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Mid North Coast · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1925

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Floods Predicted. on Northern Rivers. Official Warning

Macleay Argus · Friday 19 June 1925 · page 5

This afternoon at 2.35 the manager of the Telegraph Department, Sydney, had broadcast to all areas affected the following serious and…

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Toll of the Flood Cyclone Passing. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 23 June 1925 · page 3

Flood reports from the Hawkesbury, Upper Murrumbidgee, Lachlan, Macquarie and Bogan rivers disclose sensational occurrences, wonderful escapes…

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Cyclone Passing Better Prospects. Breakwater Damaged at Coffs Harbor Anxious Period on Macleay

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 23 June 1925 · page 3

"Cyclonic conditions have developed over Eastern Australia, and are expected to cause very heavy, and flood rains on coastal…

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Flood Victim

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 23 June 1925 · page 2

A Qucanbeyan message states that the body of J. S. Davidson, a well-known grazier and mail contractor, was found half a mile contractor, was found half a mile…

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Whole State Is Affected by Flood Tremendous Damage Done Rivers are Now Receding

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 23 June 1925 · page 2

Practically the whole State, is flooded. Not for 25 years have the swollen rivers caused such State-wide…

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State-wide Disturbance. Many Floods

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 23 June 1925 · page 3

The whole State at the present time is undergoing a terrific trial of rain and wind, and in large areas the flood waters have spread until untold…

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Cyclones and Floods. Whole State Affected

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 24 June 1925 · page 2

The cyclonic disturbance of the past few days has affected practically the whole State, and floods and gales are reported from many parts…

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Storm Damage in Homes Councils Liable

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 26 June 1925 · page 2

Most Sydney councils, which have received complaints regarding damage caused by overflowing drains during the recent heavy rains, have told their…

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Latest Telegrams. SYDNEY, Friday. the Flood

The Northern Champion · Saturday 27 June 1925 · page 4

The flood waters at [?]rapidly receding. A man was washed off his [?] and drowned while crossing the…

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Flood at Forbes. 18 Families Washed Out

The Northern Champion · Saturday 27 June 1925 · page 4

On Thursday morning the water was 33ft above summer level at Forbes. The business section of the town…

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Doctor, Railwaymen, and Flooded Creek

The Northern Champion · Saturday 27 June 1925 · page 5

The parent of two sick children on the Stoker's Siding side of Dunbible Creek found on Sunday that the creek crossing was so swollen, as a…

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Flood Sensation. Diving for Movies

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 27 June 1925 · page 8

In an attempt lo take a scene in the Union Master Picture production, "Sunrise," which is being photographed near Avon Dam, in the vicinity of Picton,…

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Reds' Blow at Britain. Power Behind the Chinese Storm What is Japan Doing?

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 30 June 1925 · page 1

A plain charge of breaking its pledges, to refrain from agitation against Britain, is levelled by "The Times" at…

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A Manning Flood. As Told to a Yank

The Northern Champion · Saturday 4 July 1925 · page 8

The Sydney "Labor Daily" tells this one: Up near Coopernook, on the Manning River, stand many noble gum…

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An Indian's Performance. Through the Flood Area

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 8 July 1925 · page 1

A striking instance of the reliability of the Indian motor cycle has been furnished by a trip from Sydney to Taree last week through the flood…

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Damaged by Floods. Every Application Granted

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 11 July 1925 · page 3

The chairman of the Main Roads Board (Mr. Garlick) has stated that every application for assistance for councils whose roads had been…

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Reel Life. a Cyclone of Laughs

The Northern Champion · Saturday 18 July 1925 · page 5

Again Buster Kenton comes with a feature length that is different. First we had "Our Hospitality," followed by "The Three Ages," and now…

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Abandoned in Gale. Crews Fight for Life

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 29 July 1925 · page 6

Derelict, and drifting dangerously in the path of shipping in Bass Strait, is the wreck of the Holyman line steamer, Awaroa…

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Floods in Korea. London

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 4 August 1925 · page 3

A Tokio message says there have been vast floods in Korea. Four hundred were drowned and 225,000 rendered homeless…

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