Walgett Out of Flood Danger
TAMWORTH, Monday.— Flood water reached its peak at Walgett to-day and the danger of serious floodings in…
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Floods & storms, 1953
304 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 16
Thunderstorms Likely Tonight
There was every possibility of thunderstorms developing towards evening, Mr. R. W. Parker said today. Conditions should be…
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CALCUTTA, Tuesday (A.A.P.): Sixty m.p.h. gales, sweeping a wide area in north-east India and…
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Floods in Maitland since 1949 had cost the Maitland City Council £40,000 the Mayor (Ald. M. J. Clyde) told the Minister for Public Works (Mr…
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In the heavy rain storms which swept Newcastle early this morning, Nobbys registered 107 points. At Merewether. Mr. R…
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LONDON, Thursday (A. AP.).—The Home Secretary (Sir David Maxwell Fyfe) said in the Commons…
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BRISBANE: The Brisbane Weather Bureau today pinpointed a cyclone on the coast at Bundaberg, 200 miles north of Brisbane. The blow has brought…
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A cloudburst washed away an 80ft.-span bridge on the main road between Bonalbo and Casino yesterday. The bridge was rebuilt only two…
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LISMORE: A police constable's wife last night fled in terror when a 10ft. wall of floodwater swept towards her from Peacock Creek at Bonalbo. Heavy rain during the…
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Two children were drowned when a launch, holed by floating timber, sank in the flooded Nambucca River at Nambucca Heads yesterday…
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LISMORE: Residents of Richmond River towns are hopeful that they will escape serious flooding as the river began to drop early today. The sky is cloudy, however, suggesting more…
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PERTH: Almost incredible stories of survival in the great north-west cyclone have come from the isolated settlement of Learmonth on the fringe of Exmouth Gulf…
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PERTH Wednesday.— Five trains are held up by floods on the main line between Perth and Kalgoorlie…
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LONDON, Mon. (A.A.P.) — The master and eight members of the crew were rescued just before the…
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A man walked into the office of the Lord Mayor's secretary today and handed her 11 for the British flood victims appeal., The gift itself was not extraordinary, but he was…
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The Dutch Flood Relief! Appeal in Newcastle, which closed last week, raised £147 5s 7d in cash and…
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The Lord Mayor of Newcastle's appeal for funds to assist British flood victims now totals £805…
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SYDNEY. — The recent floods in Holland had caused £200,000,000 damage, the new Dutch Ambassador…
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DARWIN, Tuesday.—Flood-bound holidaymakers were still drifting into Darwin in trucks, cars, buses and…
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Thousands of workers were marooned at railway stations, bus stops and under shop awnings while a tornadic thunderstorm drenched Newcastle this morning…
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