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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1954

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Flood Victims Thank Dubbo for Clothing

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 21 April 1954 · page 4

Residents of Broadwater on the North Coast have sent their thanks and appreciation to the Mayor (Aid. Ford) and…

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Plumbing, Tanks, Water Service Bert Gale and Sons

The Western Herald · Friday 23 April 1954 · page 3

ADELAIDE STREET. BOURKE Wish to notify that they are prepared to accept work in the country. All classes of tanks,…

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Minister Rejects Scheme for Flood Insurance

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 23 April 1954 · page 2

The establishment of a calamity insurance fund to protect landholders against natural hazards, as suggested by the Buninyong Agricultural Bureau has been rejected by the Minister for Agriculture…

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Dubbo Sent £2,500 to Flood Areas

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 23 April 1954 · page 1

Dubbo's support to the North Coast Flood Appeal amounted to more than £2500 in cash, fodder and clothing donations…

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Don't Flood Your Engine with Petrol

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 5 May 1954 · page 3

Any person sitting in the driver's seat and absentmindedly stamping the accelerator pedal up and down is very effectively…

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Taxi-men's Fund for Cyril Flood

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 20 May 1954 · page 3

Cyril Flood, 28-year-old invalid pensioner of Dubbo, who will be operated on in Sydney today in an effort to straighten…

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1st Operation On C. Flood A Success

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 26 May 1954 · page 1

The first operation on invalid pensioner Cyril Flood's right ank'e had been successful, according to doctors,…

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2nd Operation for C. FLOOD

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 2 June 1954 · page 1

Mr. Cyril Flood, an invalid pensioner who is in Sydney undergoing a series of operations to help straighten his…

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Pastures Repair Flood Damage

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 4 June 1954 · page 2

Extensive flood damage on the Far North Coast early this year have not deterred farmers from making extensive…

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Cyclone To Bring Bitter Cold SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 8 June 1954 · page 3

A cyclone building up in the Tasman will bring more bitter weather, with lashing winds, snow and rain to…

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Doctors Sure C. Flood Will Walk Normally

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 10 June 1954 · page 1

Doctors in Sydney are confident that 28-ycars-old Dubbo invalid pensioner, Cyril Fleed, will be able to walk normally,…

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Redex Trial Survey Team Crosses Flooded Fitzroy River Report Fly and Mosquito Plague

The Western Herald · Friday 11 June 1954 · page 11

A Holden utility, driven by Mr. Ray Murphy of the Shell Company, who is making a survey tour of the…

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Where Flood Appeal Money Was Sent

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 15 June 1954 · page 2

Details of the allocation Of payments from the recent NSW Flood Victims Relief Fund have now been published by the…

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Cyril Flood Happy in Hospital

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 17 June 1954 · page 1

Invalid pensioner, Cyril Flood has his legs separated with a board so that his feet will straighten, reports Mr. K. G…

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Restoration of Flood Damage

Gilgandra Weekly · Wednesday 23 June 1954 · page 1

In connection with grants of £2500 and £715 towards the cost of restoration of flood damage in…

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Flood Insurance Impractical

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 2

The number of homes and properties affected by flooding would make it impractical for insurance companies to cover…

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Floods In The North SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 13 July 1954 · page 1

With the flood danger growing hourly, hundreds of people in low-lying areas around Lismore and Murwillumbah are…

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Flood Plight On N. Coast SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 14 July 1954 · page 1

Floods last night drove hundreds of residents from their homes in South Grafton, Lismore and other North Coast…

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Cyril Flood Soon to Leave Hospital

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 20 July 1954 · page 1

Mr. Cyril Flood, who is in Sydney undergoing a series of operations on his leg and hip to help improve his walking,…

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Successful Year's Operations By Agricultural Bureau... But Still No Warning of Floods Says Bureau Head

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 23 July 1954 · page 2

The Dubbo-Buninyong Agricultural Bureau was unable to persuade the Flood Warning Committee to put its plan on an operational basis during the past year, the Secretary (Mr. A. Twomey) said in his…

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