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Floods & storms, 1950

3,659 stories in Sydney's papers · page 51 of 183

Countrywomen's Interests Flood Relief Work Proves Value Of Red Cross In Peacetime Major Income From Country

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 14

MAJOR portion of the income received by the Red Cross Society during 1949 from donations and special efforts had been raised by country branches, the chairman of the N.S.W. Division (Mr. J. F. Clack) told delegates to the annual conference of branches held in Sydney last week…

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Sheep Marooned by Rising Floodwaters

Daily Mirror · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 7

DENILIQUIN, Friday.--Seven men with six boats are attempting to rescue from drowning 2200 sheep valued at £10,000, marooned by the rising Murrumbid.gee floodwaters on Avalon station. 25…

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Sheep Marooned by Rising Floodwaters

Daily Mirror · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 7

DENILIQUIN, Friday.--Seven men with six boats are attempting to rescue from drowning 2200 sheep valued at £10,000, marooned by the rising Murrumbidgee floodwaters on Avalon station, 25…

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Sheep Marooned by Rising Floodwaters

Daily Mirror · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 7

DENILIQUIN, Friday.--Seven men with six boats are attempting to rescue from drowning 2200 sheep valued at £10,000, marooned by the rising Murrumbidgee floodwaters on Avalon station. 25…

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Families Flee in Floods

The Sun · Monday 24 April 1950 · page 9

Floodwaters have forced four families to leave their homes near Carinda, in the far north-west, and live in…

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Towns flooded in for North-west

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 April 1950 · page 10

Floodwaters have reached Carinda and Walgett, in the far North-west, although rain has not fallen in either town for two weeks…

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Snow Storm Stops Indies Cricket

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 25 April 1950 · page 19

LONDON, Tuesday. -- A blinding snowstorm stopped play at Eastbourne yesterday when the West Indies cricket team had…

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Flood Relief

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 April 1950 · page 4

A spokesman for the Flood Relief Committee last night said that nearly 200 people had been paid claims for flood damage…

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Big Storms Envelop All of N.z

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 April 1950 · page 4

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday.-- The whole of New Zealand was buffeted by severe…

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Big Storms Envelop All of N.z

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 April 1950 · page 7

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday.-- The whole of New Zealand was buffeted by severe…

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Big Storms Envelop All of N.z

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 April 1950 · page 7

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday.-- The whole of New Zealand was buffeted by severe…

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Big Storms Envelop All of N.z

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 April 1950 · page 4

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday.-- The whole of New Zealand was buffeted by severe…

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Miracle Under The Arctic: Iii. Cochino at the Mercy of the Storm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 April 1950 · page 10

BEGIN READING HERE In August, 1949, two of the United States'Navy's latest experimental submarines, Cochino and Tusk, were engaged in underwater cold-weather operations in the Greenland Sea…

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Remembers Flood

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 26 April 1950 · page 11

Sir, Recently there appeared in the Argus a short statement of flood water two feet deep in Church…

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Pilot Dies in Thunderstorm

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 April 1950 · page 2

LONDON, Wed. (A.A.P.).--A coroner's jury found that Squadron-Leader C. W. Stark, R.A.A.F., was accidentally killed…

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Heavy Rain Cuts Certified Seed Potato Supply

The Land · Friday 28 April 1950 · page 2

ALTHOUGH the acreage planted to seed potatoes and submitted to inspection was only slightly less than that of…

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*Heavy Flood Losses 'Reported*

The Land · Friday 28 April 1950 · page 19

THE recent record flood in the Murrumbidgee and some of its tributaries caused heavy crop losses…

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Vegetable Growers Propose Co-op Flood Insurance

The Land · Friday 28 April 1950 · page 7

THE Vegetable Growers' Association will ask the Federal Government to introduce a co-operative flood insurance…

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Hardships In Flood Areas Waters Receding Slowly In S. West And Many Stations Still Isolated Nay Affect Sheep Show Entries

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 April 1950 · page 7

DESPITE the fact that the sensationalism and distress brought about by floods in the Riverina district has been more or less forgotten, many graziers and folk on the land are undergoing extreme hardships as a result of inundating waters. In many of the south-western parts of the State, and more particularly in the…

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Floodlights Aid North Union Players

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 April 1950 · page 21

North Sydney Council last night installed 10 floodlights at North Sydney Oval No. 2 to assist Northern Suburbs Rugby Union players prepare for their match against…

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