Race to Build Flood Levees Helicopter Rescues 17
A Royal Australian Air Force helicopter today rescued 17 persons who had taken refuge on…
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Flood at Cabramatta. Rescued From Ceiling
At Cabrmatta on Sunday, four New Australians and two children crouched five hours in a celling until police rescued them. Flood…
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One of those sudden freak storms of cyclonic ferocity cut a narrow swathe across properties…
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HYBRID maize crops in the Bega district which had been flooded are now yielding 100 bushels to the acre. Mr, W. D. Kerle, special…
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TWO of the worst Hoods on record occurred in the Lachlan and Murrumbidgee Rivers this week. The flood in the Lachlan, then second in two weeks,…
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Floods along the Lachlan and Murrumbidgee this week caused postponement of several…
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SEVERE floodings, accompanied by heavy losses of crops, buildings, fencing and other property, that have occurred during the past week in several districts draw attention to the need for a long-range plan of flood prevention and mitigation…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Through Worst Weather In Years With The Peugeot Test Run In Flooded Areas Showed Car's Capabilities
UNDER the worst weather conditions for many years the Peugeot 203 Saloon proved itself a real mudlark this week on what was the most unusual road test we have conducted. The hurricane which bit…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Widespread Suffering, Heavy Damage In This Week's Floods Forbes Has Its Worst Experience
THE flooded Lachlan and Murrumbidgee Rivers have rendered thousands homeless, and caused serious agricultural damage. Flood waters have cut Wagga in two and Forbes into three sections. Water, 6-ft. deep, were…
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ARRANGEMENTS have been completed for the installation of emergency radio equipment at Bellbrook…
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Two men who were thrown into the floodwaters when their rowing-boat overturned at Wollundry Lagoon, near Wagga, yesterday being rescued. They are Ron Peck (second from front) and Albert Humphries (at rear). The two men clung to the tree until the "duck" came along and Jack Poel (foreground) and Detective Les Lundie dived into the water to rescue them. (Story this page.)…
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The disastrous floods that have swept the Murrumbidgee, Lachlan and Macquarie Rivers this week passed their peak yesterday, but hundreds of thousands of square miles are still…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Means Big Loss of Vegetables
Vegetable growers in the Windsor district said last night that Sydney's Winter vegetable supply would be cut severely because of flood devastation…
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HOUSES: Four houses (top) near Forbes with the floodwaters up to their roofs yesterday. Furniture is stacked on the roof at the right. TOWN: The township of Forbes (above left) surrounded by the Lachlan floodwaters. The main shopping centre was inundated…
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A man marooned by floods on a rooftop at Camp Hill on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Ghost" Town Waits for Flood Stories of new flood dangers, dramatic rescues Flying doctor evacuates 25
The full force of the Lachlan flood will hit the "ghost" town of Bedgerebong, 20 miles below Forbes, this morning. [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Helicopter Saves 26 From Floods Ducks, plane in other rescues
An R.A.A.F. helicopter yesterday rescued 26 people who had been marooned all night on roof and treetops in flooded Forbes. The helicopter saved the people from almost certain death,…
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A GENERAL VIEW of flooding in Fitzmaurice Street, Wagga, yesterday. Only the chimneys of many North Wagga houses are showing above water. NICK DEANE, of Wagga, sleeping in the back of his utility truck. When his home was flooded, he hurriedly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →50-50 Letterettes in Fifty Words Canals to beat flood
The Government should forget about building homes and use the money and…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Flood Devastate wagga Homes
TOP: Floodwaters caused considerable damage to these Housing Commission homes in the Duke of Kent area at Wagga. Although the floodwaters are now receding in this section it will be several days before the residents will be able to return. ABOVE: Shopkeepers and! residents stand behind levees…
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