Cyclones Bring Flood Danger To East Australian Coast
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 March 1953 · page 1
Cyclonic depressions on the eastern coast of Australia have brought torrential rains and danger,of floods to the North Coast of N.S.W. and almost a quarter of Queensland. In Western Australia, a cyclone has battered western coaftal towns and is…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 March 1953 · page 1
BRISBANE, Monday.— Heavy rain over almost a quarter of Queensland was caused to-day by cyclonic…
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The Sun · Tuesday 24 March 1953 · page 1
Two children hurled into the flooded Nambucca River in a launch wreck today, were drowned when their exhausted fathers could no longer support them. Victims were Rodney…
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The Sun · Tuesday 24 March 1953 · page 9
A police constable's wife lest night fled in terror when a 10ft wall of floodwater swept toward her from Peacock Creek af Bonalbo. Heavy rain during the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Cyclones, Rain on Two Coasts Towns isolated, mines flooded
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 March 1953 · page 3
Cyclones and heavy rain yesterday hit Australia's east and west coasts. On the east coast floods isolated townships, washed away bridges, blocked roads and flooded coal-mines…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 March 1953 · page 6
PERTH, Tuesday.— Damage totalling hundreds of thousands of pounds has been done by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Flooded by Channel Homes Invaded Near Sydney
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 March 1953 · page 4
Water from a stormwater channel flooded homes in a low-lying area of Yagoona, near Bankstown, after heavy rain early yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood On Q'land S. Coast
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 March 1953 · page 4
BRISBANE, Tuesday. —A vast belt of south coast farmland bordering the Albert River was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood Fund Total £22,322
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 March 1953 · page 4
Contributions received yesterday to the Great Britain and Holland Flood Victims Fund appeal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood Threat Eases in North
The Sun · Wednesday 25 March 1953 · page 11
Residents of Richmond River towns are hopeful that they will escape serious…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Floods cut off towns in north Railway, Roads Cut
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 March 1953 · page 9
Sudden heavy rain on the North Coast has flooded towns, washed away bridges, cut roads, and delayed interstate…
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Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 March 1953 · page 2
Swollen rivers on the North Coast receded today and the danger of serious flooding has…
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Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 March 1953 · page 40
Swollen rivers on the North Coast receded today and the danger of serious flooding has…
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Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 March 1953 · page 2
Swollen rivers on the North Coast receded today and the danger of serious flooding has…
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Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 March 1953 · page 26
Swollen rivers on the North Coast receded today and the danger of serious flooding has…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Holland Help Becomes World Help International Flood Victims' Fund
Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 27 March 1953 · page 3
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Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cyclone comes to W.A. towns Railway reopens
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 March 1953 · page 11
PERTH; Fri.--Repair gangs today restored the flood damaged Perth-Kalgoorlie main eastern railway line. A cyclone which hit the town of Onslow, on the…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 March 1953 · page 7
CANBERRA, Friday.— The Minister for Immigration, Mr. H. E. Holt, said to-day Australia would welcome…
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The Sun · Sunday 29 March 1953 · page 6
A blazing sun glared from the sky And scorched the dried-out earth…
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The Sun · Sunday 29 March 1953 · page 47
QUEEN WILHELMINA of Holland made a home in her palace for 80 old people homeless after the recent floods, a Dutch social worker said…
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