Second Flood Hits Coonamble
For the second time this year the Castlereagh River overflowed its banks in Coonamble. and flooded town…
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Floods & storms, 1950
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B.c.o.f. Organises Flood Fund
British Commonwealth Occupation Forces contributions to the New South Wales flood relief fund already total £205/7/10…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Long-term Plan for Flood Control Urged
The recent Hood disasters were so great that the Federal Government should coo-perate with the States in long-term flood…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Relief Appeal Finalised
The total receipts for the Red Cross Flood Relief Appeal in Wellington were £214/10/-, and Mrs. R. A. B. Davidson…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →20 Guineas for Flood Relief C'bran C.W.A. Donation
At the meeting of the Coonabarabran branch of the CWA on Friday it was decided to donate 20 guineas towards…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Bourke Flood Control
The Controlling Authority has issued the following:— The Co-operation of every citizen is urgently required in respect to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Flood Position Flood Waters Rising and Position Critical Well Attended Working Bees
During the week there has been a steady rise each day of the flood waters, and a each day makes the position more…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Sidelights
Answer to query : "As fair as we can gather it is not true that Jack Whittaker was seen roaming the town early on Thursday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Damage As Showground Road Pounded for 1 Hours by Flooded Bell River
HEAVY damage was caused to the Showground Road near the Bell River Bridge at Wellington by the raging torrent of floodwaters which pounded the roadway for more than 36 hours during the week-end. Gaping holes were torn in the bitumen surface of the roadway and large sections of the kerbing and guttering were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Engineer's Proposals to Rehabilitate Flood Damaged Golf Course
IN a comprehensive report on the Caves Golf Course to Wednesday's meeting of the Wellington Shire Council, the Assistant Engineer, Mr. B. King, made five suggestions as a means of providing the Golf Club with sound…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Naromine Show Stopped By Rain Hard Work That Nearly Triumphed Heavy Storm On Second Afternoon Covers Ground With Water
After everything possible had been done to carry on, under great d[?], the Narromine Show, held on Friday and Saturday, was stopped on the second afternoon by heavy rain and hall…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Boy Footballers Stranded All Night by Floods
About 130 Dubbo boy footballers and their teachers were stranded by the roadside all Saturday right when their buses were unable to cross a flooded creek on the Peak Hill Road…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cumnock News Local Floodings Series of Heavy Storms
Heavy rain fell throughout the Cumnock district on Saturday last. The falls were heaviest towards Baldry, and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Flood Damage Grant Made to Shire
As a result of personal representations on the part of the Member for C[?]tiareas (Mr. Renshew), the Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Man's Clothing Found Wellington Flood Victim
Wellington Police yesterday found a cardigan, a sac coat and a sweater believed to have belonged to Jack Pearson, whose…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Helicopters May Be Used for Flood Relief
Helicopters may be used for flood relief work in Australia in the future. The Minister for Air and Civil…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Search Party Fails to Locate Body of Farmer Believed Drowned When Truck Washed Down Flooded Curra Creek
AN exhaustive search of Curra Creek and the Bell River by police and a large party of civilians has failed to locate the body of a district sharefarmer who is believed to have drowned in the Curra Creek on Saturday night last. The missing man is John Theodore Pearson, 43, single, of Curra Creek, who was last seen in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stuart Town News Vehicles Hauled Across Flooded Causeway
Dozens of lorries and cars, packed with football enthusiasts, which had travelled to Wellington to witness the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flood Relief Coonabarabran to Share
Advice has been received by the Coonabarabran Shire Council that Coonabarabran is to share in the distribution of the Lord Mayor’s…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Flood Damage “Millions of Pounds”
Floods will cause millions of pounds damage in the Brewarrina, Walgett and Bourke districts, said the Minister for Lands (Mr. J. B…
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