Flood Fears Lismore at Alert As River Rises
LISMORE, Sunday.—Some Lismore businessmen are standing by their premised to-night fearing a flood inundation such as caused heavy losses in 1945…
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Floods & storms, 1949
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Planning for Flood
ADELAIDE, Sun.—As floodwaters spread over a vast area of far northern regions an emergency plan to provision marooned…
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Gale force winds, heavy seas and driving rainsqualls lashed Coffs Harbour throughout Saturday evening and the greater…
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Two batteries of floodlights will be installed by the Clarence River County Council at 'Chis Graf ton Showground, but…
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BRISBANE, Monday.—People in Cunnamulia (population 2400) left their, homes last night and moved to higher ground because of menacing floodwaters. THE floods are being caused…
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LISMORE, Monday.—Thousands of pounds worth of damage will be caused by the flooding of about 10,000 acres of rich farmland and crops in the Mid-Richmond area. When the Richmond River…
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The Water Brigade and Rowing Club Committee of the Lismore City Council is considering a suggestion that lifebelts be…
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CAIRNS, Wed.—Cairns exprienced its worst flooding today since the 1927, cyclone. Three hundread and…
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BRISBANE, Thurs.—Torrential rain on the north coast of Queensland, between Cardwell and Cairns, in the last 24 hours…
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The Health and Building Inspector (Mr. J. G. Kaylock), at Monday night's meeting of South Grafton Council, reported…
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MACLEAN.—Harwood Council has accepted the offer of the Minister for Public Works of £1000 to repair flood damage…
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Heavy and consistent rain, which resulted in a recording of approximately seven inches, fell at Yamba for the 24 hours…
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CASABLANCA, Mon. (AAP).--Six Arabs were drowned at Missour and damage estimated at £99,000 was caused in the desert…
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ROME, Thurs. (AAP).—Large areas of the Po Valley were flooded when the River Po burst its banks near Turin yesterday,…
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Two summerilke storms hit Grafton yesterday. The first broke about mid-day, and the second early in the afternoon…
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CANBERRA, Wed.--Financial assistance given to victims of floods in Northern New South Wales in June, 1948, amounted to…
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MACLEAN.--Harwood Shire Council has decided to inform the the Department of Local Government that council was prepared to take over control of the Water Brigade floodboats, but not their assets, and to delegate appropriate powers relative to…
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SYDNEY, Sun.—More than 300 people living in farms and guest houses in the Burragorang Valley are isolated by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coffs Harbour Stages Another Show in Rain and Again Emerges Triumphant Ground Improvements and Flood Lighting Praised
"Rain, hail or shine, the Show must go on!" That was the decision of a special meeting of the Coffs Harbour Show Society executive on Wednesday last when heavy rain then drenching the district threatened seriouslv to jeopardise prospects for the 30th Annual Exhibition on Friday and Saturday. The committee took courage in both hands. The Show did go on! There was rain;…
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SYDNEY, Mon.--Floodwaters in the Burragorang Valley are subsiding and only a few places are still Isolated, police at…
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