Flood Threat In North
LISMORE: Flooding has begun in north-east N.S.W. and some small towns have been isolated…
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Floods & storms, 1950
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Marooned Families In Path Of Deluge
BRISBANE: The danger point in the still heavily-flooded south-east corner of Queensland is Maryborough, where the swollen Mary River broke its banks during the night…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Residents of Crystal Creek, near Murwillumbah, are shooting parrots to supplement their meagre food supplies. The town was isolated when the creek burst its banks after heavy…
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To prevent the flooding of McRae's Hollow on the Largs-East Maitland road with every slight rise in the Hunter River,…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Floodwater in the Tweed Valley drained away rapidly to-day, and to-night most roads in the district were…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The over-all plan for the Hunter Valley which the Government has adopted included special flood mitigation…
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CANBERRA, Thursday.—Senator Amour (Lab., N.S.W.) asked the Government to-day to allocate £100,000 to people of northern…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Thunderstorms Likely Late This Afternoon
There is a possibility of thunderstorms in Newcastle late this afternoon. A cool north-westerly kept…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—When a violent thunderstorm swept Orange for an hour and a half to-day. A five-year-old boy was…
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SYDNEY: Seepage from the Tank Stream which flows under the city, swelled by week-end rain, has flooded…
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LITHGOW, Tuesday.—Floodwaters are pouring into the Huon underground mine on the Western field from floods in Huon…
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The June flood had shown that the doors on the new Wallis Creek floodgates were too light, the Deputy Principal Engineer of Harbors and Rivers (Mr. A. R. Ford) said when he visited Maitland today…
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BRISBANE, Thursday.—Ayr to-day was isolated by floodwaters and 100 people, most of them old-age pensioners, were moved to…
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BRISBANE, Friday.—Flood and storm warnings for the whole Queensland South Coast were issued by the Weather Bureau to-night…
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BRISBANE: Bringing torrential ra in, a tropical 100 m.p.h. cyclone struck the Queensland coast between Mackay and St. Lawrence early this morning. Heavy seas battered the Queensland coast as the cyclone…
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BRISBANE: Caught in restricted waters inside the Barrier Reef south of Mackay, the passenger…
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Four people injured when a cyclone struck Carmila on Saturday were taken to Mackay Hospital yesterday. Carmila a small sugar town 65…
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BRISBANE: Severe flooding in most parts. of Queensland, except the south-east corner, is expected to follow the most persistent tropical rains for many years…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lower Floodgate Fee Suggested
Lower Hunter Shire Council will suggest that its contribution for the maintenance of Wallis Creek floodgates for the first year be £25. The council was told…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday.—A R.A.A.F. Lincoln bomber will leave Amberley to-morrow morning to drop 1500lb of food to three…
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