Central Kempsey Flooded 100 Residents Leave Homes Sydney
The Macleay River has broken its banks and Central Kempsey, is flooded, the water in many places covering the ground to a depth of 6ft. Over…
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Floods & storms, 1928
280 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 5 of 14
Floods in State 100 Families Leave Homes in the Grafton District Position Growing Worse Many Beckom Buildings Have Been Washed Away Sydney
Heavy rains are causing disastrous floods all over New South Wales, the north coast and southern districts being particularly affected. Water…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Damage at Gilgandra 22 Residents Spend Night on Top of a Dwelling Newspaper Office Flooded Sydney
The Macquarie River at Dubbo is still rising. Over 18 miles of railway have been washed away between Dubbo and Nyngan…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Floods at Nyngan Farmer and His Family Trapped in Their Home Rescued After 24 HOURS Nyngan
After being trapped in their farm house for more than 24 hours Mr. and Mrs. Healey and their six children, the youngest being an infant in arms,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Swollen Rivers Cause Floods Many Towns in the State Suffer Kempsey May Be Inundated Sydney Express 5¼ Hours Late To-day Railway Services Are Resumed Between Eastern Capital Cities
The latest news from the affected areas gives details of further hard ships suffered by the inhabitants of many New South Wales towns which have been and are still threatened by the flood waters from swollen rivers as a result of recent torrential rains. Further loss of life has been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods in State Grafton and Kempsey Suffer Heavy Damage £50,000 Loss at Grafton Sydney
At Grafton yesterday the River Clarence was 23ft. high which is a foot higher than the 1921 flood. Grafton shopkeepers worked all night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Government to Assist Sufferers Prom Floods Sydney
It is announced that the Government has ordered all departments to render all possible aid to sufferers by the floods…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods in State the Damage at Grafton Is Estimated at £75,000 Sydney
The damage by flood in the Grafton district is now estimated at £75,000. Alderman M'Pherson, the mayor, said that the Government would be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Doctor on Temporary Raft Crosses a Flooded Creek Later Operates on Woman Parkes
The story of a doctor's heroism in struggling through a flood on a raft to operate on a woman suffering from appendicitis has just been made…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New South Wales Flood Scenes
Top—Shipping sheds at Grafton submerged to the roofs by floodwaters. Bottom Left—Goods train derailed at Illabo. Bottom Right—Township of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In Queensland Streets of Maryborough Entered by Flood "Waters Brisbane
Although the fall in the Brisbane River, has removed all danger of flood in the city, other parts of the State are not so lucky. Yesterday flood…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods in the State Water Is Now. Receding. in Town of Grafton Funeral of Small Child Carried Out by Boats Sydney
The River Clarence at Grafton is now falling and the water has receded from some of the streets. The forecast however, indicates further rains,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Drought in Central District and Floods in South-east
In marked contrast to the heavy floods in the south-eastern portion of Queensland are the drought-stricken areas in the central and western…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods in the State in Queensland Water Contaminated by Poison Creeper Four Persons in Hospital Rockhampton
An employee, of the Mount Morgan Hospital, W. Purdy, and three of his children are inmates of the hospital suffering severely from the effects of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods in State Mother and Seven Children Found in Flooded Home Grafton
Fears were entertained for the safety of Mrs. Creighton and her seven children at Brushgrove as the house was surrounded by flood waters. A rescue…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods in State Difficulties of Police in Supplying Provisions Nyngan
The police boat sent from Sydney is still engaged in the work of carrying provisions to settlers in the outlying parts. Yesterday it took two rowers…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →More New South Wales Flood Scenes
Left.—Motor car which was washed from a foundry, carried for a distance, and then deposited upside down in a street Right.—Railway lines wrecked near Junee. The permanent way should continue straight ahead…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Austria and Italy Storm Reported Brewing Between Two Nations (A.p.a. Message.) London, February 25
A storm is blowing up between Austria and Italy. There was a fierce controversy, culminating in a debate in the Austrian…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods in State Relief Boat Capsizes with Load of Provisions Waters Threatening Nyngan Nyngan
The townspeople are working hard in an endeavor to repair a break in the water supply dam. Unless the breach is repaired immediately the town will…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Old Colliery Flooded Another Threatened Newcastle
Mr. J. Hoare, check inspector of the Northern coal mining district, reports that there is more than 800ft. of flood waters in the old South…
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