At Mercy of Gale Schooner Buffeted Fishing Party's Ordeal
Delayed by adverse winds, and then driven before a gale in mountainous seas for the greater part of three weeks, during which provisions and water ran very…
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Floods & storms, 1931
223 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 3 of 12
Floods in the North
The flood experienced in the Lismore district last week was a record, attaining a height in Lismore on Friday at 11 p.m. of 35ft. 9 inches. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Snakes Intrude Schoolroom and Baby's Cot Flood Sidelights
Driven out of the swamps and other habitats by the flood, numerous snakes have invaded homes and other buildings on the Tweed. At Tumbulgum on Monday…
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The Mayor of Lismore (Ald. D. McA. Ross) called a public meeting to be held at the Council Chambers yesterday to deal with the fund already inaugurated…
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A new theory for the prevalence of floods in the last decade or two in the Tweed district was advanced by Cr. Buchanan at Tweed Shire Council…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shire Seeks £4430 Repair Flood Damage. Murwillumbah
To repair the damage in the shire wrought by the flood, the Tweed Shire Council adopted a schedule of works prepared by the engineer (Mr. Aarons) for…
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To repair the damage in the shire, wrought by the flood, the Tweed Shire Council adopted a schedule of works prepared by the engineer (Mr. Aarons) for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DISABLED Launch In Storm Night of Terror Early Morning Rescue. Sydney
A launch, disabled, and with three men aboard, was tossed among mountainous waves, almost within a stone's throw of the shore at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Seven Drowned Flood in Fiji Worst for 40 Years. Suva
The Fijian Government has organised relief work for the Rewa flooded districts where seven deaths have occurred, but it is feared there may be more. There was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ISLANDS Off Antarctic Coast Night in Storm Discovery in Laneway of Bergs
On February 14, in a rising wind, we steamed along a magnificent stretch of mountainous coast. Here high-peaked ranges extend from the coast in a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →240 Dead Hurricane and Flood Fiji's Worst Storm. Suva
The worst hurricane and flood over experienced in Fiji struck the Ba, Lautoka and Sigatoka districts during the week-end…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →195 DEAD Hurricane In Fiji Houses Washed Away Flood Waters Rise 40 Feet. Suva
The hurricane, brief particulars of which were cabled yesterday, started at noon on Saturday and lasted till 3 o'clock on Sunday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Federal Labor Caucus Helping Scullin to Weather Storm. Sydney
Efforts are to be made at to-morrow's meeting of the Federal Labor caucus to arrive at some agreement to enable the Scullin Government, to weather the storm…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bridges Washed Away Storm in Victoria. Melbourne
A severe storm deluged the Ararat district yesterday and caused extensive damage to property. Miles of fences were washed away while hundreds of sheep…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood Rains Rivers Rising in Tasmania. Hobart
Heavy rain during the past two days has caused the rivers to rise alarmingly and in many parts traffic has been blocked, while the township of Ellendale is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →1884 FLOOD. Trials of Pioneers. a Mother's Great Ordeal
Mr. John T. Greer, of Fernmouut, who is leaving the Bellinger River after 68 years' residence there in farming and public life, has furnished the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Launches for Flood Relief Work. Sydney
The Chief Secretary has promised to have inquiries made concerning the suggestion of Mr. Missingham that motor launches should be made available to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Deluge 134 Points in 20 Minutes Cloudburst North of Copmanhurst
A message received from Copmanhurst last night stated that a cloudburst was experienced yesterday afternoon in the vicinity of Camel…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Thunderstorm at Gordon Brook
The full extent of the damage at Gordon Brook Station 'caused by the thunderstorm. on Friday has not yet been ascertained. It is, however, stated while the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fears of Floods Allayed
Although heavy rain fell almost with out a break in the Brisbane area throughout Thursday night, between six and seven inches being recorded during the…
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