Cyclone Batters South Coast
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Weather Bureau has issued a new flood warning for the Shoalhaven and Nepean Rivers…
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Floods & storms, 1951
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Storm Centre In Persia
OIL CRISIS: Panoramic view of Abadan with its tangle of roads, pipes, tanks and plants centre of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company's vast venture in Persia…
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Newcastle Council Health Committee recommended last night that the Town Clerk (Mr. Burges), City Engineer (Mr. Baddeley) and Chief…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Flood water isolated the Warragamba dam township this afternoon Floods are expected in several…
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NOWRA: About 300 farms in the Nowra district are under water, police said today…
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CANBERRA: An immediate inspection will be made of Williamtown aerodrome to investigate complaints that drains are ruining adjoining properties, the Minister for External Affairs (Mr. Casey)…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Heavy damage was caused by floods to citrus and vegetable crops in the Nowra district, where 300 farms…
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Newcastle Chamber of Commerce will take "all possible steps" to speed up Hunter Valley flood-prevention work so that a quick start can be made on the proposed civil…
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To strengthen its application for an immediate grant of £10,000 for work on levee banks, the Hunter Valley Trust decided today to seek…
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The establishment of a cooperative farm and crop flood insurance scheme for the Lower Hunter will be investigated. Hunter Valley Conservation Trust…
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NEW YORK. July 9. A.A.P.— Winds that reached a velocity of 88 miles an hour, heavy rain, and hall caused great damage in the…
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Construction of Warkworth flood mitigation dam, on Wollombi Brook, near Singleton, is…
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The capacity of Glenbawn Dam, being built near Scone, has been almost doubled to allow it…
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A grant of £200 towards the cost of a powered flood boat had been approved by the Minister for Local Government (Mr. Cahill),…
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Farmers from Fullerton Cove alleged yesterday that Williamtown Aerodrove drainage had concentrated water on to their…
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TOKIO, Thurs. (A.A.P.-Reuter).—Floods yesterday drowned four people on Kyoto, washed away the historic Shomen…
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TOKYO, July 12. A.A.P.-Reuter. —Floods in Kyoto province killed 40 people, washed away 70 homes, destroyed another 35,…
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GENEVA, July 13. A.A.P.— four people died in severe storms which, swept Switzerland yesterday. Two men and a woman were…
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NEW YORK, July 13. A.A.P.— Record-breaking floods surged over Eastern and Central Kansas yester day, leaving 12 dead and millions…
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KANSAS CITY, Friday, (A.A.P.): More than 60,000 people have been rendered homeless and an…
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