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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1954

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Young Dubbo Man Is Hero Of North Coast Floods

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 26 February 1954 · page 1

A young Dubbo man, 23-years-old Bill ("Junior") Boyle, was one of the heroes of the disastrous floods which struck the North Coast last week. Boyle, a former Dubbo champion swimmer dived…

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Park [?] Fund For Flood Victims

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 3

Peak [?] is to [?] those who [?] in the [?]…

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Letters to The Editor Flood Victims Appeal

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 1

Sir,—In pursuance of a request received from the Lard, Mayor of Sydney calling for assistance in donations of money…

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Narromine Launches Appeal to Help Flood Victims

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 1

A well attended meeting at the Narromine Town Hall on Friday night [?] decided to [?] an appeal for substance for the [?] of the cala[?]tons North Coast [?] of [?] in each and [?] gifts of…

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Sending Food to Flood Victims

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 2

To the rescue. An Army duck prepares to leave a "rescuedepot" at Lismore to distribute food to last week's floodbound…

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£600 Flows in to Council's Flood Relief Fund

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 1

All employees in the Dubbo area will be asked to donate one hour of their pay this week towards a relief appeal to help people in the Hood devastated areas of the North Coast…

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Flood Appeal Gifts Tax-free

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 1

Subscriptions of £1 or more to the Dubbo Flood Appeal are deductable allowances for income tax purposes and…

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New Flood Warning Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 1

Fresh flood danger warnings were issued by the Weather Bureau today to towns along the Tweed and Richmond…

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Mayor's Appeal for Victims of N. Coast Floods

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 1

The Mayor's (Ald. Ford) Appeal on behalf of the victims of the North Coast now threatened with fresh floods is meeting with quick response…

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How The N. Coast Railway Was Twisted By Flood Wafer

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 1

Twisted wreckage of the North, Coast railway line, five miles from Casino gives graphic…

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Jacksons in the Lismore Floods

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 4 March 1954 · page 1

Mr. Mike Jackson, a former secretary of the Gilgandra District Hospital, and his good wife,…

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Flood Relief

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 4 March 1954 · page 4

At a public meeting held on Friday to launch a local appeal to provide relief and assistance to…

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Red Cross Meeting Relief of Flood Victims

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 4 March 1954 · page 4

A meeting of the Gilgandra Red Cross Society was held on Friday. February 26, at which there…

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Donation of Fodder for Flood Relief

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 4 March 1954 · page 1

Coonabarabran Shire clerk Mr. G. A. Gould, advised in Tuesday that district landowner, Mr. W. L. Nash, of…

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Flood Relief Fund Opened at Gulgong

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 4 March 1954 · page 9

Cr. D. E. McGrath, shire president of the Gulgong Shire Council last week launched an-appeal for a…

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Gifts for flood relief on the North Coast

The Wellington Times · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 1

Wellington and district people have donated money, clothing, bedding and two railway truckloads of fodder for flood victims at Lismore and other centres on the North Coast…

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What the Floods Did to a Railway Line

The Wellington Times · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 1

TWISTED wreckage of the North Coast railway line, five miles from Casino—graphic evidence of the severity of the North Coast floods which caused millions of pounds worth of damage…

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Starving Stock [?] Flooded Areas

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 11 March 1954 · page 6

The Minister for Ag[?] culture and Food Prodution the Hon. E. F. Graham. M.L.A., has…

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[?] Flood Appeal

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 11 March 1954 · page 3

The following donations are acknowledged by the Gilgandra Shire Council: Mr. and Mrs. C. Dowd,…

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North Coast Flood Appeal Latest Donations

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 11 March 1954 · page 1

The following donations are acknowledged by the Gilgandra Shire Council: Previously…

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