Miners Escape In Flood 80 Horses May Drown
CESSNOCK, Friday.--A dozen miners were trapped when floodwaters from Bellbird Creek flooded the big Aberdare Extended mine at Cessnock this morning. THEIR lives were imperilled…
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8 Hen Escape From Cessnock Mine Flood 80 Horses May Drown
CESSNOCK, Friday. -- Eight miners had to fight for their lives when Woodwaters from Bellbird Creek boded the big Aberdare Extended…
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ALTHOUGH floodwaters are falling in most coastal regions, leaving behind a trail of wreckage, the Nepean River rose three feet overnight, and is…
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Hunter River in raging flood. Four drownings reported. Evacuation of Sing leton…
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Weather in Sydney today should be showery, with cool south-easterly gales and rough seas, the Weather Bureau forecast last night…
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South Head signal station reported last night that seas were very heavy and visibility very poor outside the Heads. Late last night it said…
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SYDNEY and many coastal areas experienced a night of terror lost night when gale winds of up to 70 miles an how and driving rain swamped homes blew down trees and hoardings and made huge lakes of parks arid low-lying country areas…
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Rain and wind-lashed Sydney can expect no early improvement in conditions, according to weather experts. They said today: Conditions are getting…
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Floods over the coastal districts have isolated homes and caused heavy damage to crops. St. Albans, near Wiseman's Ferry, was…
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Police early this morning issued a flood warning to residents in the low-lying areas near the Woronora…
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NEWCASTLE, Friday. — Twenty-seven tourists were stranded to-night in heavy rain in open…
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Half a million gallons of water which flooded into tunnels may delay construction of parts of the big new P.M.G…
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Raging floodwaters in several parts of NSW today claimed four victims--three men and a girl, all swept away and drowned. Swollen by continuous, torrential rain, the Hunter River has burst its banks at Singleton and Maitland, and large parts of both towns are under water…
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Minister in charge of Social Welfare (Mr. Finnan) this afternoon put into action the State Master Plan for flood rescue. Air Force planes will leave Sydney carrying 2000 blankets…
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Traffic on the Great Western Road, as St. Mary's, was disorganised after 8 am today when Byrnes Creek swept…
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Swollen by heavy rain driven by a 70 miles an hour gale the Hunter River broke its banks at Raymond Terrace at midnight. Water flooded shops and houses on low-lying areas,…
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SINGLETON, Fri. -- Two Matilda tanks rescued 27 passengers from…
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Singleton police issued a warning at 3 a.m. today to farmers in all districts that the Hunter Rivers might breaks its banks within two…
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NEWCASTLE, Saturday.--Rescue parties are endeavoring to save some of the 62 pit-ponies which…
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FOUR persons were swept to death today by floodwaters in various ports of the State. Two were drowned at Singleton, one near Taree and one at Windsor. In the Singleton area, Basil Cliffton (18) and George Gardiner (25) were over whelmed by surging waters at Maison Dieu. An unidentified 16-years-old girl was…
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