Further Heavy Rain Could Cause Flooding of Western Rivers
SYDNEY: If heavy rain continues there is dan-er of floods in the Murrumbidgee, Lachlan, Macquarie and Namoi Rivers. The heavy rain at the…
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Floods & storms, 1951
334 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 17
Floods And Gales Hit South
Messages from Victoria and Hobart report serious flooding and gales, with heavy rain continuing. Serious flooding is expected at…
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NEW YORK, July 15. A.A.P.—Collapse of another dyke on the Missouri River has caused new devastation in Kansas City (Kansas). Fresh torrents of water released into the…
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TOKYO, July 15. A.A.P.—Two hundred and thirty-two persons were killed, 594 were injured, and 267 are missing in a landslide and a…
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KANSAS CITY, Sun. (A.A.P.): Floodwaters of the Missouri and Kansas Rivers are receding after having caused the greatest flood damage in U.S. history…
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Western and north-western New South Wales rivers fell rapidly yesterday, and were almost back to normal last night…
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NEW YORK, July 17. A.A.P. —Flood water from the Missouri River has caused a dangerous rise in the Mississippi,…
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Flood water in the Hunter River prevented the Main Roads Department floating the second span of the Hexham Bridge into position…
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ST. LOUIS (Missouri), Wed. (A.A.P.).—St. Louis was braced tonight for the beginning of its worst flood in 100 years, as it…
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LONDON, July 19. A.A.P.— Police slammed the heavy oak doors of the House of Commons in the faces of…
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NEW YORK, July 20. A.A.P.—Eleven people were killed and scores injured by violent thunderstorms which swept the north-eastern States of America on Wednesday and Thursday…
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NEW YORK, July 20.—The crest of the floodwaters to-day was churning down the Missouri River towards St. Louis, at the junction of the river with the Mississippi, were the…
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LONDON, Mon. (A.A.P.).—Two men and a woman were killed in Southern England's worst storm for 20 years…
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MINNEAPOLIS, July 22. A.A.P. —Fourteen people have been killed in the flooded States of Minnesota, Wisconsin and South Dakota…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.— Fifty men worked for 10 hours to-day packing sandbags into a 20ft. gap in a levee bank of the Ovens…
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Maitland City Council last night adopted recommendations by its Planning Committee for the use of land in undetermined areas of the…
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Government grants for flood damage repairs to Thompson-road, Speers Point, totalled £320, Lake Macquarie Shire Council advised…
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SYDNEY.—The Chief Judge in Divorce (Mr. Justice Edwards) today gave Pressmen permission to…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Heavy rain flooded homes, roads and markets in Sydney to-day. The Weather Bureau reported…
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SYDNEY.—With the Lachlan River rising rapidly, residents of Forbes are preparing today for their fifth flood since…
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