Second Fatality In Vic. Floods
MELBOURNE, Sunday.—A 14 months' old baby, who was swept away by the swollen Bullocks Creek, at Marong, while playing with her…
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Floods & storms, 1950
443 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 5 of 23
Town Wins Fight Against Flood Levee Bank Holds
SYDNEY, Sunday.—The "battle of Warren" against disastrous floodwaters was won today. Men, women and children, sheltering behind the town's hand-built levee, rested today for the first time in weeks…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The danger of further flooding in most pair[?]s of the State has passed, but a new threat later this week to towns on the Murrumbidgee River seems likely…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Plans to help flood victims are being studied by the Federal representative on the Flood Relief Council (Mr. Bate,…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—In recently flooued districts throughout N.s.w. thousands of residents today began the herculean task of cleaning up…
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Damage caused to electricity meters by. the 1948 flood must be paid for by consumers, decided Lismore City Council at its meeting last night. This action was taken on the…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday. — The population of the small town of Euabalong, 44 miles from Condoblin, were today building a levee to stop…
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LONDON, Wednesday (AAP).—A reward of £10,000 sterling has been offered for information or three smuggling gangs flooding…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament House Lull Before New Storms At Canberra
Parliament is closed and not one Minister remains in Canberra—a situation unknown in the national capital for very many years. It is a lull before new debating storms break in a few days…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Graziers in the Condobolin-Euabalong district are fighting the biggest floods in history and the worst infestation of…
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BRISBANE, Sunday.—A severe blow accompanied by torrential rain struck the township of Coen without warning, early today, causing severe flooding in the river which flows within 400 yards of the main street…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Although the small town of Euabalong, near Condobolin, is isolated by floods, police there tonight said the Lachlan…
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CORAKI, Wednesday.—The longawaited repair of the levee bank and floodgates on Bungawalbyn Creek may start soon…
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Some parents at Lynch's Creek will not allow their children to go to school in wet weather owing to the danger of them being swept off their feet crossing flooded causeways. This was stated in a letter received…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Floodwaters 20 miles from the main Murrumbidgee River stream threaten to drown 2000 sheep valued at £10,000, marooned on a property 40 miles from Balranald…
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CORAKI, Friday.—Some minor local flooding occurred in the MidRichmond district last night and early this morning, following…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →It Happened 60 Years Ago (Extracts from the "Northern Star," April 17 to April 24, 1890.) Bourke Floods
BOURKE, Monday.—The water is still rising slowly and is now two feet deep opposite the Central Australian office on the footpath. It…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Floodwaters in some parts six feet deep, are spreading over thousands of acres of land near Carinda,…
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SYDNEY, Thursday. — The Premier (Mr. McGirr) said in the Legislative Assembly today that he did not believe that rich farmers,…
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After postponements for two weeks due to rain, the Far North Coast Hockey Association's fixtures opened on Saturday afternoon on sodden grounds. The late games were played in water inches deep after…
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