Week-end Floods Likely At Rockhampton
BRISBANE, Wednesday.—The flood peak in the Fitzroy River would probably not reach Rockhampton for three days,…
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Floods & storms, 1951
334 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 17
Cessnock Road Cut by Flooding
Continued heavy rain throughout the coalfields yesterday caused a hold-up of traffic on the main Cessnock-Maitland road. Buses ceased running at 8…
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BRISBANE, Thursday.—The backwaters of the Fitzroy River at Rockhampton are encroaching on thousands of acres of low-lying land…
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Drainage and flooding on properties will be discussed at a public meeting in South Cardiff hall on Monday night…
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Maitland is in danger again as the Hunter River, fed by flood-level creeks and heavy rain extending in the past 24 hours to the upper reaches, continues to rise rapidly…
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Newcastle and the coalfields districts have felt the full force of increasing torrential rains and gale-strength winds which have been lashing the central coast during the past 24 hours. Already hundreds of acres of…
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A police sergeant leapt from a moving bus to rescue a boy from a flooded d[?]ain at New Lambton yesterday…
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BRISBANE, Friday.—A youth was drowned in Central Queensland floods to-day. He was Vincent John Black, 17,…
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The flood danger to Maitland was growing late last night as the swollen Hunter River and tributaries poured their overflow into low-lying parts of the city. The river was 33ft. high at Belmore Bridge at midnight…
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Hundreds of people have left their homes in South Maitland as the swirling waters of the Hunter River creep towards the 36-feet level at the Belmo re Bridge. Maitland City Council workmen have hastily built sandbag walls and the Mayor…
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Nearly 1000 people in Maitland have had to leave their home because of the flood in the Hunter River. Two hundred homes are flooded…
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Overflow water from Hunter River flooded the road approach to Hexham punt and caused it to be tied up on the Newcastle side…
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Due to open in Tenterfield, northern N.S.W., Sorlie's Revue Company has had to stay in Newcastle for another week…
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Lower Hunter farmers had lost £500,000 in floods over the past two years, Mr. M. Tobin, produce agent, of Bolwarra, said last night…
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BRISBANE, Sunday.—The swollen Fitzroy River, which has inundated thousands of acres of pastoral land on the outskirts of Rockhamp…
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This bridge over Ourimbah Creek on the road from Wyong to The Entrance was flooded and impassable for traffic at the…
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Newcastle police reported today that up to this morning 3000 people from about 750 homes had moved from flood-stricken areas in low-lying parts of Maitland and nearby farming districts. This estimate was supplied…
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NEARLY 3000 people had to leave their homes in Maitland during the floods at the week-end. Pictures show: Top left: Members of an Arms unit moving furniture to higher ground. Centre: This little boy was a member of a willing band who helped to carry furniture and personal effects from the home of Mr. Buxton in Oakhampton-rd. Top right: Mr. A. Freeman and his daughter Pat recovering some of their belongings from their home in Oakhampton-rd. Members of the family were absent when the floods entered the house, causing heavy damage to furniture and clothing…
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Edward Burbage, 4, of Louth-Park-rd., South Maitland, suffered a large cut under his left instep, severing the vein, when…
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Maitland's latest flood had again emphasised the urgent need for action to combat flooding throughout the whole Hunter Valley, the Lord Mayor (Ald. Purdue) said today…
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