief Fund and will circularise members asking for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Volunteer Flood Workers Must Take Own Food
Volunteer workers going to Maitland this week-end to assist in the immense task of cleaning out homes were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ready Response In Coalfields To Flood Relief Appeal
The Cessnock appeal for aid for the Maitland flood victims has so far yielded over £500 in cash as well as huge piles of clothing and food. In addition, as a result of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pope's Sympathy On Flood
The Pope, through the Apostolic Delegation in Sydney, has sent a message of sympathy to the Bishop of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods Still Hamper Coal Production
Loss of coal output on the northern field dropped substantially today but aftermath of the floods is still seriously affecting work at the mines. Fourteen mines were out of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →N.j.c. Members Give £135 to Flood Victims
Newcastle Jockey Club members, who attended last night's general meeting, subscribed £135 to the flood relief fund…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Lord Mayor's Flood Relief Fund Passes £8000
The Lord Mayor (Ald. H. D. Quinlan) travelled to Maitland on a large diesel truck today to inspect the flooded areas and confer with Maitland aldermen on distribution of aid to flood victims. Ald. Armstrong accompanied…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Graphic Pictures Of Floods At Hexham And Maitland
[?] of High[?] Maitland, looking east, taken when the floods were at their height. At upper left the top of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dramatic Flood Scenes In Evacuee Centres
THESE PICTURES show the plight of flood victims who were forced to take [?] in the Maitland Town Hall and other public halls and picture theatres at the height of the floods. Top left.—Corporal J. Pyers of Adelaide, who slept on the floor of the foyer in the Palace Picture Theatre. He was on leave from Greta Camp. Top right.—Flood evacuees warm themselves before the fire at Greta. Centre lft.—Mrs. E. Boughton and her daughter Anne in the Maitland Theatre. Centre right.—Tea time for evacuees at the Greta Camp Rescue…
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Left, reading from top.—Scene on high-level bridge at High St., Maitland, where people marooned by the floods lived 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 2 →Help for Flood Areas
Members of the Amphibious Corps who did excellent rescue work in Maitland floods…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods In Panorama
THESE panoramic pictures tell a vivid story of flood desolation at Maitland. Top: Picture taken from High-st. overhead traffic bridge shows a sea of water stretching towards Loath Park. The bottom panorama was taken from Melbourne-st, East Maitland, overlooking a big residential area. Below left: Eastern and of High-st., under several feet of water. Centre below: Flood scene near Maitland Courthouse. Right below: High-st. overhead bridge, where many people live in marooned cars and buses. At left: Pioneer bus swept away by floodwaters in Singleton; One of the many hundreds of Maitland homes under several feet of water; and enetring a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →State Footballer in Flood Rescues
Newcastle Rugby Union forward Jim Jenkins, who will play for N.S.W. against Combined Universities in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Big Lucerne Loss In Flood Area
About 2500 acres of hay lucerne had been flooded in the Lower Hunter Shire the District Agronomist (Mr. G. T. Dawson) said yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Violin Ruined by Flood
Bruce Mitchell, of Mr. Pleasant-street, Maitland, shows parts of his aunt's violin rained by flood waters…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cows Hand-fed in Flood Area
Farmers in the Hexham area are still milking cows though under great difficulties. Mrs. O. Milton and her daughter, Norma,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Donations To Flood Relief
Miners' lodges on the Northern Coalfield are making donations to flood relief. Each lodge which has met since…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Letters To the Editor Flood Damage Cover
WE REFER to a statement which appeared in the "Newcastle Morning Herald" on flood damage…
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