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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1954

428 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 19 of 22

Typhoid Follows Italian Floods

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 November 1954 · page 1

SALERNO, Nov. 1. A.A.P. —The Italian public health authorities carried out mass inoculations to-day after…

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Trust Won't Aid Flood System

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 2 November 1954 · page 2

The Hunter Valley Conservation Trust decided to-day not to contribute towards the annual…

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Flood Survey Near Morpeth

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 2 November 1954 · page 2

Mr. E. O. K. Green reported to the Hunter Valley Trust that the Department of Public Works had…

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Freshes Damage Flood Protective Works

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 2 November 1954 · page 3

Recent freshes in the Hunter River had damaged a number of protective works, Mr. A Reddoch, an officer of the Department of Water Conservation and Irrigation, said at Maitland today. If these "experimental"…

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Storm Disrupts Phone Service

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 3 November 1954 · page 4

The thunderstorm at Cessnock last night put out of order about 150 telephones, mostly in the…

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Brilliant Storm at Maitland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 November 1954 · page 16

A brilliant electrical storm accompanied by loud thunder and heavy rain swept Maitland about 11 o'clock last night…

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Cloudburst Floods Homes and Shops in Sydney Area

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 4 November 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY: A cloudburst in the Manly-Warringah area today flooded homes and shops, washed away backyards and caused thousands of pounds' worth of damage…

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Violent Storm Hits Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 November 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Fireballs struck houses at Drummoyne and Newtown during a storm which caused severe property damage and flooding to-day…

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Floods in Italy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 November 1954 · page 12

—Storms swept the Salerno area to-day causing fears of a recurrence of last week's disastrous floods which killed…

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Walgett Is Preparing For Flood

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 5 November 1954 · page 1

WALGETT: Residents are preparing against floodwaters from the north-west…

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Town Gets Ready For Flood

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 November 1954 · page 7

SYDNEY, Friday. — The Barwon and Namoi Rivers have risen to flood danger levels at Walgett in the past…

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Violent Storms Forecast

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 8 November 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY: Violent thunderstorms are expected late this afternoon…

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Second Storm Victim Dies

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 November 1954 · page 1

SYNDEY, Sunday. — The second of three men struck by lightning at Moore Park yesterday died in St. Vincent's…

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Violent Storm Cuts 5-Mile Path 20 Miles

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 November 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday. — Hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of caused was caused in a violent storm which cut a five-mile wide path for 20 miles in Mildura district to-day…

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Walgett Fears Wide Flooding

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 8 November 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY: At Walgett, in the far north-west, workmen are hurriedly building levees along the Barwon River which threatens to burst its banks near the town…

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More Violent Storms

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 November 1954 · page 1

Violent rainstorms swept the Riverina yesterday and added to damage caused by storms on Sunday. Torrential rain also fell in…

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Rivers Flood at Mungindi

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 November 1954 · page 1

MUNGINDI: The Barwon and Boomi Rivers at Mungindi near the Queensland border broke their banks late yesterday, almost isolating the town…

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Ampol Tourney Golf Course Under Flood

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 November 1954 · page 16

MELBOURNE: Yarra Yarra links where the Ampol golf tournament was to commence…

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Flooding Follows Cyclone

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 November 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. — Widespread flooding has followed the cyclonic depression that has moved across Victoria after having caused extensive damage in the Mildura district at the week-end…

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Floods Invade Homes In Melbourne Suburbs

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 10 November 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE: Rising floodwaters forced hundreds to quit homes in Melbourne suburbs last night. Floods are widespread in other parts of Victoria. In…

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