Police Party, Prisoner Flood Bound
BRISBANE, Wednesday.—Two police officers and a woman prisoner were covered in mud when they arrived at St. George by plane…
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Floods & storms, 1950
987 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 38 of 50
Operation On girl In Army Duck In Flood
SYDNEY: A doctor yesterday performed a minor operation on a five-year-old girl in an Army "duck" surrounded by swirling floodwater near Collarenebri. The girl, huddled in a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Respite From Floodwork Brief Airman To Search For Missing Man
A Newcastle Aero Club pilot will leave this morning to search for a drover missing for several days in the floodbound Collarenebri district. He will fly to Tamworth in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Maitland's Flood Plight
THE FLOOD SCENE AT MAITLAND TODAY.—Though the flood danger at Maitland has passed, the slow get-away of water due to river silting and erosion makes rehabilitation and reconstruction difficult, as these aerial pictures show. Top right: (1) Maitland Railway Station; (2) Regent St. Bridge; (3) North Coast line; (4) Main Northern line; (5) Coal and passenger line to Cessnock. Top left: Hunter River and farms at Pitnacree Bridge, between East Maitland and Largs, where serious silting of the stream, coupled with bank erosion, has created shallows which prevent the normal flow of the river, keeping water backed up. It was reported this week that water in the main river channel was only three…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Striking Reflection In Flood Waters
The still flood waters around Maitland Baths produced this striking effect in reflections, producing the buildings and trees in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Families Leave Brewarrina In New Flood Threat
Families are leaving their homes at Brewarrina as further floodwaters sweep down the Barwon River toward the town. Hundreds worked all night to strengthen levees, which now…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Indications Of Cyclone
There were indications of a cyclonic system gradually developing off the coast, Mr. Cyril Griffiths said last night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Race Against Flood At Brewarrina
SYDNEY, Sunday.—Police and civilian volunteers at Brewarrina worked to-night on a levee to protect the town from the flooded…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Arrested In Flooded Home
SYDNEY: Collarenebri police yesterday went to a flood-bound homestead to arrest a man on a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Levees Holding At Brewarrina But Major Floodwaters To Come
SYDNEY: Residents of Brewarrina relaxed last night as the levee banks held the rising Barwon River. Major floodwaters are not expected at Brewarrina for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flood Sends Shire's Overdraft Up
Because of flood damage to roads, Port Stephens Shire Council's general fund overdraft has reached £5300…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Women, Children Help In Race To Save Bourke From Flood
Business is at a standstill and all shops closed in Bourke today to enable every available person, including women and children, to work on the levee banks. Men again worked through…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Damage Estimate Likely
An estimate of the damage suffered by farmers, property owners and householders in the Maitland district in the floods of June and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bourke Flood Workers To Have Rest
SYDNEY: A public address system car racing around Bourke streets yesterday startled residents who feared the levee banks had given away, but it was anorher order to cease work on the flood protections at 6 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Orange Gives More to Flood Victims
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Orange has contributed £400 more to the Lord Mayor's appeal for flood victims, bringing its total so far…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Air Survey Of N.S.W. Flood Areas
CANBERRA, Thursday.—An aerial inspection had been arranged of flooded northern areas of New South Wales, the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Crisis State Of Emergency At Bourke
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The wartime emergency and air raid organisation was revived in the Far West town of Bourke…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Further Flood Relief Grants
SYDNEY, Thursday.—A further allocation of £42,500 to 21 flood-affected areas was decided on by the New South Wales Flood Relief Committee to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood Fund Appeal Now Closed
THE "Newcastle Herald"-"Newcastle Sun"-2KO Flood Appeal formally closed yesterday. The total donated…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers Pay For Flood Protection
Farmers on Bolwarra Flats are paying a voluntary levy of 25/ for each acre of property which will be protected by the flood…
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