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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1952

437 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 22

House To Move Second Time From Flood Area

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 10 September 1952 · page 3

A weatherboard house which was moved eight years ago is again to be shifted to high ground at Largs out of flood reach, according to a report received by Lower Hunter Shire Council today…

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Flood-free Road Plans To County

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 September 1952 · page 8

Plans by the Main Roads Department for a flood-free highway from the Long Bridge at Maitland, which would…

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£4000 Interim Flood Grant

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 September 1952 · page 8

The Minister for Public Works (Mr. Renshaw) had made Lower Hunter Shire Council an interim flood grant of £4000 and promised an immediate inspection to provide…

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Deluge In Hongkong

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 September 1952 · page 1

HONGKONG, September 14. A.A.P-Reuter—A two-year-old Chinese chila was killed and four [?]ther people were…

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Thunderstorms Are Forecast

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 15 September 1952 · page 1

Newcastle's pleasant spring weather for the last few days is likely to give way to thunderstorms later…

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Isolated Storms Forecast

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 16 September 1952 · page 1

Weather conditions were overcast but generally mild today. The 6 a.m. temperature at Nobbys was…

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Storm Cuts Interstate Telephones

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 September 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday. — All direct telephone and telegraph services between Sydney and Melbourne were cut to-day…

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Flood Subsidy Sought

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 September 1952 · page 6

Maitland City Council, which last night decided to ask the Federal Treasurer to subsidise the £2500 interim flood…

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83 Die in Flood

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 September 1952 · page 3

MEXICO, Sept. 21. A.A.P.—The toll of a flood that ravaged Mexico's Pacific Coast has mounted to 83 dead and…

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215 Points in Storms Last Night

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 25 September 1952 · page 3

Nobbys registered 215 points of rain in the heavy storms which swept over Newcastle during the…

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Seek Federal Aid For Flood Areas

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 25 September 1952 · page 4

SYDNEY: The Minister for Works (Mr. Renshaw) said today that the Prime Minister (Mr. R. G. Menzies) and the Federal Government were not aware of their responsibilities…

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Flood Aid 'Only By State'

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 September 1952 · page 7

SYDNEY, Thursday. — The New South Wales Government would apparently have to meet the full cost of…

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Flooded Town Has Permanent Boatman

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 26 September 1952 · page 6

Euabalong, on the Lachlan River in central N.S.W., is probably the only town in Australia having a "permanent" official boatman. The town, with a population of 200, has been…

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Thunderstorms Forecast

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 30 September 1952 · page 3

Mr. R. W. Parker forecasts that the fine weather conditions today will be followed by…

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Valuable Land Lost In Floods

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 2 October 1952 · page 5

An inspection of some of the farms on the Upper Hunter and its tributaries had revealed a very serious problem arising from the recent floods, the District Dairy Officer…

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Flood Of Public Tears Swamps Democrats

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 October 1952 · page 8

PHILADELPHIA, Thurs.—This city has turned out to be a peculiarly appropriate place in which to stay during the past week of great soul-baring by politicians and great floods of tears by the public…

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Move For Flood Districts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 October 1952 · page 5

The Hunter Valley Conservation Trust decided at Dungog yesterday to ask the Water Conservation and Irrigation…

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Flood-Free Road Plan

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 October 1952 · page 4

A conference at Paterson had decided to approach the Minister for Works (Mr. Renshaw) for a grant…

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Motorship Battered By Cyclone

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 October 1952 · page 12

SYDNEY.—The French motorship Tomaha (4464 tons) has arrived in Sydney with lifeboats damaged…

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R.S.L.'s £50 For Flood Relief

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 October 1952 · page 7

Hamilton R.S.L. Management Committee will recommend to the next general Meeting that £50 be…

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