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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1952

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Gale Delays Queen Mary

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 14 October 1952 · page 1

LONDON, Tues. (A.A.P.) —A 60 m.p.h gale last night delayed the liner Queen Mary four hours…

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Floods In N.W.

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 14 October 1952 · page 6

MOREE. — Flood waters have closed the Camurra-Boggabilla branch line but the Railway Department…

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Flood Scheme Talks Called

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 October 1952 · page 5

Maitland City Council decided last night to call a conference on November 27 of all interested bodies from…

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£50 to R.s.l. Flood Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 October 1952 · page 2

Hamilton R.S.L. sub-branch will donate £50 to a flood relief fund opened by State Headquarters of the League…

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R.S.L. Helps Flood Appeal

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 16 October 1952 · page 12

A general meeting of the Hamilton R.S.L. last night endorsed a recommendation from the Management…

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Letters To The Editor Flood Schemes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 October 1952 · page 2

THE Lord Mayor is to have a £500 gold chain to wear around his neck, upholding the dignity of the Lord Mayoralty…

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Floods At Maitland Leave New Legacy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 October 1952 · page 5

This summer a new pattern will be showing on the fields and cultivated land surrounding Maitland. In addition to the…

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Ketch Hit By Storm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 October 1952 · page 1

With its Jibsail torn to shreds and mainsail out of action, the 30ft. ketch, Peer Gynt, put into Newcastle Harbour for repairs on Saturday morning…

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Exceeded Speed To Beat Floods

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 October 1952 · page 1

Michael Tobin of Bolwarra, who pleaded guilty to exceeding the speed limit on Aug. 12 told…

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Talk On Flood Mitigation

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 October 1952 · page 4

The Town Clerk of Maitland Council (Mr. Dunkley) informed Kearsley Shire Council last night that a…

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Railway £6000 Flood Bill

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 23 October 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY. The cost of transhipping passengers, mails and luggage during the…

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Floods Isolate Towns: Warning Of Cyclone

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 27 October 1952 · page 1

Serious flooding has isolated many towns and villages in the far south of N.S.W.; a cyclone is passing through the Riverina and worse floods are to come…

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Storm Warning Issued

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 27 October 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY: The Weather Bureau to-day issued a storm warning…

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Serious Flooding 'Unlikely'

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 October 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday.—There was no risk at present of serious flooding on New South Wales inland rivers, although…

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Floods Delay Eden Inquest

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 27 October 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY: — Torrential rain, which has flooded South Coast rivers, has held up the inquest into…

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Diver Forced Up By Storm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 October 1952 · page 1

A PUBLIC Works Department diver had to make a hurried return to the surface in…

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Floods Cut Towns Off

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 October 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—Floods have isolated several towns and villages on the far South Coast of New South Wales. Streams, swollen by…

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Flood Relief Conference

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 November 1952 · page 2

Representatives of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce will attend a conference on flood mitigation called by…

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Fire Threatens Homes in Gales, Heat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 November 1952 · page 1

A bushfire yesterday threatened several homes at Warriewood, in the Sydney area. Heat and gales were experienced over a wide area of the State…

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Mounting Floods Of Cup Visitors Hit Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 3 November 1952 · page 3

MELBOURNE: Special planes, trains and a big volume of road traffic began shifting Cup visitors into Melbourne today at the rate of hundreds an hour. By noon tomorrow hotel…

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