Cyril Flood To Leave Hospital
Mr. Cyril Flood, Dubbo invalid pensioner who has been undergoing a series of operations in Sydney on his legs,…
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Floods & storms, 1954
108 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 5 of 6
Sudden Storm Brings Hail and Lightning
Thunder, lightning and hail whipped through Dubbo streets yesterday as a "flash" storm struck the town and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cyril Flood Home After Operations On Leg
"I feel 100 per cent. better now and will improve more, but I miss the nurses," Cyril Flood said after his surprise trip home from Sydney in the Dubbo District Ambulance…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Storm Water Drainage A Problem In Narromine
A Kerbing and guttering scheme throughout Narromine would not mean the immediate disappearance of water after storms, because of the very flat nature of the surface, Narromine Council's consulting engineer, Mr. D. V…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Plane Raddar Plots Storms Far Distant WASHINGTON
The smallest and lightest United States radar system yet developed permits a high-flying aircraft to spot storms,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Welcome Home Party for Cyril Flood
A special welcome home party for Dubbo's popular, 32-years-old invalid pensioner, Mr. Cyril Flood, will be held…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storm Over Refusal By Govt. To Brand Flour SYDNEY
State Government has been "Duck Shoving" [?]ead improvement proposals for years at public expense, the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Thanks From Cyril Flood
Mr. Cyril Flood was the guest of honor at a welcome home party at the Railway Institute last week…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →More Storms Likely
Central Forecast: Warm at first with Northerly winds. Local thunderstorms…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heroic Dubbo Man Gets Medal For Flood Rescue
Former champion Dubbo swimmer Bill (Junior) Boyle, 24, was awarded a Bronze Medal and Certificate by the Royal Shipwreck Relief and Humane Society of N.S.W. last month for heroism in last…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Strong Possibility of Flooding
Torrential rain in the watershed of the Bell River has caused flooding and at 2.30 to-day the Bell had broken its…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Appeal to Aid Returned Soldier for Flood Loss
Wellington residents have generously donated more than £80 to an appeal launched to compensate a Curra Creek man for the loss of his truck last Monday. The man is Mr. Ern Newman…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Storm Floods Town Gutters
Sixty four points of rain fell in Dubbo yesterday, most falling in a torrential downpour just before three o'clock yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Medal for Flood Rescue
Former champion Dubbo swimmer Bill Boyle, was awarded a Bronze Medal and Certificate by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Torrential Rain in Storms Torrential rain drenched Wellington and district yesterday afternoon and last night
In the Geurie district a cloud burst yielded 250 points in less than 30 minutes. The rain floodea small creeks…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Cloudburst Floods Peak Hill
Three quarters of an inch of rain fell in Teak Hill in 20 minutes yesterday in a cloudburst which washed out roads,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Freak storm at Cumnock
The recent heavy rain caused thousands of pounds worth of damage to property in the Cumnock district…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bowed to the Storm
The giant force of the wind twisted this creeper-covered sewer vent pipe shown resting on power lines in Macquarie…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Storm Damage To District Farms
Saturday's storm cut through some crops and farms causing great damage, but left neighboring crops practically untouched. Some paddocks which were estimated to give…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Homes Unroofed, Shops Flooded & Crops Were Flattened In Fierce Half-hour Battering by Freak Storm Which Cut Through Dubbo
Unroofed and battered buildings, twisted and uprooted trees, flattened crops and lines of bedding and clothing drying out in the sun today bore mute evidence of the devastation wrought by the freak storm which cut a swathe 20 miles long and six to seven miles wide…
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