Flood Water In Forbes; Many Leave
SYDNEY, Monday—Flood water from the rising Lachlan River is expected to split the township of Forbes into three parts—North…
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Floods & storms, 1951
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Flood Eases At Fobes
SYDNEY: Police at Forbes said today that danger of further serious flooding is over, but…
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Newcastle Council Health Committee moved last night to prevent tidal flooding of Maryville streets. It recommended that the councils' representatives on the…
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Further representations for a grant of £10,000 for urgent work on the lever banks in the Maitland district will be made by the Hunter…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The danger of serious flooding at Forbes passed to-day when the Lachlan River began to fall…
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SYDNEY. — Forbes began to clean up today as dozens of families returned to their homes from which floodwaters had…
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SYDNEY: Icy, gale-force westerlies throughout the night and today have battered N.S.W. towns and blinding snowstorms and blizzards have isolated many places on the…
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This house at Hexham was severely damaged this morning when part of the roof of the Hexham Theatre blew off and crashed into it. The owner of the house, Mr. G. Robinson, is inspecting damage to his roof…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hexham Theatre Unroofed; 60 m.p.h. Gale Batters City
The 60-miles-an-hour north-westerly gale which battered Newcastle throughout the morning unroofed the picture theatre and a house at Hexham, caused some disruption to ferry schedules, curtailed the movement of shipping and blew in the windows of a city shop…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Lachlan River at Bedgerebong, 20 miles from Forbes, was more than three feet above flood level to-night…
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A start was made by householders in Newcastle today to repair the widespread damage caused by yesterday's 65 miles-an-hour gale. A survey of the district…
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LONDON, Fri. (A.A.P.): Earth tremors, torrents of rain, hailstorms and river floods were Europe's…
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Yesterday was one of the worst days for damage experienced by Newcastle Electric Supply Department. A spokesman for the department said…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gales, Floods In N.S.W.
New South Wales had blizzards, floods and a bushfire yesterday. The Weather Bureau expects the high winds which have been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Storms Kill 26 In Europe
LONDON, August 10. A.A.P.—Twenty-six persons are missing, believed killed, in Northern Italy after 36 hours of violent cloudbursts and devastating floods…
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ROME, Sat. (A.A.P.).—After a 48-hour deluge, 26 bodies were recovered yesterday as floods receded in the Lake Como…
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SYDNEY.—The crippled tug James Paterson was sighted off Eden early this afternoon, low in the water and steering erratically…
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FORBES.—More than 100 delegates who arrived in Forbes today to discuss water conservation and flood mitigation…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Troops Drowned In Korean Floods
TOKYO, Aug. 13. A.A.P.-Reuter.—The newly formed Commonwealth Division's first casualties in Korea included several drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bridge Ready By June If No Hexham Flood
Hexham Bridge should be finished by June next year if there was no further flooding, the President of Port Stephens Shire Council (Cr…
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