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Floods & storms, 1948

1,220 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 61

£10,000 Federal Flood Relief Grant Dreary Trek Back to Ruined Homes Begins

Daily Mirror · Friday 18 June 1948 · page 3

HEARTRENDING stories of personal hardship and misfortune are being revealed as the floodwaters which have devastated hundreds of thousands of acres on the Far North Coast, recede slowly to the sea…

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£10,000 Federal Flood Relief Grant Dreary Trek Back to Ruined Homes Begins

Daily Mirror · Friday 18 June 1948 · page 3

HEARTRENDING stories of personal hardship and misfortune are being revealed as the floodwaters which have devastated hundreds of thousands of acres on the Far North Coast, recede slowly to the sea…

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Stop Press Flood Relief Grant

Daily Mirror · Friday 18 June 1948 · page 16

CANBERRA, Friday. -- Federal Cabinet today decided to grant £10,000 for flood relief in New South Wales. The money will be…

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Flood Crisis Passes; Heavy Rain 'Unlikely'

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 June 1948 · page 1

The Northern Rivers flood crisis passed yesterday, and the Weather Bureau forecast that heavy rain was unlikely today. A cyclone which the…

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Floods Hit Crops

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 June 1948 · page 1

Sydney will go very short of beans and, to a lesser extent, peas this winter because of the floods on the Far North…

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Flood Area Reports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 June 1948 · page 1

District reports on the North Coast floods are:- BROADWATER.—There is a foot of water in the Colonial…

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Relief for Flood Victims Planes Drop Supplies

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 June 1948 · page 1

Aircraft and boats yesterday carried urgently needed supplies to scores of small communities still isolated in the North Coast floods…

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Flood Community Like Noah's Ark From Our Special Reporter (By Telephone.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 June 1948 · page 1

WOODBURN, Friday.—The four acres of School Hill—the only dry land for miles in this area—is like Noah's Ark, with people, horses and cattle sheltering from the floods…

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Helicopter for Floods

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 June 1948 · page 2

Sir,—The northern floods remind those of us who have studied the wide use of the helicopter in other countries how backward we…

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Plan for Relief Flood Areas

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 June 1948 · page 3

The Premier, Mr. McGirr, yesterday gave details of the operation of flood relief…

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Police agree no deaths in floods: family safe

The Sun · Saturday 19 June 1948 · page 3

Police are satisfied that no lives were lost in the flood-waters which swept up-State areas during the week. Fears that Mr. and Mrs. William Churchill and their…

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Women Weep At Homes Wreckage of Floods Laid Bare

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 June 1948 · page 5

LISMORE, Friday.--Many women in North Coast towns wept when they returned to their homes today and saw the havoc which the recent floods…

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Flood Relief Fund Now Available

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 June 1948 · page 5

Farmers could apply immediately to branches of the Rural Bank or its head office in Sydney for advances under the flood relief scheme, the Premier (Mr…

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Mail Lost in Northern Flood

Daily Mirror · Saturday 19 June 1948 · page 3

LISMORE, Saturday.--A Lismore mail contractor, Mr. E. Smith, had a remarkable escape from death near…

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9 Reported Missing in Flood Thought To Be Sheltering Aborigines Aid Rescue

Daily Mirror · Saturday 19 June 1948 · page 2

LISMORE, Saturday.--Nine persons, four of whom are children, are reported missing in the floods in the mid- Richmond district, which are still…

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Rural Help for Victims of Floods

Daily Mirror · Saturday 19 June 1948 · page 2

Under the State Government flood relief scheme, farmers in necessitous circumstances could…

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Mail Lost in Northern Flood

Daily Mirror · Saturday 19 June 1948 · page 2

LISMORE, Saturday.--A Lismore mail contractor, Mr. E. Smith, had a remarkable escape from death near…

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Nine Reported Missing in Richmond River Flood Grim Fight With Tides

Daily Mirror · Saturday 19 June 1948 · page 1

LISMORE, Saturday.--Nine persons, four of whom are children, are missing in the floods in the mid- Richmond district, which are still at their…

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Nine Reported Missing in Richmond River Flood Grim Fight With Tides

Daily Mirror · Saturday 19 June 1948 · page 1

LISMORE, Saturday.--Nine persons, four of whom are children, are missing in the floods in the mid -Richmond district, which are still at their…

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Rural Help for Victims of Floods

Daily Mirror · Saturday 19 June 1948 · page 2

Under the State Government flood relief scheme, farmers in necessitous circumstances could…

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