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Floods & storms, 1951

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Worst- Flood for 15 Years Hits Brisbane

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 9

BRISBANE, Wednesday.-- Brisbane is experiencing its worst flooding for the past 15 years, and all low-lying areas of the city have been inundated…

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Worst Flood for 15 Years Nits Brisbane

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 9

BRISBANE, Wednesday.-- Brisbane is experiencing its worst flooding for the past 15 ears, and all low-lying areas of the city have been inundated…

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Protest Storm Over Power Cuts; Charge by Minister

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 4

A storm of protest developed yesterday over the power shut-down which crippled industry on Tuesday and yesterday and threw thousands of employees out of work…

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Man Drowns in Flood Dinghy Swept To Sea

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 4

BRISBANE, Wednesday.— A Sydney man was swept to sea in a dinghy and drowned to-day in the flooded rapids of…

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Farmer Says No Flood Relief Ramp This Time

Tribune · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 6

There must be no repetition of last year’s “flood relief” scandal where some farmers got only £15 to compensate them for hundreds of pounds worth of damage while others got nothing at all…

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Give Millions To Flood Sufferers Instead Of War Wharfies’ Leader Nelson Says

Tribune · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 6

Sydney wharfies’ secretary Tom Nelson this week urged trade unions to immediately demand relief for NSW flood victims to the extent of at least £10 million to be taken from the Federal Government’s £142…

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Town Submerged by Flood

The Sun · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 17

BRISBANE, Thursday. -- Large areas of Gympie are flooded and Maryborough is threatened with Serious floods…

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Rising flood threatens Brisbane Warning of River Crisis Soon

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 7

BRISBANE, Wed.--Rising flood-waters in the Brisbane River threaten low-lying areas of the City of Brisbane. Within the next 36 hours Brisbane may…

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Qld. Flood Menace Now Easier

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 4

BRISBANE, Thursday. Although large areas of south-eastern Queensland are still menaced by…

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Qld. Flood Menace Now Easier

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 9

BRISBANE, Thursday. Although large areas of south-eastern Queensland are still menaced by…

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Qld. Flood Menace How Easier

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 9

BRISBANE, Thursday, though large, areas of uth-eastern Queensland still menaced by…

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Qld. Flood Menace Now Easier

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 4

BRISBANE, Thursday. Although large areas of south-eastern Queensland are still menaced by…

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Winter Storm Lashes U.s.a

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 3

NEW YORK, Thurs. (A.A.P.). --A great winter storm today battered the United States relentlessly from Texas to New…

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£30,000 For Flood Relief

The Land · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 28

Announcing that the Federal and New South Wales Governments would each pay £15,000 towards relief of flood…

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Floods Ended in Queensland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 7

BRISBANE, Thursday.—The flood danger in south-eastern Queensland has passed and rivers in most flood centres to-night…

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News in brief Flood Sequel

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 7

Newcastle, Friday. --Rotting vegetation is causing a most unpleasant…

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News in brief Flood Sequel

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 7

Newcastle, Friday.,--Rotting vegetation is causing a most unpleasant…

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News in brief Flood Sequel

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 7

Newcastle, Friday. --Potting vegetation is causing a most unpleasant…

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News in brief Flood Sequel

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 7

Newcastle, Friday. --Rotting vegetation, is causing a most unpleasant…

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News in brief Flood Sequel

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 7

Newcastle, Friday. --Rotting vegetation is causing a most unpleasant…

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