Vigorous Work Promised On Flood Problems
Mr. K. Barlow, A.L.P. candidate for Maitland, said his policy was largely of vigorous approach to river flood problems…
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Floods & storms, 1950
987 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 50
Big Areas Flooded
MORE THAN FIVE INCHES of rain having fallen over the Newcastle district in the last 48 hours, big areas were under water today. Picture shows the "lake" on the old speedway ground in Glebeard "IT'S AN ILL-WIND —.": Pauline (4½) and Robyn (3)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Warnings As Hunter Rises; Maitland Farms Deluged
Flood warnings were repeated by the Weather Bureau today as rises occurred in the Hunter, Nepean and Shoalhaven rivers. As any further rain should not be heavy however dangerous flooding is not expected…
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TEHERAN, June 8. A A.P.—Thirty-six people were drowned and 16 are missing in floods which have half submerged Meshed, capital of…
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A man was drowned in a flooded creek near Bathurst yesterday. Rough seas off the New South Wales coast have disrupted shipping…
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SYDNEY: Constant flood warnings are being broadcast to all landholders between Forbes and Hillston, in the south-west of N.S.W. The Lachlan River has broken its banks at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Estuary Fishing Has Been Adversely Affected By Floods
Until the cyclonic weather and very heavy rains set in on Tuesday night, fishing in inside waters in and around Newcastle for this time of the year had been reasonably bright, but as a result of the flooding of rivers and creeks within the…
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SYDNEY, Friday. — Floodwaters of the Lachlan River have entered 80 homes in the outer district of Forbes. Two Army amphibious "ducks" are on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Warning of Worse Floods to Come in Lachlan Danger Passes In Hunter Valley
Warnings of worse floods on the way to Condoblin, Forbes and other, western towns along the lower Lachlan were given today. With fine weather for the past 24 hours…
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FLOOD.—A council motor boat yesterday ferried North Richmond workers with their motor cycles and bicycles across the Nepean when the bridge was submerged by the flooded river…
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Forbes yesterday was "reprieved" from greater flood damage when the Lachlan River level held stationary. The next town on the "danger…
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PARKES: Flood waters are receding at Forbes today and the town's threeday emergency has passed, but a large body of water is now edging down on Condobolin, and police expect a record flooding there. Much of the Condobolin area…
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LONDON, Tues. (A.A.P.): Two hundred youths, attending a Dusseldorf meeting at which the former German…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Holidaymakers Sent Indoors By Gale, Rain
A south to south-east wind, which reached 45 miles an hour in gusts, and driving rain and showers made yesterday mainly an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Subsidy for Lake Flood Damage
Half of the actual cost, but not more than £3450, would be pro, vided by the Government for repairing flood damage in Lake…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The Lachlan River floodwaters, after having divided Forbes into three islands and caused heavy damage to wheat,…
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SYDNEY: With water spilling from the swollen Lachlan and from Lake Cowal, the worst flood for years threatens the countryside surrounding Condobolin, police say…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coastal Flood Damage £2m
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Damage estimated at more than £2 million has been caused by flooding on the Central and South Coasts. Sydney's food supplies will be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lake Council Given £3456 Flood Grant
Lake Macquarie Shire Council last night accepted a grant of £3456 from the Department of Public Works towards shire flood…
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EVACUATED: Mrs. Spice and her four-months-old son, Garrick, safe in the Forbes Parish Hall, after they were…
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