State Aid for Flood Victims
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The State Government would do all in its power to assist farmers and householders…
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Floods & storms, 1952
181 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 4 of 10
Rich Grazing Lands Ravaged By Floods
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Floodwaters are covering hundreds of square miles of rich grazing land as the Lachlan River pours through breaks in the bank near Bedgerebong, 20 miles west of Forbes. The flooded river has been disgorging water through the breaks…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Swollen by rain and snow falls in the Alps, the surging Tumut River tonight carried away a…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—The danger of serious flooding on the Murrumbidgee River appears to have…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Police will not attempt to use force to evacuate five Chinese families marooned by floodwaters at Narrandera, unless the Murrumbidgee River rises another foot. The Chinese have refused…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Police expect about 20 homes to be flooded when the peak of the swollen…
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MURWILLUMBAH, Friday. —The Tweed district early to-night had received up to one and a half inches of rain…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Violent weather has lashed Eastern N.S.W. this weekend. Houses and shipping have been battered by gale force winds, coastal rivers and streams have…
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Except for two launches, the entire Byron Bay fishing fleet was wiped out in a cyclonic gale in the early hours of Saturday morning. Fishermen estimated the loss in boats and equipment at £30,000…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.—A steady downpour of rain over the State during the weekend will bring Victoria its worst flood peril for years in the next 24 to 48 hours…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Many towns are isolated, hundreds of families have been forced to leave their homes, and thousands of acres of crops have been ruined as floods sweep through parts of N.S.W. Most coastal rivers are in flood…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.—A man was drowned, scores of families forced to flee their homes, thousands of head of cattle and sheep drowned, and more than a dozen townships isolated when the…
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The ketch Oslana, which left Byron Bay at 11 p.m. on Friday and sailed to sea in the teeth of a…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Some of the worst floods in many years are expected to hit Wagga,, on the Murrumbidgee River, and Forbes, on the Lachlan, within the next two days. The worst flood since 1916 today flooded scores of homes and…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A move to establish a £40,000 fund to assist victims of the current floods in N.S.W. was…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Record floods continue to cause havoc as they surge through the Central West and Riverina districts of New South Wales. One mail has been drowned at Cowra, and another man is…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Floodwaters generally were receding in Southern Victoria…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Reports tonight from flooded country centres in New South Wales indicate that the floods are gradually easing. Forbes, on the Lachlan River, and Wagga, on the Murrumbidgee,…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The N.S.W. Minister for Public Works, Mr. Renshaw, has asked the…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—An R.A.A.F. helicopter and an army duck today rescued three people who had been floodbound in trees at Forbes for two days. The rescued—a man and two boys—were trapped in the Gum…
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