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Floods & storms, 1946

1,433 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 72

Flood Warnings As Gwydir Bursts Bank

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 14

TORRENTIAL rain which fell throughout the Moree-Inverell district last night has brought the Gwydir River down in its biggest flood since 1921. FLOOD warnings have been sent out…

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Big Rains Flood Gwydir R.

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 2

Torrential rain which fell throughout the Moree-Inverell district last night has brought the Gwydir River down in its…

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Heavy Rain in North-west N.s.w

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 4

Many four-inch fails of rain were registered yesterday in the north-west of the State, where some rivers are "running a banker" (as reported in page one)…

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Moree Hospital Menaced by Floods; Patients Moved

The Sun · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 3

Patients have been moved from Moree Hospital which is threatened by flood waters from the swollen Gwydir River…

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Floods Isolate Northern District

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 7

Rain had so damaged railway lines in the Moree-Narrabri area that normal train services were unlikely before the weekend, railway officials said yesterday. Washaways caused the…

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Trains Racing To Beat Flood

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 2

WITH 794 passengers on board, two mail trains are racing through western Queensland trying to beat flood waters coming down the Thomson River. They have three hours in…

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Stop Press More Floods

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 24

Hundreds of people were forced cut of their homes in Moree last night when the Mehi River rose 33 feet and flooded and lower end…

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Hospital Emptied As Flood Nears

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 11

MOREE, Wednesday.--Working in darkness, except for the occasional light of a torch, police and voluntary Joiners shifted all the inmates of Moree…

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Hospital Emptied As Flood Nears

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 11

MOREE, Wednesday.--Working in darkness, except for the occasional light of a torch, police and voluntary helpers shifted all the inmates of Moree…

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Hospital Emptied As Flood Nears

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 11

MOREE, Wednesday.--Working in darkness, except for the occasional flight of a torch, police and voluntary helpers shifted all the inmates of Moree…

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Trains Racing To Beat Flood

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 2

WITH 794 passengers on board, two mail trains are racing through western Queensland trying to beat flood waters coming down the Thomson River. They have three hours in…

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Two Trains In Race To Beat Flood

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 11

WITH 794 passengers on board, two mail trains are racing through western Queensland trying to beat flood waters coming down the Thomson River…

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Towns Still Cut Off Floods Near Moree

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 January 1946 · page 1

Moree and other lowm in the north-west which were flooded by violent thunderstorms on…

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Thousands of Animals Drown In Gwydir Floods

The Sun · Thursday 24 January 1946 · page 5

Thousands of carcases of drowned animals are floating down the Gwydir River on the subsiding flood waters which have endangered Moree since Tuesday. It is feared that whole flocks of sheep perished at the height…

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Hundreds Flee in Flood Rail Lines Submerged

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 January 1946 · page 1

Floodwaters from the Gwydir River yesterday stopped trains, submerged roads, and flooded 200 Moree homes. The Moree power-house was flooded early in…

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Floods on Gwydir Fall, Rise Again

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 January 1946 · page 3

Gwydir River floods, which fell 18 feet last night, are rising again this morning as a huge volume of water from the upper reaches sweeps down the channel…

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Flood Relief Plan Started

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 January 1946 · page 11

STATE GOVERNMENT action to relieve distress in the flooded Moree district was taken today. The Deputy-Premier (Mr. Bad- deley) authorised inquiries by Government…

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Flood Relief Plan Started

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 January 1946 · page 11

STATE GOVERNMENT action to relieve distress in the flooded Moree district was taken today. The Deputy-Premier (Mr. Baddeley) authorised inquiries by Government…

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Flood Relief Plan Started

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 January 1946 · page 11

STATE GOVERNMENT action to relieve distress in the flooded Moree district was taken today. The Deputy-Premier (Mr. Bad-deley) authorised inquiries by Government…

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Flood Relief Plan Started

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 January 1946 · page 11

STATE GOVERNMENT action to relieve distress in the flooded Moree district was taken today. The Deputy-Premier (Mr. Baddeley) authorised inquiries by Government…

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