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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1951

94 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 5 of 5

Airliner's Radar to Chart Storms London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 27 September 1951 · page 1

Britain Comet jet airliners are to be fitted with supersensitive radar sets to warn pilots of approaching…

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Flood Damage Exposes Sewerage Main

The Wellington Times · Thursday 27 September 1951 · page 1

Members of the Wellington Shire Council were perturbed at yesterday's meeting when the Shire Engineer, Mr. D. K. Allen,…

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Wary Vale. Storm Causes Complete Black-Out

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 October 1951 · page 5

The storm which passed over during the week-end caused damage to the electric power and the area was…

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Flood Mitigation. Officer to Inspect Bell River on October 29

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 October 1951 · page 1

In a phone message to the "Times" this afternoon, State Member, Mr. F. G. Cooke, M.L.A., stated that, in answer…

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Houses Unroofed, Town Blacked Out In Last Night's Wind Storm

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 6 November 1951 · page 1

Peak Hill was b[?]acked out for half on hour last night by a severe windstorm whish struck the town at 9 p.m., leaving damaged [?] and buildings and torn trees is its wake…

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Arthurville. Severe Storm; No Rain

The Wellington Times · Thursday 8 November 1951 · page 9

A storm passed over this district last Friday night, with thunder, lightning and wind. Very little rain fell, however…

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Educational Notes Intermediate High School Bourke Floods and Underground Railways

The Western Herald · Friday 9 November 1951 · page 4

One visitor to the school this week wanted to see my fishing licence. He thought there was enough water in the Oxley and Glen Street…

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Gales, Flood Kill 35 In Italy LONDON

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 13 November 1951 · page 1

Scores of people have been drowned in Southern Europe, which is held in the grip of torrential rainstorms and…

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Huge Crowd Listens to Sermon by U.K. ARCHBISHOP Colorful Procession In Floodlit Holy Trinity Grounds

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 15 November 1951 · page 1

More than 1000 people crowded the Holy Trinity Church of England and surrounding grounds last night to hear the Lord Archbishop of York and Primate of England, the Most…

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Storm Waters and the Bogan Road

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 16 November 1951 · page 3

Although a suggestion has been made by the Department of Main Roads that the drainage of Main Road 354 (the…

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Huge Toll of Devastation and Death in Italian Floods Countless Bodies Washed Out To Sea As Position Grows Worse ROME

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 22 November 1951 · page 1

Many thousands of starving refugees clinging to trees and points on high ground in Italy's flooded 'Valley of Death' are facing new disasters from heavy rains far to the…

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Fire and Flood

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 29 November 1951 · page 2

This vast watershed of the Macquarie, Castlereagh and Namoi river systems is no stranger, of course, to the grim…

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Freak Wind Storm —Mendooran Again Damaged

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 13 December 1951 · page 10

For the second time almost within twelve months Mendooran suffered the [?] of a [?]reak wind st[?]rm on…

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C’bran Weather Hail Storm Today

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 20 December 1951 · page 3

A sharp burst, of hall at 7.50 a.m. today brought the total of rainfall in Coonabarabran during the week…

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