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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1950

3,659 stories in Sydney's papers · page 43 of 183

Flood Threat to Travel Railways disrupted

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 1

Thousands of Easter holidaymakers are facing serious travel difficulties. Many rail services,…

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Floods Claim Third Victim

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 6

Floodwaters yesterday claimed a third victim when a boy was swept away by the Talbragar…

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Rabbits Wiped Out by Flood Waters

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 6

LEETON, Thursday.-- The rabbit pest had been wiped out for the present between Darlington Point and Narrandera as a result of the floods, Mr. Martin Bourke said today…

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Rabbits Wiped Out by Floodwaters

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 5

LEETON, Thursday.-- The rabbit pest had been wiped out for the present between Darlington Point and Narrandera as a result of the floods, Mr. Martin Bourke said today…

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Schoolboys See Mate Drowned Vain Attempt To Wade Over River Flood

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 7

A nine-years-old boy was swept th[?] his death yesterday by floodwaters in the Talbrager River, near Leadville, while schoolmates and a bus driver…

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Floods Claim Third Victim

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 6

Floodwaters yesterday claimed a third victim when a boy was swept away by the Talbragar…

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Rabbits Wiped Out by Flood Waters

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 6

LEETON, Thursday.-- The rabbit pest had been wiped out for the present between Darlington Point and Narrandera as a result of the floods, Mr. Martin Bourke said today…

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Floods Delating Holeday-makers

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 8

The Easier rush to holiday resorts commenced today, but a railway spokesman said that thousands would experience travel difficulties because of the recent floods…

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Floods Holdng Up Easter Tourists

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 8

The Easter rush to holiday resorts commenced today, but a railway spokesman said that thousands would experience travel difficulties because of the recent floods…

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Schoolboys See Mate Drowned Vain Attempt To Over River Flood

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 7

A-nine-years-old boy was swept to his death yesterday by floodwaters m the Talbrager River, near Leadville, while schoolmates and a bus driver…

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Stopping Floods in the Hawkesbury

The Biz · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 13

Danger of winter floods on the Hawkesbury is considered greater than for many years. The summer ends with the river level high, and the whole basin…

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Heavy rain blocks train, road traffic

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 April 1950 · page 4

Torrential rains -- the heaviest for many years in the South Coast District -- yesterday caused rail and road blockages between Sydney and Wollongong…

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News Round-up Flood Damage

The Land · Friday 7 April 1950 · page 2

Flood damage to potato, vegetable and other crops, and a cut in wheat acreage by more than 300,000 acres, may cause losses…

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Clydesdales For Show Flood-bound

The Land · Friday 7 April 1950 · page 15

Only 10 entries, including one stallion, paraded before the Clydesdale Judge, Mr. W. J. Dawkins, of South Australia, at Sydney Show, the other…

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Two More Drowned In Floods: Boy Of 9; Man, 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 April 1950 · page 1

Two more drownings were reported last night from flooded areas in New South Wales. [?]A nine-year-old schoolboy was swept away near…

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Rain And Floods Keep Many In City

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 April 1950 · page 1

Because of flood reports and the uncertainty of the week-end weather, thousands of intending…

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Refugees From Flood Areas

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 April 1950 · page 3

Children from the flooded areas of Dubbo outside tents on Dubbo Showground lent by the R.A.A.F. as temporary billets…

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400 Marooned by Flood at Forbes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 April 1950 · page 3

About 400 people are marooned by floodwaters in the Forbes district and police fear that several may have been drowned. Water is rushing over some parts of the district at such a rate…

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Floods in Vic. cut off towns

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 April 1950 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Thurs.--Floodwaters have almost cut off Gippsland from the…

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Boy drowns in flooded river

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 April 1950 · page 7

DUBBO, Thurs. -- Schools mates watched helplessly yesterday while the flooded Talbrager River swept away and…

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