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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1951

1,485 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 75

£15,000 Flood Belief to N.s.w

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 24 January 1951 · page 5

CANBERRA, Wednesday.--The acting Prime Minister (Mr. Fidden) announced last night that the Commonwealth…

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£15,000 Flood Relief to N.s.w

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 24 January 1951 · page 5

CANBERRA, Wednesday.--The acting Prime Minister (Mr. Fadden) announced last night that the Commonwealth…

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Flood Refile Demanded

Tribune · Thursday 25 January 1951 · page 1

The national councils of two of Australia's most powerful unions — the miners and ironworkers — meeting in Sydney this week demanded that the Menzies Government part of the money it has allocated for war…

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Win On Last Floods As Floods Rise Again

Tribune · Thursday 25 January 1951 · page 7

NEWCASTLE.—Just as floods are again threatening the Maitland District, railmen have won payment for all lost time of Cardiff workers…

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Flood warning to all Q'land

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 January 1951 · page 4

BRISBANE, Wed.--The Weather Bureau expects heavy to flood rain…

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Torrential Rains Flood Queensland

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 January 1951 · page 20

BRISBANE, Thursday.-- Torrential rains, with falls of up to 10 inches, have flooded four-fifths of the…

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Torrential Rains Flood Queenland

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 January 1951 · page 20

BRISBANE, Thursday.-- Torrential rains, with falls of up to 10 inches, have flooded four-fifths of the…

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Torrentia[?] Rains Flood Queensland

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 January 1951 · page 26

BRISBANE, Thursday. -- Torrential rains, with of up to 10 inches, flooded four-fifths of…

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Torrential Rains Flood Queensland

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 January 1951 · page 26

BRISBANE, Thursday.-- Torrential rains, with falls of up to 10 inches, have flooded four-fifths of the…

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Floods Driving Farmers Away From the Land

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 January 1951 · page 7

MAITLAND, Thursday.-- Financially crippled through their losses from floods, many farmers in the Lower Hunter area are being driven from the land. Disclosing this today, Mr. A…

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Floods Driving Farmers Away From the Land

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 January 1951 · page 7

MAITLAND Thursday.-- Financially crippled through their losses from floods, many farmers in the Lower Hunter area are being driven from the land. Disclosing this today, Mr. A…

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The Flood Sufferers. Cabramatta Losses

The Biz · Thursday 25 January 1951 · page 5

Cabramatta and district again received its share of the flood waters, end for the thind time within a year the Pernos, of Knight Street, Lansvale, had to…

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Kenyon Street Flooded

The Biz · Thursday 25 January 1951 · page 4

No doubt the plight of residents on the western side of Kenyon Street Fairfield appl[?] to many others. The floodwaters from Wrentmore Street flowed through…

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Flood Bring Fears of Bankruptcy

The Biz · Thursday 25 January 1951 · page 11

Farmers in the lower Hunter River Valley, victims of the 17 floods since Jun[?] 1949, say that they faced bankruptcy Old-established farming…

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Women's Interests Girl Flier On Unique Job, Lifting Wool From Flood-Bound North West

The Land · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 28

ONLY woman flier in Australia operating heavy aircraft, has been co-piloting a Lockheed Lodestar in the North-west corner of N.S.W. lifting wool from flood-bound station properties in that area, to enable it to be placed on the market while record wool…

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Floods Again Hit Dairymen

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 23

FLOODS have struck the Maitland area once more. These will have an adverse fleet on the dairying…

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Relief For Flood Victims

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 20

TO relieve hardship caused by last week's floods the Commonwealth and N.S.W. Government will…

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Three deaths reported in river floods

The Sun · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 3

Three deaths have been reported and widespread flood damage is feared following cyclonic gales which are still lashing northern NSW and coastal Queensland…

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A Flood Every 10 Weeks

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 4

Maitland has had floods at the rate of one every ten weeks for the last 19 months…

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100 Families At Lismore Fled Flooded Homes

Daily Mirror · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 4

Nearly 100 Lismore families abandoned their homes last night as a huge volume of water moved down the Richmond River, threatening the town…

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