The Finding of Ur Evidence of the Flood
The story of the excavations which have taken place in Mesopotamia during the last eight years sounds like a fairy tale, yet we have hardly taken the trouble…
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Floods & storms, 1931
223 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 12
Boy Drowned in Flooded Creek Search for Body. Brisbane
Throughout Saturday night the police were dragging for the body of Sydney Devnish (12), who was drowned in Enoggera Creek, Kelvin Grove, on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood Warning Heavy Rain on Tweed and Richmond. Sydney
The Weather Bureau to-day issued the following flood warning:--Cyclonic disturbances are located off the south coast of Queensland and exceptionally heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy Rain. Big Floods Up North
The rain that was looked for for months has come. In this district it has been steady and soaking and will do a lot of good. The total…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Deluge at Fernbrook
Our correspondent at Fernbrook rang us up this morning to say that they are having Some rain at that centre. It's real February rain with the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tweed Heads Deluge Ten Inches in 24 Hours Queensland Rivers Flooder. Tweed Heads
The gale continues without much abatement. Torrential rain is falling, over ten inches having been recorded during the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in Three Rivers Brisbane, Tweed And Richmond Break Banks Serious Inundations at Brisbane and M'bah Terrific Downpour--an Inch an Hour Lismore May Face Flood To-day
Floods almost unprecedented are occurring in the Brisbane and Tweed Rivers, while the Richmond River is also in flood. At Brisbane the flood waters invaded the city. Hundreds of school children and business people were unable to reach their homes last night. All…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood Waters Enter North Lismore Richmond Rising Rapidly People Leaving Homes. Lismore, Thursday Night
Falls of from six to 11 inches throughout the Richmond Valley, in 12 hours to-day, have placed Lismore in an alarming position. The two…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Brisbane, Too Flood Waters Enter City All Services Disorganised School Children--business People Marooned. Brisbane
Heavy rain continued to-night and the Weather Bureau believes that the Brisbane River will rise to a point not less than that reached in March,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood Dangers Weather Bureau Reports. Sydney
The Weather Bureau to-day reported the position very serious on the Richmond and Tweed. Further south the rain has been lighter,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Still Raining Good Falls All Round No Immediate Flood Danger on the Clarence
The wet spell, which commenced in the Clarence River district on Monday, still continues, and good rain fell at many centres yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →1650 Points Conditions at Tweed Heads Big Sea and Flood. Tweed Heads
The south-easterly gale which raged during Tuesday and Tuesday night moderated during Wednesday and the rain decreased noticeably, but towards…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Richmond River Floods At Lismore Business Centre Inundated Houses Submerged at North Lismore Residents Seek Places of Safety. Lismore
At noon to-day the flood waters were running round the corner of Woodlarlf and Molesworth streets, the two mail thoroughfares of Lismore…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods on Northern Rivers 28 Inches Of Rain At Tweed Heads Seas on Coast Hold Up Flood Waters Washaways On Railways Lismore Business Centre Under Water Many Houses Totally Submerged
Abnormal falls of rain totalling 28 inches in nine clays have been experienced at Tweed Heads and floods of a serious nature have resulted. On the main coastal road at the northern end of Currumbin beach about 200 yards of road were washed away and damage was also caused by the sea…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Danger Passes Clarence River Conditions Floods Unlikely
Good showers fell at most Clarence River centres on Saturday, followed by light, rain yesterday, hut there is little likelihood of floods…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lismore's Record Flood Water Reaches Height Of 35ft. 9in. Damage Estimated at More Than £100,000 Hundreds Of People Driven From Homes Tragic Drowning Accident Lismore
The flood in the Richmond River attained its maximum and record height of 35ft. 9in. in Lismore at 11 p.m. on Friday and the receding waters left behind them a trail of havoc and desolation unparalleled in the district's history…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →FALLING Brisbane Flood Waters Tide Turned in Time Man Drowned. Brisbane
Danger of further flooding is now past. It. was feared that with the high tide shortly before 2 p.m. the flood waters would sweep through a large section of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →38 12 INCHES Why Richmond Overflowed Nimbin's Deluge Lismore Refugees Return to Homes. Lismore
Lismore received 18 12 inches of rain since February 1, but this is small compared with Nimbin's 38 12 inches in the past week, and of this total,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →For Mate's Life. Battle With Flood
While their mate groaned in the bottom of the boat with the agony of a snakebite on his left foot, Messrs. G. Haigh and S. Kundle frantically…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Damage
The heavy rain on Friday night put the Orara River up over the railing of Duncan's Bridge, on the main road near Coramba. The current was very…
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