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Broken Hill & the Far West · Floods & storms
192 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 6 of 10
Torrential rains, accompanied by a 60-m.p.h. gale lashed the Queensland coast from Bundaberg south to the border last nighty dislocating shipping and transport and damaging a vast amount of property. At some places thc Weather Bureau recorded falls of nearly six inches in nine hours…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The recent tragic American floods have again focussed world attention on the fact that flood, throughout man's history, has been his greatest natural…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney, June 15.—Record floods are feared an parts of the far North Coast of New South Wales following torrential rain last night and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney.— A huge area, embracing- Grafton, Lismore, Kyogle, Casino, Coraki, Yamba, Byron Bay, and Tweed Heads, is in the grip of devastating floods thrown up by a cyclonic disturbance which swept over…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney.—The Tweed and Richmond Rivers, two of the biggest in northern New South Wales, Have broken their banks and flooded the countryside three miles wide…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney, June 16.—Thousands of people are homeless in one of the worst floods in the history of the Far North Coast. Hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland; streaching from Grafton to the Queensland border, are under water and damage is expected to amount to millions of pounds. Floodwaters are surging into. Lismore, Casino, Ballina and South Grafton…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney.— Danger of new flooding along the far North Coast appears to have passed with reports that the waters of the Richmond and Clarence Rivers are slowly receding…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney.— Along the North Coast flood waters may ruin 40,000 acres of ripening maize crops on the Tweed, Richmond and Clarence River flats, an officer of the State Agricultural Department said…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney, June 17.—While North Coast floodwaters are receding leaving behind a devastating trail of damage, a state of emergency has been declared at Maclean on the lower Clarence and the central North Coast it threatened by another…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The recent tragic American floods have again focused [?]orld attention on the fact that flood, throughout man's history, has been his greatest natural…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Thousand of people became home[?] on Wednesday, in one of the worst floods in the history of the Far North Coast. Hundreds of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney.— Latest estimates place the number of people made homeless by this week's disastrous North Coast floods at 7000, and the total damage at least £250,000. Of the total homeless, 5000 are Lismore residente and 2000 others have been evacuated from flooded homes in other areas…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney, June 18.—A wake of terrific devastation is being revealed as the widespread floods over tho far North Coast slowly recede. Generally the position has greatly improved and it is considered unlikely that plans for air evacuation of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood, like fire, is a great terror to mankind. Water is an indispensible servant, but can be a dreadful foe. The people of the North Coast of this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shanghai.— Floods in Foochow, [?] China, have drowned 1,000 people, destroyed 10,000 homes, and rendered 200,000…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Lismore.— An outbreak of festering sores along the North Coast is attributed to the floods. Influenza also is epidemic. Thousands of valuable cattle are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney, June 21.—Two major problems facing residents in the Northern Districts where flood waters are slowly receding are an acute shortage of hospital accommodation and the plight of starving stock. An A.N.A. airliner today flew from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LONDON, June 22.— Torrential rain this afternoon completely flooded the pitch at Lord's where the second Test match will begin on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sydney, June 23. — Warm clothing valued at about £1,000, which was intended for victims of the Lismore floods was stolen last night from Double Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A dust storm occurred at Quinambie Station today. Tho storm was reported over the Flying Doctor network and is the first for…
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