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Floods & storms, 1952

2,176 stories in Sydney's papers · page 53 of 109

Flood Danger

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 July 1952 · page 18

Authorities forecast some reduction in food supplies and probable higher prices- Save money! Make food…

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Flood Danger

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 July 1952 · page 18

Authorities forecast some reduction in food supplies and probable higher prices. Save money!. Make food…

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Flood Danger

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 July 1952 · page 18

Authorities forecast some reduction in food supplies and probable higher prices. Save money! Make food"…

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Floods cut line to Broken Hill

The Sun · Thursday 3 July 1952 · page 13

Floods have severed railway connections with Broken Hill and the train due to leave Sydney at…

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Aid for victims of floods

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 July 1952 · page 9

Floods which swept through parts of the State last month have…

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Big Dams Not Best Means Of Flood Control

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 1

Experience in the United States shows that Australia would be unwise to depend on big dams for the prevention and control of floods. Better land use would get more effective results, as recent articles in "The Farmer and Settler" have stated…

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Postmaster Does Grand Flood Job

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 19

ONE of the unsung heroes of the present flooding of the Lachlan Valley is Mr. Jack Hickey, postmaster at Euabalong. Since the first hint of…

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Fodder Appeal For Flooded Areas

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 5

THE tense feed position in flood - devastated areas is being appreciated in the Dubbo district, where an appeal is being…

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F.S.A. Gen. President's Letter Floods, Another Cruel Blow

The Land · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 40

FELLOW MEMBERS.—The recent widespread floods in the Central West and Southern parts of the State, following on the almost continuous wet weather, have brought under notice the constant hazards of those engaged in primary production…

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Direction on Soil Conservation Aids Flood Control

The Land · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 2

SOIL CONSERVATION and good farming practices can greatly reduce serious flooding. This opinion is held by…

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Dairy Production Hit by Floods in Lachlan

The Land · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 14

THE floods in the Lachlan Valley have hit dairy production severely, say latest reports to the Division of Dairying…

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Broken Hill Cut Off By Flooding

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 10

Floodwaters from the Lachlan River had completely cut off Broken Hill from Sydney by rail and…

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Dancers, Marooned by Floods. Charter Plane

The Sun · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 9

Several graziers, stranded by floods after a ball in Hillston on Wednesday, have hired a plane to take them home…

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£1000 to help flood victims

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 9

The Bushfire and Flood Relief Committee yesterday allocated £1000 to help victims of the recent disastrous floods at Wagga and Forbes…

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Floods Wash Out Rail Viaduct Huge area cut off from city

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 7

Floodwaters yesterday swept away a railway viaduct half a mile long west of Hillston and cut off a huge area of country…

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Gale Winds, Cold Day Predicted

Daily Mirror · Saturday 5 July 1952 · page 2

Sydney Weather, Bureau said today, there would be gusts of gale force winds in the…

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Gale Winds, Cold Day Predicted

Daily Mirror · Saturday 5 July 1952 · page 2

Sydney Weather,Bureau said today there would be gusts of gale force winds in the…

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Gale Winds,Cold Day Predicted

Daily Mirror · Saturday 5 July 1952 · page 2

Sydney Weather Bureau said today there would be gusts of gale force winds in the…

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Gale Winds, Cold Day Predicted

Daily Mirror · Saturday 5 July 1952 · page 2

Sydney Weather Bureau said today there would be gusts of gale force winds in the…

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Gale Winds, Cold Day Predicted

Daily Mirror · Saturday 5 July 1952 · page 2

Sydney Weather Bureau said today there would be gusts of gale force winds in the…

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