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Riverina · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1951

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Typhoon Warnings Save Much Loss. Airmen Ride Storms In Dangerous Routine Job

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 24 August 1951 · page 5

Since Pacific typhoons in 1944 and '45 caused three destroyers to capsize, sank another and blew the bow off a heavy cruiser,…

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Pattern Of Flood In Gippsland

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 25 August 1951 · page 1

Gippsland floodwaters formed this monster pattern from the air after they had surged across valuable grazing land…

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Work for Prevention of Floods

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 6 September 1951 · page 4

Works of flood prevention on the Griffith-Hillston, and Hillston Lake Cargelligo roads near Hillston will be included on…

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Floods Likely in Upper Bidgee Basin

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 September 1951 · page 1

SYDNEy, Tues.: Torrential rains which today swept the southern half of New South Wales are expected to cause…

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Flood's Cause Hold-up on Hume Highway

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 September 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday:—Floodwaters today collapsed part of a concrete bridge on the Hume Highway near…

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River at 23ft. 3in. But No Danger Of Big Flood Over Three Inches Of Rain At Gundagai

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 27 September 1951 · page 1

THE heavy rain which fell early this week caused the [?]urrumbidgee river to rise to 23ft 3in at Gundagai. The [?]ver which has just reached flood level is now at its peak [?] should commence to recede this afternoon…

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Could Have Been a Serious Accident Flood Waters Lift Car at Creek Crossing

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 28 September 1951 · page 2

What could have been a serious accident was fortunately averted early this week, following heavy rain, which caused the creek in…

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Riots in Berlin Reds Storm French Sector

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 4 October 1951 · page 1

BERLIN, Thursday.—Five thousand East German Communists stormed the French sector of…

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Severe Storms

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 12 October 1951 · page 2

There were severe thunderstorms with torrential rain and hail yesterday. HAIL At Kamarah heavy hall fell for…

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Radar to Warn Jet Craft of Coming Storms

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 19 October 1951 · page 2

The Society of British Aircraft Constructors, which organises the famous Fai[?]borough Air Show, has announced that the…

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100 Perish in Storm Half-million Homeless

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 22 October 1951 · page 1

ROME, Monday.—100 people had died in the worst storm in the central Mediterranean area…

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Allies Storm Korean Stronghold Attack from Three Sides

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 22 October 1951 · page 1

TOKIO (A.A.P. Reuter), Monday.—American troops captured a commanding height looking down on the central Korean…

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Snow, Rain And Gales In South

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 October 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Snow, rain, hail and gale force winds swept the Western and Southern part of the State today. Heavy snow fell at Kosciusko, where the…

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Commercial Bank Hit By Severe Electric Storm In Tumut

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 26 October 1951 · page 2

About 3 o'clock on Monday afternoon a severe storm passed over Tumut accompanied by hail, wind, thunder and lightning. One…

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Floods [?] Murray [?]

Daily Advertiser · Friday 26 October 1951 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Thurs: [?] waters on reclaimed sw[?] along the Murray River [?] Murray Bridge, showed [?]…

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Radar to Warn Jetcraft of Coming Storms

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 2 November 1951 · page 3

The Society of British Aircraft Constructors, which organises the famous Farnnborough Air Show, has announced that the later versions…

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Contour Drains Will Stop Road Flooding in Yathella Area

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 2 November 1951 · page 5

So many landholders on the west of the Junee-Wagga road in the Yathella district have undertaken contour draining that…

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Wage Rises "Breeze before the storm"

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 November 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: Snowballing basic wage increases might be "the breeze that ushers in an economic storm," the Full Bench of the Industrial Commission warned today. In a reserved majority judg-…

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Freak storm kills 20

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 November 1951 · page 1

NEW YORK, Sun. (A.A.P.): A frekish snow and rainstorm shrieked across the northeast of the United States…

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Radar to Warn Jet Craft of Coming Storms

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 5 November 1951 · page 4

The Society of British Aircraft constructors, which organises the famous Farnborough AIr Show, has announced that the later versions of…

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