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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1950

581 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 15 of 30

Flood Relief

The Western Herald · Friday 7 July 1950 · page 10

The Social Service Department of the Presbyterian Church has been and is at work in the flooded areas of the North Coast. The…

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Floods Disprove Warren's Claims For Burrendong Irrigation Area

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 7 July 1950 · page 3

It has takes repeated [?] and rises of the Macquarie River to show that some of Warrens claims for the Burrendong Irrigation are based on faulty reasoning. Warren representatives have…

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R.S.L. Help for Flood Victims

The Wellington Times · Monday 10 July 1950 · page 1

Mr. A. Musgrave secretary of the Wellington subbranch of the Returned Soldiers' League, said this morning that local…

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Flooding on Lower Macquarie Likely

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 11 July 1950 · page 1

Forecast (Central Districts: Cloud conditions with rain at times, particularly in the Eastern part of the district…

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Peak Hill Farmers and Settlers Open Flood Relief Fund

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 11 July 1950 · page 3

Peak Hill branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association on Saturday decided is open a flood relief fund to aid the victims of the coastal floods. The money is to be added to the Municipal Fund…

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Nyngan Farmers Stranded Roads Flooded And Stock Cut Off

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 12 July 1950 · page 1

Dozens of farming families in the Nyngan district are unable to reach the township because of the bad conditions of the roads, and several graziers have been stranded in Nyngan for several days…

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Floods Cause Big Timber Loss SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 12 July 1950 · page 6

The North Coast flooding has cost the building industry 100 million super feet of timber, the Executive Director of the…

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Yeoval Flood Relief Fund £100 Target Passed In First Week

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 12 July 1950 · page 6

Within a week of its opening, the Yeoval Flood Relief Fund, launched by the Red Cross passed its target of £100…

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High Prices at Dunedoo Heavy Rain Restricted Yarding

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 13 July 1950 · page 8

Owing to the heavy rain which fell throughout the district the previous night, motor transports were unable to operate on…

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Dubbo Starts Flood Relief Appeal

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 13 July 1950 · page 1

The Mayor (Ald. E. B. Serisier) announced today the opening of a Dubbo appeal for funds for the alleviation of distress…

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Lucky Escape for District Grazier When Car Swept Along Flooded Creek

The Wellington Times · Thursday 13 July 1950 · page 1

QUASHED downstream in his sedan car after a wall of had swept it off a crossing on Reid's Creek on the Gillinghall Road on Monday night last, a Wellington district grazier escaped from the vehicle and swam to safety…

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Flood Damage Coonabarabran Water Supply

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 13 July 1950 · page 12

The April floods, which caused so much damage throughout the Coonabarabran Shire, also hit the town water supply…

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Need for Better Flood Information

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 14 July 1950 · page 1

The Macquarie rose to the 3d foot mark at Narromine yesterday, causality [?] to many people west of [?] before a started to…

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Municipality of Bourke Flood Preparations

The Western Herald · Friday 14 July 1950 · page 1

A special meeting of the Aldermen of the Bourke Municipal Council was held last night-to consider preparations…

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Over £100 in Hand Red Cross Appeal for Flood Victims

The Wellington Times · Monday 17 July 1950 · page 1

Following the announcement last week that the Wellington Shire would leave the field open to the local Red Cross…

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B.c.o.f. Starts Flood Fund

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 19 July 1950 · page 2

Australian troops in Japan have opened their own fund for the relief of. flood victims in New South Wales…

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Flooding on Lower Macquarie

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 19 July 1950 · page 1

FORECAST (Central Districts): Unsettled conditions continuing, occasional scattered rain, mainly in the eastern…

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Fowls May Go Upstairs During Floods Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 19 July 1950 · page 1

A W[?]force poultry farmer, Mr. J. Parker, will build a two-storey fowlhouse to protect his flock…

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Materials for Flood Damage Fences

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 19 July 1950 · page 3

A further allocation of fencing material has been made to landholders along the Macquarie River at Dubbo to replace fences destroyed by floods during the last few months…

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Lucky Escape Car Swept Along Flooded Creek

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 20 July 1950 · page 3

Washed downstream in his sedan car after a wall of water had swept it og a crossing on Reid's Creek on the…

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