Army "Ducks" on Way Floodwaters Ring Lismore, Grafton
Floodwaters have now almost submerging roads leading to these towns on the Far North Coast…
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Floods & storms, 1954
428 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 22
Danube Floods Vienna
LONDON, Wed. (A.A.P.)—In Vienna yesterday, floodwaters surging down the Danube overran some…
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The Richmond River yesterday stopped 18 inches below danger level to Lismore. Another 18 inches in height and it would have entered the main business centre of the city…
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Six bus passengers, including women, have been marooned for three days by north coast floods. The bus has been held up between Copmanhurst…
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VIENNA, Thursday, (A.A.P.): Entire villages in Slovakia disappeared beneath floodwaters yesterday. The Danube burst its banks as the floodwaters…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Storms Break U.s. Heat Wave
NEW YORK, July 15. A A.P.—Violent storms in the eastern part of the United States, and an expanding cool front in the Middle West, partially cracked the season's…
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A thunderstorm broke over Newcastle soon after 6.30 last night and drenching rain swept most suburbs…
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SYDNEY: The heaviest rain for five months drenched city workers early this morning. Some suburbs have had more than two inches of…
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LONDON, July 18. A.A.P.—Gales and heavy seas along the south-east coast have driven many ships into harbour for shelter…
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BUDAPEST, July 18. A.A.P.— Troops, police and civilians, including women and girls, are reinforcing dams and dykes as the Danube floodwaters…
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VIENNA, Mon. (A.A.F.): The Hungarian Government has appealed to Russian troops for aid against floods which, worsening hourly are threatening Budapest, where the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gale Throws Ship On Reef At Lord Howe Island
LORD HOWE ISLAND, Tues.: The 500-ton motor vessel Jacques Del Mar was thrown on to a reef on the western side of the island during a gale last night. The ship had anchored…
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VIENNA, July 19. A.A.P.—The Hungarian Government has appealed to Soviet troops to help stem floods ravaging the country and which are becoming worse,…
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CAPE TOWN, Tues. (A.A.P.). — Large areas were transformed into lakes and many natives…
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LONDON (O.S.R.): Eleven-year-old David Parslow bared his chest at Nailsea, Somerset, recently, to display a red weal impression of fork lightning; from his shoulder to the waist…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Radio Flood-Warning Units Soon Ready For Service In Hunter
SYDNEY: The first radio flood warning system i Australia will be ready for service in the Hunter Valley within two weeks. The system, which has…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Danube City Besieged By Floods
VIENNA, Wed. (A.A.P.): Gyor, Hungary's second largest industrial city, was described yesterday as "a…
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Snatches of conversation heard between transmitting and receiving stations on the Upper Hunter have been the only indication to officers of Maitland City Council that…
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An approach to the shire council on building a protective flood bank at Raymond Terrace was suggested by the Secretary of the Public Works Department (Mr. R. A…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →£30,000 Flood Relief Grants
The Commonwealth and New South Wales Governments will each grant £15,000 for flood relief on the N.S.W. North Coast. The grants were…
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