Bar Beach Sand Hills Taken by Storm
Newcastle beaches have again suffered through the recent storms. Bar Beach is shown denuded of the sand hills which…
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Floods & storms, 1949
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Legislate First For Flood Control
The proposal to constitute a local trust to control land use in the Hunter Valley is laudable. But, at this stage, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Free Holiday For Children In Flood Area
An excited group of schoolchildren, both boys and girls, left Maitland yesterday morning by double decker bus for Curl Curl to spend…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Army Wireless Hook-up for Floods
An emergency wireless book-up was established between Sydney, Maitland, Muswellbrook and Newcastle for use by Army…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Forced From Home by Flood Threat
FORCED FROM HOME.—Mr. and Mrs. Roy Rose and their family huddled together on the floor of the Church of England hall at Maitland after they were forced to leave their home in Louth Park—a low-lying area—when floodwaters threatened it for the second time in six weeks. They have now gone home…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Maitland Floodwater Delays Traffic ON Road To Cessnock
Water which was still flowing into Wallis Creek through the new floodgates hampered road traffic between Maitland and Cessnock today. The water covered the road near Fishery Creek bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods Wash Fish Out Of The Estuaries
As a result of the flood rains which accompanied the cyclone earlier in the week, amateur fishermen are in for another lean period so far as the estuaries in and around Newcastle are…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Bowls Gala for Flood Relief
Hamilton Bowling Club will hold a bowls gala on Monday in aid of the Maitland flood victims fund and there has been…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Heavy Traffic, Rain "Damaging Roads"
Heavy road traffic this month, following cyclonic rain in June, was damaging main roads, a spokesman for the Main Roads Board said…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dam Heights To Be Raised To Mitigate Floods
To help flood mitigation in the Hunter Valley, the heights of Glenbawn and Brushy Dams—which are part of the proposed scheme for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Buses Affected By Flood Water
Although the Hunter River at Maitland had fallen to a height of 18 feet last night, water was still flowing freely through the broken…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maitland Flood Appeal £25,545
Subscriptions to the Mayor of Maitland's Flood Relief Appeal yesterday reached £25,545. Later contributions included 2HD…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Thieves "Vultures"
Persons preying on victims of the flood were nothing more or less than vultures, and should be treated as such, the Stipendiary Magistrate…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Maitland-Cessnock Road Still Flooded
Although water in Wallis Creek started to run out early yesterday Cessnock-rd. was still impassable to cars early today. Even utility trucks baulked…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →850 Mattresses Distributed To Flood Victims
Nearly 850 mattresses, worth £5 and £6/10/ each, had been distributed free to Maitland flood victims, Ald. J. V. Kennedy sail at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Aid By Red Cross At Maitland
In the June flood disaster in Maitland, the Red Cross Society distributed £15,000 worth of blankets, bedding and clothes, and 6000…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Maitland Flood Appeal £27,095
The Mayor of Maitland's Flood Relief Appeal was increased to £27,095/1/6 yesterday when the President of Maitland Golf Club…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hares In Where Floods Missed
Thirty-eight acres of Queensland blue pumpkins on a property near Singleton, which escaped the June floods, are being damaged by a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Maitland Flood Fund £28,000
Donations the Mayor of Maitland's Flood Relief Fund reached £28,000 yesterday afternoon. Gifts included £237/8/9 from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy Rain Lashes 'Quake Survivors
QUITO (Ecuador), August 9. A.A.P.—The plight of thousands of homeless and destitute earthquake survivors is being made more miserable by torrential rain that is drenching the stricken area…
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