Four Deaths In U.S. Floods
NEW YORK, Feb. 3. A.A.P.—Waters from the flooded Ohio River and its tributaries inundated thousands of square miles of lowlands…
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Floods & storms, 1950
987 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 50
Floods Isolate 120 Mile Area Of Central Aust. Railway
ADELAIDE: A strip of territory covering 120 miles on the Central Australian Railway is completely isolated by flood. Six of the main towns isolated are; Maree, Farina, Lynd-…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cyclone Brings Good Rain
A cyclone off the coast gave Newcastle 337 points of rain in the 48 hours ended 10 o'clock last night, said Mr. Cyril Griffiths. The rain extended to Scone,…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The State Weather Bureau to-night issued a storm warning to shipping. Flood warnings have also…
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Raymond Terrace Chamber of Commerce decided last night to support the move by Port Stephens Shire Council to have power-boats…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood Fears Grow in Maitland: River Has Risen to 29 Ft. 3 In
With the Hunter River at Maitland 29ft. 3in. and a reported height of 33ft. at Singleton, Maitland was once again in the throes of flood anxiety today…
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GLEN DAVIS: Standing on tables in their flooded home a family of six was rescued in the nick of time at Glen Davis yesterday by a police boat. Civilians assisted police in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Scenes At Maitland Today
Reading from Top: The Hunter River at West Maitland reached a height of 29ft. 3in. at Belmore Bridge…
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Much Maryville land was below the level of very high tides, resulting in the tides backing through the stormwater drains into the…
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A TEAM of young men, some in bathing costumes, others in shorts or old clothes, did a flourishing trade in the highway…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Glen Davis is still isolated by flood water front Capertee River, although the water is subsiding. Police hope that a bridge…
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LONDON, Feb. 7. A.A.P.—The Thames Valley to-day is faced with its most serious flood threat since last winter, as the result of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Families Leave Homes to Escape Flood Others Standing By As Water Threatens
Eight families left their flooded homes in Thurber, Ann and Riley Streets, East Maitland, shortly after 8 o'clock last night after a succession of embankment breaks…
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SYDNEY: In one of the most destructive floods in the history of the South Coast, towns from Moruya to Genoa, just over the Victorian border, are isolated…
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Huge areas of Newcastle harbor were covered today with masses of flood debris washed down the Hunter River from Maitland. Logs, bushes, pumpkins and other vegetables littered the fairway and ferry steamers had difficulty in…
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Maitland has escaped another serious flooding by a hair's breadth and the Hunter River, which reached a level of 32 feet six inches, has begun to fall. At 1 p.m. it was down a foot…
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Today's pictures of Maitland floods showing the position at noon. Top: Groups of children playing in Ann St., where the flood waters were six feet high in the deepest parts. Below: A line of traffic waiting for an opportunity to be towed through the floodwaters in Newcastle St., East Maitland. Some went through under their own power. This…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Homes Clear of Floodwaters
Floodwaters last night left the homes in the section of East Maitland inundated on Tuesday night after embankment breaks on the Hunter River at Mudd's farm…
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STANDING in the shallow water which caused motorists to slow down in the main highway at East Maitland last night,…
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Mr. John Thomas Patterson, 78, of North Stockton, sits by the river bank yesterday to enjoy one of the many watermelons washed down into Newcastle Harbour by flood water in the Hunter River…
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