Did Not Hear Flood Warnings Over Radio
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Because electricity supplies had been cut off early in the afternoon in many districts, many…
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Floods & storms, 1948
306 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 7 of 16
Big North Coast Town Under Flood Waters Business Blocks Engulfed When Rivers Overflow
SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Flood waters 20 feet deep swirled through Lismore this morning, carrying with them trees and other debris. Flood boats manned by 50 volunteers worked…
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LISMORE, Wed.—Loss of [?]vestock in the north coast floods is expected to be heavy. Carcases of valuable horses, cattle and pigs, as…
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The town clerk (Mr. S. J. Dunkley) reported to Maitland City Council last night that a conference on the Wallis Creek…
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Flood waters 20 feet deep swirled through Lismore this morning, carrying with it trees and other debris. Flood boats, manned by 50 volunteers worked throughout the night moving families from stricken homes to safety…
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Floodwaters have cut off all rail, road and air communications with the Lismore district. Hundreds of people whose homes were flooded last night were accommodated in East Lismore and North Lismore Public Schools. At 11.30 last night the Richmond River was 32ft. 6in. above normal at Lismore, and…
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NSW FORECAST: Showers on the coast and parts of the adjacent tablelands, still heavy at times on the central coast with…
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SYDNEY, Thurs. — As the floodwaters steadily receded in the Lismore district to-day, some extent of the damage, estimated…
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The only new dispute on the South Maitland field to-day occurred at Neath, where the top hands have a grievance…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—State agricultural officers said last night that the floods on the north coast threaten, to be a serious setback to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →North Coast Floods Cause Big Losses Thousands of People Driven From Homes
Thousands of people are homeless through floods on the north coast and it is estimated that losses to stock and crops will run into hundreds of thousands of pounds. Over 2000 people had to leave their homes in Lismore…
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Floodwaters were swiftly receding on many parts of the North Coast last night, but several towns, notably Woodburn and Broadwater, in the midRichmond district, were bearing the brunt of floodwaters higher than the 1945 level…
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The Federal Government decided today to grant £10,000 for flood relief in N.S.W. The money will be distributed in cases of hardship…
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Weather Bureau officials said last night that a cyclone, centred at 8 p.m. 200 miles east of Clarence Heads, would probably move…
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Floods which inundated North Coast towns and devastated hundreds of square miles of rich agricultural land early this week are now beginning to recede…
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CANBERRA, Friday.—After an all-night sitting lasting nearly 17 hours, the House of Representatives adjourned at 7.30 a.m…
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CANBERRA, Friday.—Federal Cabinet decided to-day to grant £10,000 for flood relief in New South Wales…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—A committee of investigation had indicated that a dam at The Gorge, on the upper Clarence River, would…
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GRAFTON, Friday.—The estimate by the Minister for Labour and Industry (Mr. Finnan) that this week’s floods on the North Coast caused £230,000 damage is regarded here as far below the actual figure. It is believed that…
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THE appalling floods on the for north coast, and the great loss involved, should serve to underline the urgent…
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