Special Issue of “The Independent” Centenary Of The 1852 Flood
The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 5 June 1952 · page 3
On Thursday, 26th June next we will publish a special issue of this newspaper in which the disastrous flood of June 24th 1852 will he featured. In addition to the stories of all floods, which where possible…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Storm damage at week-end
The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 1
During the heavy wind and rain storm that raged on Sunday afternoon last, one of the heavy plate glass windows of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Forbes Back to Normal Bedgerebong gets Lachlan floodwaters
Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 1
SYDNEY, Thursday: Floodwaters are covering hundreds of square miles of rich grazing land as the Lachlan River pours through a break in a levee near Bedgerebong, 20 miles west of Forbes…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood scene at Forbes
Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 2
This aerial picture taken on Wednesday shows floodwaters swirling around the windows of houses in Forbes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →River Slowly Falling: Bidgee Flood Not Expected
Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 2
The Murrumbidgee River was still falling slowly at Wagga last night, and police said there was no danger of flooding under the existing conditions…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →District Grazier's Lucky Escape Car Swept Away By Flood Waters
Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 4
A Gundagai district grazier had an amazing escape from drowning early on Saturday night last, when the car he was driving was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rapid Rise in Tumut River Severe Flooding Of Flats
Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 2
Following very heavy rain on Wednesday night, there was another rapid rise in the Tumut River yesterday. At the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Murray flooding feared
Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 June 1952 · page 1
ALBURY, Friday: Floods in the border district are expected to be as had as in 1946…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Another 'Bidgee Flood Warning But no immediate danger at Wagga
Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 June 1952 · page 2
The Sydney Weather Bureau yesterday forecast a flood warning for the Murrumhidges River. The river at Wagga at 5 p.m. was stationary at 26 feet, nine inches…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tumut River Flood Families refus to leave
Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 June 1952 · page 2
Farmers and their families at the tiny v[?] of Bombowloe, on the swollen Tumut River night refuted to evacuate their homes warnings of severe flooding…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maher Cup sidelight Flood Cuts Roadway
Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 June 1952 · page 2
About 2000 football fans of a crowd several thousand left Anzac Park at Gunagai on Saturday when the Murrumbidgee River suddenly to 26 feet nine inches and flooded…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Centenary Commemoration of 1852 Flood
The Gundagai Independent · Monday 9 June 1952 · page 4
Plans are well advanced for the centenary commemoration of the 1852 flood, to be held in Gundagai on Tuesday June…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Record Flood In Tumut River Murrumbidgee Again Breaks Banks Bridge Washed Away At Yellowin
The Gundagai Independent · Monday 9 June 1952 · page 1
The Tumut River which flooded on Friday night last, reached an all time record height, and the great volume of water coming down the mountains caused the Murrumbidgee to again break its banks, inundating all low-lying…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floodwaters Maroon Thousands at Football Nightmare Experience Climax To Maher Cup Match Schuttle Service By Big Lorries To The Rescue
The Gundagai Independent · Monday 9 June 1952 · page 1
THOUSANDS OF SPECTATORS AT LAST SATURDAY’S MAHER CUP MATCH PLAYED ON ANZAC PARK. WERE MAROONED IN THE ENCLOSURE BY RAPIDLY RISING FLOOD WATERS, WHICH HAD RISEN OVER…
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Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 10 June 1952 · page 2
The Murrumbidgee River reached flood level on Saturday last and overflowed its banks near the pumping station. The level on Saturday was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood at Gundagai Catches Football Fans
Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 10 June 1952 · page 2
About 2000 football fans of a crowd of several thousand left Anzac Park at Gundagai on Saturday when the Murrumbidgee River rose suddenly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Narrandera flooding Chinese not in any danger
Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 June 1952 · page 2
SYDNEY, Monday: Police will not attempt to use force to evacuate five Chinese families, marooned by floodwaters at Narrandera, unless the Murrumbidgee River rises another foot…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murray at flood peak
Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 June 1952 · page 1
ALBURY, Tuesday: As water roared over the spillway of the Hume Weir at a rate of 150,000 gallons per…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Darlington Point waits for flood
Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 June 1952 · page 2
Gangs of residents at Darlington Point last night were building sandbag levees along the edges of a culvert…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →River Still Rising Big Area of Country Flooded
Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 12 June 1952 · page 2
The level of the Murrumbidgee River at Narrandera has been gradually rising since Monday, and to-day it had reached 25ft 7½in., a rise of an…
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