More Rain, Local Floods Forecast By Weather Bureau
Heavy rain fell along the coastal belt today and the Weather Bureau in Sydney predicts more downpours with local flooding likely on the Central and North Coast…
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Floods & storms, 1949
685 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 25 of 35
More Heavy Rain Is Forecast
According to the Weather Bureau in Sydney, more showers, heavy at times, are expected along the coast and tablelands during the 24 hours from 3 p.m. today…
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TURIN, August 25. A.A.P.—A sudden cyclone swept through Turin yesterday, killing four people and injuring 50…
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BERLIN, August 25. A.A.P.—Two American Shooting Star fighters Yesterday crashed near Munich after being caught in a…
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Horrie Hopkins, well-known piscatorial authority and amateur taxidermist, with the huge fresh-water perch which he cured and mounted to be hung in business premises at Maitland as a memento of the recent disastrous floods…
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A cyclone which struck the coast north of Kempsey yesterday—Washed ashore eight launches and two yachts, valued at £35,000, in Coff's Harbour…
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KEMPSEY, Friday.—Three officers and five New Hebridean natives were uninjured when a 45ft. diesel launch was driven on to the…
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A list of flood damage to roads, bridges and parks in Maitland was presented to the Minister for Works and Local Government…
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KEMPSEY: With waters of the Macleay River swirling through the town to a depth of three feet and still rising Kempsey is threatened by the worst flood in history…
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A "Herald" staff photographer in a R.A.A.F. Catalina took this aerial picture of flooded Kempsey yesterday. The Macleay…
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The death roll in the North Coast floods is now officially put at five, including brothers and sisters in two families. Another man is believed to have been drowned; two others are reported missing…
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LONDON, August 28. A.A.P.—British and French police and the American Federal Bureau of Investigation are on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Water Snaps Kempsey Viaduct
Fast running and swirling flood water washed away the middle of this railway viaduct approach to Kempsey rail bridge. The…
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The north coast flood looked "50 times worse" from the air than the recent flood at Maitland, according to a photographer who flew over the area in an R.A.A.F. Catalina yesterday…
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SYDNEY.—A special meeting of the Emergency Flood Committee was held today to consider taking all necessary…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£3,000,000 Loss Estimated In Record Macleay Flood (Continued from Page One)
KEMPSEY: Property-owners estimate revenue and stock losses caused by the most disastrous flood in the Macleay district's history at £3,000,000 at least…
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KEMPSEY: Scenes of devastation were revealed today as the worst flood in Kempsey's history continued to subside. With at least six dead and thousands of pounds worth of damage to homes, shops, roads, bridges, cattle and crops, police fear that…
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FLOODED KEMPSEY FROM THE AIR.—In the foreground is the railway viaduct and to the left only the top of the fence around Verge Street Park is visible. This view from over West Kempsey shows the inundation of the central and eastern sections of the town. The traffic bridge across the Macleay River seen in the middle distance is only a few feet above the river level. SCHOOLBOYS enjoyed today's sunshine for the holidays. At left: Allan Tamins not and Arthur Boswell (8) combined a marbles game with a baby sitting job. At right: John…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →6 DROWNED, 3 Missing at Kempsey Falling Flood Water Shows Desolation
Kempsey police last night placed the known number of flood deaths at six, and three missing. A police officer said it was impossible to estimate how many had perished…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods Delay Vegetable, Fruit Supplies
There will be an acute shortage of most green vegetables, tomatoes and tropical fruits on the Newcastle markets till Thursday…
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