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Floods & storms, 1952

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Centenary of Gundagai’s Great Flood Descendants of Rescued Man to Present Memorial Sundial

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 17 March 1952 · page 3

DESCENDANTS of a man who was rescued from the disastrous flood of 1852, when the old Gundagai township was destroyed, have intimated that they will present a memorial to the township of Gundagai to perpetuate the…

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Centenary of Gundagai's Great Flood Descendants of Rescued Man to Present Memorial Sundial

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 18 March 1952 · page 2

Descendants of a man who was rescued from the disastrous flood of 1852, when the old Gundagai township was destroyed, have…

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DISASTROUS 1852 Gundagai Flood District Family Wants to Establish Memorial

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 21 March 1952 · page 2

Descendants of a man who was rescued from the disastrous flood of 1852, when the old Gundagai township was…

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Big Loss of Life in U.s.a. Storms and Floods Hit Southern States

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 24 March 1952 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Monday—The American Red Cross today raised to 222 its estimate of…

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Heavy Rains Bring Flood Fears to S. Coast Damage to Crops

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 March 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: Fierce gales and torrential rain caused widespread havoc on the South Coast today. The Weather Bureau tonight…

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226 Dead in American Floods and Tornadoes

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 March 1952 · page 1

NEW YORK, Sunday (A.A.P.): Tornadoes and floods in five southern States have killed 226 persons and injured more than 1000, American Associated Press reported yesterday. Meanwhile a blizzard, which developed in the Colorado and Wyoming regions of the Rocky Mountains, swept eastward…

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U.s. Floods

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 April 1952 · page 1

NEW YORK, (A.A.P.): America's Missouri Valley and other places face their worst flood threats in 70 years as…

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Flood Damage Repairs

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 10 April 1952 · page 1

One rail truck, containing 4,000 steel posts, has been made available by the Department of…

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Big U.s. Flood

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 April 1952 · page 2

NEW YORK, Wed. (A.A.P.): The worst flood in 70 years rolled down the Missouri Valley yesterday as thousands…

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Bus Skids Into Flood Waters Police Praised for Rescue Work

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 15 April 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday — Twenty-seven passengers of a tourist bus, which skidded into flood waters at Bego yesterday, today praised the efforts of police who made twelve boat trips to rescue them…

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Colossal U.s. Floods Mass Movements of Families

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 15 April 1952 · page 1

CHAMA (Nebraska), Tuesday — The Missouri River Valley floods, covering over a million and a quarter acres of nine…

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Missouri Flood Towns Evacuated

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 15 April 1952 · page 1

OMAHA, (Nebraska) Monday (A.A.P.): Swirling, muddy waters of the Missouri River yesterday lapped through the streets of two towns hastily evacuated by residents in the face…

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Heavy rain on South Coast

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 April 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Further heavy rain con­tinued to drench the South Coast of N.S.W. today. The rain and washaways…

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South African Storm Over Court Curbs

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 April 1952 · page 1

CAPETOWN, Wed. (AAP): South Africa's Minister of the Interior (Mr. T. E. Dongas) yesterday accused the…

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Huge U.S. flood

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 April 1952 · page 6

OMAHA (Nebraska) Wed.(A.A.P.): The mightiest flood crest in the history of the Missouri River is expected to…

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Heavy Rain Lashes Sydney Mascot Aerodrome a Lake

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 21 April 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday—Torrential rain, which lashed Sydney last night and early today, flooded streets and caused traffic…

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Tennis Star in Storm

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 April 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday: New South Wales junior tennis champion, Lewis Hoad, faces the prospect of immediate expulsion from the Australian squad to tour overseas if he fails to give a…

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Sydney drenched in storms Rain Moves Towards the Riverina

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 April 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: Heavy rains swamped Sydney last night and today, causing minor floodings and damage in some suburbs. The rain is now moving towards the Southwest Slopes and the Riverina districts. During heavy rain today—…

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Centenary of Disastrous Flood Shire Makes Plans For Commemoration

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 24 April 1952 · page 1

TO COMMEMORATE THE CENTENARY OF THE DISASTROUS FLOOD OF 1852 WHEN GUNDAGAI TOWNSHIP WAS WASHED AWAY, THE GUNDAGAI SHIRE COUNCIL HAS FORMULATED PLANS TO FITTINGLY…

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U.S. flood subsides

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 26 April 1952 · page 1

KANSAS CITY, Friday (A.A.P.): The peak of the floods has people Kansas City. The flood-chocked Missouri…

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