Twelve Plans Take Part In Flood Aid
Twelve planes carrying food and fodder for flood areas had taken off from Tamworth Aerodrome before 8 a.m. today. Supt. Delaney, officer-in-[?]…
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Floods & storms, 1950
987 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 37 of 50
Acceleration In Fall Of Maitland Flood Waters
A speeding-up in the fall of the backwater flooding in South Maitland was noticeable today as the Hunter River dropped below 22ft. at midday. water covering the line at…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—A youth died yesterday while attempts were being made to take him through floods to Walgett Hospital. He was Thomas Brayshaw, 19,…
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The height of the backwater flooding in Maitland fell nine inches at the week-end, and at 9 o'clock last night the water was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Walgett Is Cut Off; Barwon Flood Danger
SYDNEY: Communication was cut today with Walgett, which is threatened by the flooded Barwon River. (Residents had worked round)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flood Organisation Seeks Donation
Raymond Terrace Flood Organisation decided to ask the Flood Relief Committee for £50 The following officers were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood Centres Pass Loan Quotas
MELBOURNE, Monday.—Maitland, Kempsey, Warren and Brewarrinah, although badly affected by floods, have exceeded their…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →45,000 Flee Flood In Japan
TOKYO, Aug. 7. A.A.P.-Reuter. —Fortyfive thousand inhabitants of two towns and six villages north-east of Tokyo fled from their homes…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Jap. Towns Inundated By Big Floods
TOKIO, Tues. (A.A.P.-Reuter).—Forty-five thousand inhabitants of two towns and six villages north-east of Tokio fled…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →General Berryman Inspects Flood Work At Maitland
"We feel that we have impressed the general with the urgency of the army remaining here and continuing the good work they have been doing," the Mayor of Maitland (Ald. A. S. McDonald) said today after a visit by Lieut-General F. H. Berryman, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Telephone Communication with Flooded Towns Broken
SYDNEY: Telephone communication with Mungindi, Collarenebri and Walgett, the three main towns isolated in the flooded north-west, was broken today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Freighter "Cracking Up" In Atlantic Gale
NEW YORK, Tuesday (A.A.P.).—A Coastguard cutter is standing by in the storm-lashed Atlantic while seamen endeavor to save the Norwegian freighter Belfri, which is literally "cracking up" beneath them…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Relief 'For Council, Not Committees'
The Public Works Department allocation for 1949 flood damage was made to the council, not to committees, the Engineer (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shopmen Fight Walgett Flood
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Walgett stores closed to-day to free shop assistants to join in the fight against Namoi and Barwon River flood-water…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Repairs "Costly" In Flood Areas
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The reconstruction of country roads in flooded areas was likely to be a long and costly job, delegates to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmers Form Flood Body
A Farmers' Flood Relief Advisory Committee was formed at Maitland last night. The committee will be…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →700 Maitland Claims For Flood Relief
About 700 claims for flood relief had been received, the Town Clerk (Mr. Dunkley) told a meeting of the Mayor of Maitland's Flood…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Floodwaters Stop Rising When Only Six Inches Below Levees
SYDNEY: Water today stopped rising when it was only six inches from the top of levees protecting Walgett from flooding. The Barwon and Namoi…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pumps Suggested To Drain South Maitland Flood
Maitland Council last night set up a sub-committee to investigate a suggestion that pumps be installed at Wallis Creek floodgates as a means of draining the backwater flooding in South Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Walgett Beats The Flood
SYDNEY, Wednesday.— Walgett has won the battle of the floods. The water to-day stopped…
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