Flood Fund of £40,000 Suggested
It is expected that the State Government's Flood Relief Committee will recommend that the State…
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Third Drowning in Floods Feared;menace to Dubbo
The 21-years-old son of one of two men drowned in the flooded Bell River, near Wellington, Central Western N.S.W., on Saturday night is missing, and police fear he also has lost his life. several aborigines are missing from their camp on the bank of the Bell, near…
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Heavy damage fro crops and some homes and shops in the town of Dubbo and Wellingfron is feared by the floods which already have become the worst for more than 20 years. When a Daily Mirror reporter made a survey of the area in…
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It is expected that the State Government's Flood Relief Committee will recommend that the State…
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BRISBANE, Monday.-- The food position in several South and Central Western Queensland townships is becoming…
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Floodwaters sweeping down the Macquarie, Bell and Lachlan Rivers in Central Western N.S.W. have caused tremendous havoc to crops. All road links with Dubbo have been cut, and it is feared that homes and shops in the town, which has a population of 11,500 will be inundated…
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Floodwater Sweeping down the Macquarie, Bell and Lachlan Rivers in Central Western N.S.W. have caused tremendous havoc to crops. All road limks with Dubbo have been cut, and it is feared that homes and shops in the town, which has a population of 11,500 will be inundated. This picture, taken today from a Daily Mirror plane, shows low-lying property on the Macquarie River at Dubbo, isolated by swirling floodwaters, which have reached unprecedented levels. (Another picture page 3.)…
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The 21-years-old son of one of two men drowned in the flooded Bell River, near Wellington, Central Western.N.S.W., on Saturday night, is missing and police fear he also has lost his life. Several aborigines are missing from their camp on the west hank of the Bell…
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It is expected that the State Government's Flood Relief Committee will recommend that the State…
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BRISBANE, Monday. -- The food position in several South and Central Western Queensland townships is becoming…
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Floodwaters sweeping down the Macquarie, Bell and Lachlan Rivers in Central Western N.S.W. have caused tremondous havoc to crops. All road links with Dubbo have been cut, and it is feared that homes and shops in the town, which has a population of 11,500 will be inundated…
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Ten Westerm open-cuts are out of action because of flooding, and[?] on the same field, is idle because the miners could not cross…
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Floodwaters sweeping down the Macquarie, Bell and Lachlan Rivers in Central WesternN.S.W.have caused tremendous havoc to crops. All road links with Dubbo have been cut, and it is feard that homes and shops in the town, which has a populations of 11,500, will be inundated…
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The 21-years-old son of one of two men drowned in the flooded Bell River, near Wellington, Central Western N.S.W., on Saturday night, is missing and police fear he also has lost his life. Several aborigines are missing from their camp on the west bank of the Bell…
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MANILDRA, Monday.—Residents of Eugowra and Gooloogong, many in their night attire, fled en masse early this morning before floodwaters which inundated both…
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Top: Mr. A. Y. Brown's house in Macquarie Street south, Dubbo, a continuation of the main street. The house, which stands in a market garden, is flooded. Lower left: Mr. E. Welsh, of Eugowra, prepares for the flood by stacking furniture on higher levels. His home is on the banks of the Mandagery Creek. Lower right: The flooded roadway on the western side of the bridge across the Bell River, Wellington. Two men were washed away and drowned on Sunday…
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Continued rain has brought danger to many areas apart from the main flood points along the…
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Many country people in the Central and Far Western Districts cannot get to the Royal Easter Show, because country airfields are flooded. Butler Air Transport's main air terminal at…
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MISERY and hardships have come to many centres with the floodwaters of out swollen rivers…
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The flooded Lachlan has completely isolated the town of Goolagong, leaving its 400 residents without food and "with miles of water between them and medical aid." All roads leading out of the…
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