House of Storm
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HOUSE of STORM
A GAIN the house was listening, and the passive, patient strength of its audience lapped into the room, surrounded…
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ABOVE: Maitland railway station yesterday with floodwaters level with the platforms. The picture…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Overnight Deluge Put End To Moorefield Race Hopes
Water ankle deep in parts on the course proper at Moorefield yesterday morning caused the postponement of the third Sydney race meeting in little more than two months…
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FLOODWATERS that have left a trail of death and destruction throughout the eastern half of the State since Wednesday were reported last night to be receding gradually…
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FLOODS at Singleton and Weston prevented two couples getting to church to be…
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HUNDREDS of families are homeless, five people are dead and two missing in the worst NSW floods on record. Four Hunter River towns--Singleton (population 5000), Warkworth (300), Oakhampton and parts of Maitland (22,000) are being evacuated under police supervision…
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THIRTY Sydney athletes found their opponents floodbound in their homes when they went to Campbelltown to contest a club 1000 metres cross-country race…
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STOPPED TRAIN. Ron Esgate, 20, who with his father dashed half a mile and halted an express train on the brink of a landslide near Katoomba. (See below)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Toll of destruction mounts as flood waters spread Man drives away rescuers with revolver shots
A man fired revolver shots at the crew of a "duck" which attempted to rescue him yesterday morning at Louth Park, near Maitland. The "duck" took the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →40 horses trapped in coal mine survive flooding
Forty horses of 62 trapped in Aberdare Extended mine at Cessnock are safe, but 22 others have been drowned. The mine flooded…
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George Gardiner, 25, station-hand, of Maison Dieu. Basil Clifton, 15, station-hand, of Maison Dieu. Robert Arthur, about 21, of Mallee Station, near Aberdeen…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nine Feared Dead As Floods Sweep Towns
Five people are dead, four are believed drowned, and thousands are homeless in the State's worst floods for more than 50 years. The drownings occurred at:…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Late News Phone: M2406 Floodwaters Receding at Singleton
A Sunday Telegraph reporter phoned from Muswellbrook early this morning that floodwaters were receding at Singleton that it was…
Continued on Trove, page 48 →Floodwaters take their toll
MAROONED: Family of Mr. R. S. McKnight look out on the water surrounding their home at Cabramatta yesterday. ALL that could be seen of the bridge over…
Continued on Trove, page 48 →Official: More Rain But Weather Improving Six Drowned in Floods Big Communities Isolated And Emergency Powers for Police
At least six persons have been drowned, thousands are homeless, and enormous damage has been done by floods along the central coast of New South Wales…
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Rail transport yesterday was badly disorganised when flood waters and washouts blocked lines. The main railway line between Sydney and Newcastle was awash after the Wyong River burst its banks…
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There were many dramatic incidents and acts of bravery during yesterday's floods and storms. Scores of families were rescued by boat from the…
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N.S.W. Floods: This flooded tent at Narrabeen (left) is still being used as a home by Mrs. B. Drake. At right, another Narrabeen tent, the floor of which is under two feet of water. In it live Mrs. L. G. Lane and family…
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Main area of the severe flooding…
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