Snow in Dubbo Streets This Morning Storm Causes Worst Blackout Ever Experienced in West
The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 20 July 1951 · page 1
Light snow fell in Dubbo streets this afternoon for the first time since 1920. Heavier falls were also reported this morning at a number of district centres around Dubbo, and a vast area between Wellington and…
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The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 2 August 1951 · page 1
This aerial picture taken from the Kansas City (U.S.) side of the Kansas River shows the heavily flooded area of Missouri where tin mage is estimated at millions of dollars,…
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Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 2 August 1951 · page 1
The deputation, before the last meeting of the Coonabarabran Shire Council from the Baradine Chamber of…
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The Wellington Times · Monday 6 August 1951 · page 1
"This latest flood indicates how grossly unjust it is to even attempt to impose a fixed price on vegetables," stated…
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The Wellington Times · Monday 6 August 1951 · page 1
FED by swollen creeks from widespread heavy rain in the Central West on Friday, the Macquarie and Bell Rivers at Wellington rose swiftly and suddenly to flood levels on Friday night and inundated large areas of river flats. The Macquarie River was…
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The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 7 August 1951 · page 1
Police at Forbes said today that danger of further serious flooding there was over, but that floodwaters would reach…
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The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 8 August 1951 · page 3
Forbes began to dean up to-day as dozens of families returned to their homes from which flood waters had…
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The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 9 August 1951 · page 1
Icy gale force westerlies throughout the night and today have battered New South Wales towns and…
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The Wellington Times · Thursday 9 August 1951 · page 6
The rainfall for last week was 112 points up until Friday. The creek and the Little River came down bankers. At…
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The Wellington Times · Monday 13 August 1951 · page 4
THE Minister for Conservation, Mr. Weir, will be asked this week to visit Wellington and personally inspect the blockages in the Bell River and meet a deputation of vegetable growers who want the Government to pay the…
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The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 15 August 1951 · page 1
At Beverley Hills, California, yesterday newspaper publisher, William Randolph Hearst, one of the richest…
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The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 16 August 1951 · page 1
A flood warning system for the Macquarie River was urgently needed Mr. R. C. Morandini told a meeting of the Buninyong Bureau last night…
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The Wellington Times · Monday 20 August 1951 · page 2
The Bell River was rising rapidly this afternoon and vegetable growers and others on the flats are preparing for a minor flood…
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The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 24 August 1951 · page 1
Top quality toys made in Germany are flooding British shops and cornering the home market. British firms are helpless to…
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The Wellington Times · Thursday 30 August 1951 · page 5
The residents of Burrendong are certainly having a had run with the river in flood most of the time of late…
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Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 30 August 1951 · page 12
The Coolah Shire Council has received advice from the Minister for Public Works and Local Government (Mr. J. J. Cahill)…
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Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 7 September 1951 · page 1
It was reported to the Narromine Municipal Council on Monday night that damage has been caused to the pipeline…
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Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 20 September 1951 · page 1
Consequent upon an inspection made by the District Engineer of the Department of Public Works of areas…
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The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 25 September 1951 · page 2
Engineers from the Department of Public Works are at Nyngan inspecting and conferring with the council on flood damage to…
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The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 26 September 1951 · page 1
Serious flooding is expected from the Lachlan River. Water is pouring over the spillway of the Wyancala dam…
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