Flood Scenes at Gloucester
The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 2
Church Street at the height of the flood. Looking up the street from below the Shire Chambers. Garner's Corner Stores on the right and Phillips' Hotel on the left. After the Flood. Cars from Hardes' Motor Establishment,…
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The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 2
At yesterday's special meeting of the Gloucester Shire Council the President explained that the Council had been called together to discuss…
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The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 3
Mr. Stan Redman met with painful injuries on Saturday afternoon. He had just returned from Taree Estate, where he had been assisting in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flood Fatalities. Man Drowned on Oxley Island
The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 3
A young man named George Henry Falla, aged, 20 years and 8 months, who resided with his father. (Mr. John Henry Falla) on Mr. Lock's…
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The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 3
Watchers consider that the peak of the flood waters was reached on Saturday night about 11. It had then washed round Riddett's Hotel…
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The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 4
There was only a small attendance at the Council Chambers, Town Hall, Wingham, last night (Thursday), February 14, 1929, in response to the…
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The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 4
There has been great erosion of the river bank between Carter's Island and Glenthorne Wharf. Thousands of tons of good soil must have slipped,…
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The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 4
No sooner had the Hon. T. R. Bavin, Premier of N.S.W., heard of the disastrous floods in the Central North Coast than he immediately sent wires to the…
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The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 4
The Hon. W. Bennett, M.L.A., acting upon representations from different local governing bodies for immediate assistance to repair flood damage,…
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The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 4
The recent flood has left its imprint of desolation in many parts of the Manning District—as also in the districts adjoining. It is most…
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The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 3
The shire engineer (Mr. R. J. Montgomery) reported as follows to the meeting of the Manning Shire Council on Monday:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →After the Deluge Details From Various Districts. Shire and Municipal Councils Act Promptly. Government Aid Granted. Gloucester Body Located. Eventful Journey. Through Flooded Area. Thrilling Experiences
The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 10
Passengers on the Sydney mail train, which was stranded at Taree for two days and three hours, arrived at South Grafton at 6.50 o'clock…
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The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 4
THE Mayor is in receipt of the following letter:- Parliament House, Sydney, 12-2.29…
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The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 4
ON Saturday last the Hastings River valley presented a scene of desolation and one vast stretch of flood water, the culmination of the very heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood Losses and Finds Police Want Details
The Northern Champion · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 5
PERSONS WHO HAVE LOST OR FOUND STOCK OR PROPERTY OF ANY KIND ARE REQUESTED TO HAND IN AT THE…
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The Northern Champion · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 4
Probably the full extent of the damage done by last week's record flood will never be known, for there are dozens of people who have suffered…
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The Northern Champion · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 6
At 7.30 a.m. on Saturday the water had reached to within [?] of the deck of the Cedar Party bridge at Whigham and an hour and a half later the…
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The Northern Champion · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 4
We extend our hearlleft sympathy to all people in this and contiguous districts who are direct losers as a result of the disastrous flood. We realise, of course, that all who depend for their livelihood upon avocations conducted within the storm-swept area must be losers in one way or…
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The Northern Champion · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 8
Up till last week-end the big flood of 1866 was quoted by old inhabitants as the worst on record on the Manning, so our readers will be interested to…
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The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 11
In the midst of the discussions to he heard on every hand as to the heights of the floods of the past, and the differences of opinions that are…
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