Town Topics Possible Flooding
The Western Herald · Friday 26 January 1968 · page 6
With the heavy rain that has fallen over the Darling River catchment area in recent weeks it is not impossible to surmise that we could be in for local flooding in the weeks to come. The river is running at…
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The Western Herald · Friday 26 January 1968 · page 7
A 17 ft. 6 ins. Hercules Boat, fitted with a 40 h.p. Johnson motor, the type used by Civil Defence…
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The Western Herald · Friday 2 February 1968 · page 1
Bob Fry, Bourke Boating Centre Proprietor, photographed demonstrating his "Hercules" flood rescue boat on the Darling River, near the gauge which measures the height of the River at Bourke…
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