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Floods & storms, 1954

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Aid for flood victims

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 31 July 1954 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Friday (A.A.P.): President Elsenhower has offered to tend American food to victims of…

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Serious Floods in Persia

Daily Advertiser · Monday 2 August 1954 · page 3

TEHERAN, Sun. (A.A.P.): Floods have killed 150 people and wiped out 15 villages in the Ghazvin area 60 miles…

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Commended for Work During Northern Floods Tributes to Late Mr Gordon Cooper

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 2 August 1954 · page 2

The splendid career of former Bethungra resident, Mr. Gordon Cooper, in the Railway Department, was…

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Floods From Persia to China Heavy Death Roll

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 3 August 1954 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday—Thousands of people were left homeless yesterday by floods which covered vast areas of Persia…

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Letters to the Editor (We do not necessarily endorse the views of our Flood control

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 August 1954 · page 2

Sir, In a recent issue when reporting on discussions around the future of the Wagga Flood Prevention…

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Droughts, Floods, and Bitter Cold Hit Farms Graziers Report Big Lamb Losses

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 13 August 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday—Drought in Northern New South Wales, floods in the north-west, and bitter cold in the southern districts ate killing new-born lambs. Heavy frosts were recorded in Blue…

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Drought Floods Worry to Farmers

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 14 August 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: While one of the worst droughts on record is threatening the wheat crop in Northern N.S.W., floods have devastated areas in the…

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£5000 Gift to Indian Flood Fund

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 21 August 1954 · page 2

CANBERRA, Friday: The Australian Government has decided to contribute £6000 to a fund opened by the…

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1000 bodies found after flood

Daily Advertiser · Monday 23 August 1954 · page 3

TEHERAN, Sun. (AAP): More than 1000 bodies of pilgrims have been found at the Moslem shrine of Imam…

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Distorted Rumors of Snowy Scheme Floods

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 25 August 1954 · page 1

CANBERRA, Wednesday—Flood waters from the Snowy river are not endangering any lives or equipment at the…

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Snowy Flood Damage Rumors "Nonsense"

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 August 1954 · page 1

CANBERRA, Tuesday: Floodwaters from the Snowy River are not endangering any lives or equipment at the…

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Tumut River In Flood Traffic Able to Get Through

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 26 August 1954 · page 1

Yesterday the Tumut River broke its banks and last night direct road communication between Brungle and…

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Flood in Tumut River

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 27 August 1954 · page 2

The Tumut River come down in flood on Wednesday following heavy rain in the montains area. Tumut town had a total of 124…

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200 dead in floods

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 31 August 1954 · page 1

NEW DELHI, Monday (A.A.P.): Death toll from the worst floods of the century in Northern India…

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Freak Storm Hits Brisbane

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 6 September 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE, Monday—Wind gusts of up to 50 miles per hour lashed Brisbane yesterday when a freak storm broke over the…

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Freak storm bursts over Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Monday 6 September 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE, Sunday: Wind gusts of up to 50 miles per hour lashed Brisbane today when a freak storm broke…

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Earthquake Horror in Algerian Towns Followed by Flood Threats From Damaged Dams

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 10 September 1954 · page 1

ALGIERS, Friday—A terror-tinged threat of flood disaster posed by the damaged walls of Oued Fodda Dam; North Africa's biggest, is adding ominous undertones to the Algerian earthquake horror…

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Gales lash coastal area

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 September 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY,. Monday: Gale-force winds and mountainous seas are lashing the N.S.W. coast from Kempsey to the…

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Demonstration in U.k. by Storm Troopers'

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 September 1954 · page 2

LONDON, Monday (A.A.P.): Men dressed as Nazi storm troopers wearing steel helmets and jack-boots led 200 women and children in a parade through the streets of Scarborough last night as delegates of this week's Labor Party talks poured…

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Flood work "a major problem"

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 October 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.: Flood mitigation works in N.S.W. cannot be properly started until a…

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