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Riverina · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1949

259 stories in Riverina's papers · page 7 of 13

Flood Relief Donations

Daily Advertiser · Friday 15 July 1949 · page 2

Wagga City Council has acknowledged a donation ol £5/5/ from Aid. H. E. Gissing to the Maltland Flood Relief…

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Country People Help Flood Victims

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 15 July 1949 · page 5

Country people responded magnificently to the State-wide Red Cross appeal for food and clothing to relieve the Plight of victims of…

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Violent Storms Hit Britain and the Continent

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 18 July 1949 · page 1

LONDON, Monday: Lightning killed one man and damaged property as violent thunderstorms and rain swept wide…

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Country People Help Flood Victims

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 19 July 1949 · page 6

Country people responded magnificently to the State-wide. Red Cross appeal for food and clothing to relieve the plight of victims of…

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Panic in Beach Storm

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 July 1949 · page 3

ROME, Tuesday: Hailstones as big as eggs pelted panic-stricken bathers on Venice's luxury Lido beach yesterday in a 15-minute…

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No Danger of Flood in Murrumbidgee

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 21 July 1949 · page 1

Whilst the Murrumbidgee river at Gundagai has risen six feet in the past few days there is no danger of the river breaking its…

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Flood Fears From Melting Snow

Daily Advertiser · Friday 22 July 1949 · page 1

There was no fall of snow at Tumbarumba yesterday, though the sky was overcast all day. Contacted by the "Advertiser"…

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Two District Men Have Narrow Escapes Utility Crashes Through Fence Into Flooded Creek

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 25 July 1949 · page 3

Two well-known district men, Mr Ted Watts, of Nangus, and Mr Dave Nicholls of Gundagai are indeed fortunate to be alive, for on Friday night last, the utility in which they were travelling crashed through the guard fence on the side of the Jugiong bridge,…

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Maitland Under Flood Threat Again Cyclone Sweeping Central Coast

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 26 July 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday—Maitland, where the floods caused suffering and damage last month, is again threatened by flood. The swollen Hunter river, at 11 o'clock today, was less than six inches…

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Maitland Flood Threat Nears Climax Hunter Still Rising

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 27 July 1949 · page 1

MAITLAND, Wednesday.—Residents are anxiously watching the Hunter river rise inch by inch, and the climax will be reached at 1 p.m., when the flood waters from higher up are expected to reach…

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Basket Ball Girls Need Help Appeal Comes to Junee From Flood Victims

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 27 July 1949 · page 4

The Secretary of the N. S. W. Basket Ball Association (Miss Helen S. Mann) has sent out an appeal to players throughout the…

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Flood Danger Passes at Maitland

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 July 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: With water only 12 inches below the [?]adbag levee at Oakhampton, Maitland the afternoon,…

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Council Opens List for Flood Victims Opens List with Donation of £55

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 28 July 1949 · page 2

A circular from the Shires Association to last week's meeting of the Tumbarumba Shire Council, appealing for…

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Soil Erosion at Cootamundra Saleyards Heavy Rain Washes Gravel Down

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 2 August 1949 · page 2

In a report placed before last night's meeting of the Cootamundra Municipal Council, Saleyards Inspector, Mr. J…

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Storm Damage

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 4 August 1949 · page 6

In further commenting on the damage caused in the heavy snow storm on July 19 and 20, much praise is due to patrolman…

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Cyclone Brings Floods

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 August 1949 · page 2

AUCKLAND, Sunday (AAP): A tropical cyclone Is moving to-ward New Zealand from New Caledonia, bringing floods from…

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Commo. Pamphlet Annoys Servicemen Junee Being Flooded With Propaganda

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 8 August 1949 · page 1

Communist literature being distributed in Junee is apparently intended for the adult reader of child standard intelligence…

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Commo Pamphlet Annoys Servicemen Junee Being Flooded With Propaganda

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 10 August 1949 · page 1

Communist literature being distributed in Junee is apparently intended for the adult reader…

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Robin Hood Storms Anew to the Screen

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 12 August 1949 · page 2

Out of the exciting pages of fiction, Robin Hood, the dashing bandit of Sherwood Forest, storms the screen again in a new, breath-taking…

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German Elections Socialists Storm Platform

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 12 August 1949 · page 1

BERLIN, Friday — Shouts of "Hell, Hitler!" were heard as Socialists tried to storm a platform at a meeting of the…

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