In the Orchard Green Crops And Grass Protect Orchard Lands From Flood-Caused Erosion
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 9
VALUE of growing green crops in orchards during autumn and early winter to prevent soil erosion has been demonstrated strikingly in floor areas on the McDonald River, and in other places where the rapid flow of water caused serious…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Families Rescued From Homes in Armidale Flood
The Sun · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 2
ARMIDALE, Friday.-- Torrential rain and heavy snowfalls have caused heavy damage and blocked many roads in Armidale's worst weather for 75 years. Creeks have overflowed and…
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Daily Mirror · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 1
ARMSDALE, Friday-- Hyndreds of people hove been moved today from flooded, homes in low-lying areas in the Armidale district, which is experiencing one of the worst floods in its history. Police and civilians have combined m rescue efforts and are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stop Press Armidale Flooded
Daily Mirror · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 24
Amiddle is eperienced one of the worst floods in its history since wednesday night points of rain have fallen people living in low…
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Daily Mirror · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 1
ARMIDALE, Friday,--Hundreds of people hove been moved today from flooded homes in low-lying areas in the Armidale district, which is experiencing one of the worst floods in its history. Police and civilians have combined in rescue effect and are…
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Daily Mirror · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 1
ARMIDALE,Friday.-- Hundreds of people hove been moved today from flooded homes in low-lying areas in the Armidale district, which is experiencing one of the worst floods in its history. Police and civilians have in rescue efforts and are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Rescues in Flooded Armidale
Daily Mirror · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 1
ARMIDALE, Friday.-- Hundreds of people hove been moved today from flooded homes in low-lying areas, in the Armidale district, which is experiencing one of the worst floods in. its history. Police and civilians tape combined in rescue efforts and are…
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Daily Mirror · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 1
ARMBDALE, Friday.-- Hundreds of people have been moved to- day from flooded homes in low-lying a rear in the Armidale district, which is experiencing one of the worst floods in its history. Police and civilians have combined in rescue efforts and are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods On North Coast Threaten To Isolate Several Towns
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 August 1949 · page 1
Several towns on the lower North Coast and northern tablelands are in danger of being cut off by floods following torrential rain Local floodings have occurred in the Coff's…
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The Sun · Saturday 27 August 1949 · page 1
A nine-year-old boy and a man, George Plummer, are believed to have been drowned today in floodwaters at Kempsey, and hundreds of residents are marooned on the roofs of their homes…
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The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 August 1949 · page 1
At 2 a.m. today, people at Kempsey (pop. 6300) on the lower North Coast, expected the whole town to be under floodwater by dawn…
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Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 August 1949 · page 1
A NINE-YEARS-OLD boy was drowned in floodwaters at Kempsey today, and a man is believed to have been drowned…
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Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 August 1949 · page 1
With torrential rain still falling on the North Coast, residents in some towns have been forced to leave their homes, road communication has been cut and stock swept…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Feared Drowned in Floods at Kempsey Refuge On Rooftops
Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 August 1949 · page 1
A MAN is believed to have been drowned in the Kempsey area of the North Coast, where, rising floodWaters have cut off communication and driven…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Switchgirls Flee From Floodwaters
Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 August 1949 · page 1
With floodwaters swirling around their feet, male telephonists and technicians kept Kempsey exchange in operation today, whale switchgirls took refuge on the fop floor of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Boy Dies, Han Feared Drowned in Floods Tragedy At Kempsey
Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 August 1949 · page 1
A NINE-YEARS-OLD boy was drowned in floodwaters at Kempsey today, and a man is believed to have been drowned…
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Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 August 1949 · page 1
A NINE-YEARS-OLD boy,was drowned in floodwaters at Kempsey today, and a man is believed to have been drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →N.S.W. order for Germany causes storm in Britain
The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 28 August 1949 · page 15
LONDON, Sat.--New South Wales has been strongly criticised for placing a £A.595,000 order for steel waggons with a German firm. London newspapers…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Five missing on sloop as storm lashes U.S. coast New York
The Sun · Sunday 28 August 1949 · page 6
A FIERCE hurricane is raging at full force from Palm Beach to Miami. At sunset yesterday, it had reached 155 miles an hour,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Boy Drowned, Hundreds Are Homeless Flood Calamity
Truth · Sunday 28 August 1949 · page 1
THE calamitous flood waters that have ravaged the rich Kempsey district since Thursday, leaving hundreds homeless, were reported early today to be receding, but the town…
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