Itemised Flood Relief Needs Suggested
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Mr. Menzies suggested to the Premiers to-day that they itemise individual needs for flood relief payments…
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Floods & storms, 1950
987 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 41 of 50
Wilcannia Faces Biggest Flood In 60 Years
Wilcannia, far west town 379 miles down the Darling River from Bourke, is facing its biggest flood for 60 years. The town is completely isolated and in some places the road to Cobar, 166 miles east, is four feet under water for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Official To Visit Maitland
The executive member of the State Flood Relief Committee (Mr. G. Jolly) and Superintendent Clifford will attend a meeting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →B.C.O.F. Aids Flood Appeal
Members of B.C.O.F. and their families in Japan have been raising funds for the N.S.W. Flood Relief Appeal. Above: Padre A…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Flood Threat At Wilcannia
SYDNEY, Thursday.— Flood water threatens Wilcannia, 379 miles down the Darling River from Bourke…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hunter's Flood Area Recovering
Flooded agricultural areas in the Hunter Valley were beginning to recover from what was generally recognised as the most damaging…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Short Storm At Maitland
Following a dull and coll morning, a thunderstorm broke over Maitland at midday and heavy rain fell…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pedestrains Pursued By Waves Of Water In City Deluge
Today I had the unusual experience of being chased by waves across a Hunter-st. footpath—waves which dashed themselves against shop fronts under the impetus given by passing buses. When the violent rain storm…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flood Scene In Hunter St., Today
Water was two and three feet deep in some Hunter-st. shops during the cloudburst this morning. Picture shows employees from one store doing their best to keep the "waves" back…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Homes Flooded At Narrabeen
SYDNEY: A 30-minutes' cloudburst shortly before 7 a.m. today flooded homes and shops at Collaroy and Narrabeen and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Darling In Flood At Wilcannia
WILCANNIA.—Peak floodwaters reaches Wilcannia today, but here is no immediate danger of serious flooding…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Courthouse Flooded; Wall Falls
When a 15ft. brick retaining wall on the slope above Newcastle Courthouse collapsed during this morning's torrential rain, water poured into the building, badly flooding the caretaker's residence…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Car Almost Over In Storm
A car parked in a driveway off Tyrrell-street almost capsized when the ground under it subsided as a brick retaining wall…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Swept To Death By Flood
SYDNEY, Monday.—Flood water in Stanwell Creek washed an elderly man to his death in the sea in a cloudburst which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cloudburst Floods Streets, Shops
A cloudburst over Newcastle between 10 and 11 a.m. yesterday turned city streets into rivers, interrupted traffic and sent water flooding into many shops. Mr. Cyril Griffiths said 300…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£1015 Cheque For Maitland Flood Fund
A cheque for £1015 was presented to the Mayor of Maitland (Ald. A. S. McDonald) yesterday by the President of the 2CK…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disputes And Flooding Cause Big Production Loss At Mines
Disputes and flooding at 14 mines in the north today caused a production loss of 9580 tons, one of the heaviest on the field for the past two months. The effects of the cloudburst yesterday stopped operations at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Flood At South Maitland; Homes Evacuated
Torrential rain at Mulbring, which had 916 points since 2 p.m. yesterday, has caused renewed flooding in South Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Maitland Still In Flood Charlestown R.S.L. Debutantes
ROAD BOG: This was the third truck to get bogged in the same spot on Mulbring-rd.—main road from Maitland to Ccssnock—in 12 hours. The bitumen surface has caved in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Half Today's Coal Loss Due To Storm torm
More than half the production loss on the northern coalfields today was caused by flooding and effects of storm damage Stoppages at 10 mines…
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