Flood Through 20 Homes At Dubbo
SYDNEY: Floodwaters from the Macquarie River swept through 20 homes at Dubbo last night, but the river was falling steadily today. The river began to fall at…
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Floods & storms, 1950
987 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 33 of 50
Hunter Valley Rain Continues: No Serious Flood Threat
Newcastle today had its wettest day in a wet, unpleasant week. The rain also intensified over the whole Hunter watershed and water today crept back into some Maitland homes…
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Marooned by floodwaters up to 15 feet in the deepest places, residents of East Greta and Fishery Creek have had their provisions taken in by two Maitland City Council floodboats for the past five weeks. Before the passenger trains…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—A freak storm in Sydney to-day caused damage estimated at more than…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Three-quarters of Moree is under water to-night. An unidentified man is believed to have been drowned to-day in the Gwydir River…
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If the long continued rain has become an ordeal for Newcastle, for Maitland it has been far worse. Sympathy for Maitland…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Kempsey, on the Macleay River, has missed a major flood by a narrow margin. Reports from centres on the…
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Heartrending scenes were witnessed in South Maitland today as people hurriedly packed up to escape the rising flood waters for the second time in just over five weeks. Many of the people had been…
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The "Sun"-"Herald"-2KO flood appeal this morning reached £10,237. (Details Page Three)…
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SYDNEY: Hundreds of families have already been evacuated from towns in north-western N.S.W. to escape what threatens to develop in the next few days into the biggest floods in the history of the area. A huge volume of water…
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Children of the Newcastle East Public School have raised £76 17s 6d in a joint collection for the Hunter Valley flood…
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The Hunter River is falling, but backwaters are still rising at Maitland. After having reached a height of…
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THE "Herald"-"Sun"-2KO Flood Relief Appeal reached £10,052/6/2 yesterday. Including promised donations,…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—An R.A.A.F. plane will assist to-morrow in flood rescue work. Hundreds of families have been moved from homes in the north-west of New South…
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LITHGOW, Monday.—The efforts of the colliery Manager (Mr. R. Hewitt) and 11 employees saved Invincible colliery at Ben Bullen…
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From early yesterday [?]ll last night lorries were moving furniture from many homes between High-street, Maitland, and the railway line and beyond towards South Maitland…
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Many South Maitland homes were saved from further flooding early this morning when the backwater stopped rishing. Nearly 300 homes were sur-…
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The "Sun" - "Herald" - 2KO Flood Relief Fund today reached £10,271. The total amount in hand is…
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SYDNEY:: The Weather Bureau today warned of possible flooding on the north coast, especially on the Tweed, Richmond and Clarence River. Renewed flooding also is likely on the Barwon and…
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A proposal that Cessnock Council seek Federal Government aid for the construction of a flood-free rail link…
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