Spread And Spill Of Flood
Top: North Wagga, top left, flooded by the Murrumbidgee. Hampden Bridge, in the main road entrance from the north into…
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Floods & storms, 1950
987 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 50
Long Trek From Wagga Floods Continues Roof-Top Cries Of "Help" In Wagga
WAGGA: This flood-bound town of 20,000 people is in a state of near-panic today as the muddy-brown water creeps inexorably up into houses, shops and business premises…
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MELBOURNE.—Directed by flames, police and volunteers last night made a two-mile motor boat dash to rescue…
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SYDNEY: The Premier (Mr. McGirr) today approved of funds being made available to assist…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Expect Flood Of "Bad" Money At Royal Easter Show
SYDNEY.—Special preparations to defeat counterfeit money operators at the Royal Easter Show are being made by the C.I.B. Anticipating a new flood of spurious silver coins, a special…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floodwaters Cascade Over Burrinjuck Dam
BURRINJUCK OVERFLOWS: Part of Burrinjuck Dam, where an eight-foot wall of water is pouring over the spillways at the rate of a million gallons a second into the valley below. Towns below the dam, including Jugiong, Gundagai and Wagga, have been warned that the waters are sweeping down on them. In a state of emergency, Wagga is taking desperate measures to meet the full force of the flood. At right: FATHER AND SON: Les Chaplin, Avondale Club professional, with his son, Les, who acted as caddy for him in the McWilliam's…
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NEW YORK, March 24. A.A.P.—Storms which raised mountainous seas over the entire breadth of the North Atlantic, continued to…
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WAGGA, Friday.—The flow of water did not stop the flow of beer in Wagga today…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Houses are collapsing in flooded North Wagga as muddy-brown water six feet deep surges through practically every home in the suburb…
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My most lasting recollection of the great Murrumbidgee floods of May and June, 1925, when the river reached the record height of 33 feet 3 inches, was the sense of fear that swept…
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MELBOURNE.—Floodwaters in East Gippsland are receding and families in the Orbost and Mario districts are returning to…
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WAGGA: Two Army ducks today rescued four people from a rowing boat swamped by flood waters…
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CATTLE ON THE MOVE.—As soon as police issued warnings, cattle was herded together and moved to higher ground at Wagga. Sixty racehorses have been transferred from danger areas to the showground. Wagga is taking desperate…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Narrandera Hit by Flood 200 Families Go To Safety
The Murrumbidgee River early last night broke its banks at Narrandera. Narrandera police said water was in the backyards of homes in the southern end of the…
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TRAVELLING in Wagga's flooded streets was not easy without a boat. The three men (above) managed to get out of the flooded town by horse and sulky, while the less fortunate ones (below) had to swim and wade against the fast-moving current…
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A SPECIAL kind of sympathy will be felt by the people of the Hunter Valley for the Victims of the disastrous floods in the southern corner of the State…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Storms Kill 15, Cause Heavy Damage Through America
NEW YORK, Mon. (A.A.P.): Cyclonic spring storms, which have raged throughout the U.S. for two days, have caused at least 15 deaths and heavy property and crop damage. Most deaths were caused by…
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It is feared that Darlington Point's 200 homes have been flooded. Darlington Point police said early last night that the homes would be flooded by midnight…
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SYDNEY: A diver working at Jugiong pumping station yesterday was swept away by…
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WAGGA: City health authorities are washing down Wagga streets to prevent disease from following in the wake of the flood. Most of the families who were…
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