Flooded Lines Almost Normal
The Railway Department reported late last night that conditions had returned almost to normal on the…
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Floods & storms, 1952
437 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 16 of 22
Migrants Praised For Flood Aid
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—In the House of Representatives to-day, the Minister for Supply (Mr. Beale) paid…
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To-day, about 30 Phoenix Park farmers will began clearing a track through flood mud to where about 20 families…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Slate Government would grant £30,000 for flood relief in the Hunter and Macleay districts, Mr. Cahill said to-day…
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I suggest a plaque be erected in honor of those who so courageously and tirelessly worked during…
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MISSING IN FLOOD: Victorians Joyce Hiscock, 22, and Gwen Oxley, 23, who police believe died in the Lynmouth (Devon) flood disaster last week-end. Schoolday friends, they had saved for three and…
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Migrants who bought homes in the areas of Maitland had done so "with their eyes wide open" to what they were doing, real estate agents claimed today…
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SYDNEY: A Sydney road transport vehicle distributing firm is trying to sell the State Government American helicopters for flood rescue work…
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LONDON, Aug. 21. A.A.P. —An inquest will be held to-day on the two Australian girls who were drowned in the…
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TOKYO, Aug. 21. A.A.P. Reuter. — Thirty American soldiers are feared dead in a sudden flood in South Korea…
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Rovers from Sydney, scouts from Newcastle, Cessnock, Kurri and Maitland…
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CANBERRA, Friday.—Mr. Menzies told the New South Wales Premier (Mr. Cahill) to-day that the Commonwealth Government would contribute up to £30,000 more to…
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Sixteen Rover Scouts from 1st Mosman troon and about 20 Scouts from Cessnock and Kurri Kurri went to Maitland…
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TOKYO, August 25. A.A.P.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Yoshida) faces rough going when the fourth…
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MANILA (Philippines), Tues. (A.A.P.-Reuter): Two people were killed and one injured as the worst flood…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Floods Cause Heavy Fruit Losses
The Department of Agriculture estimates that fruit losses as a result of the Hawkesbury River…
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SYDNEY: About 25 children isolated by road in flood-ravaged Macdonald Valley may not go back to school before Christmas. Roads were washed away, bridges may be un-…
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Just so long as the State was allowed to avoid the responsibility of flood mitigation, just so long would nothing be…
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An expenditure of £15,000 to cover realignment of a section of the bank of the Hunter River, downstream from…
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The recent floods in the Hunter River deposited an average of two feet of silt in channels in Newcastle…
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