Flood Notes
Mr. "Bob" Northam found three tanks deposited on his farm. Great credit is due to Mr. Albert Hughes and his son, Roy, for the…
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Floods & storms, 1929
220 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 5 of 11
Old Gloucester Hotel--and Previous Floods
In the early days the height of flood waters used to be marked on the lamp post in front of the old Gloucester Hotel. The present day Hotel and the roadway are two to three feel higher…
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The shire engineer (Mr. R. J. Montgomery), in a report to the meeting the Manning Shire. Council on Monday, Said;--…
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Hon. Walter Bennett, M.L.A.. introduced a deputation comprising Crs. A. J. White president), ex-Cr. W. C. Sellick, and Mr. Forsythe (engineer)…
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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. The Billabong Bridge on Sunday morning, showing the washaway at the Barington end. Park Street. Hardes' motor establishment end the Royal Hotel from Phillips' corner. The Billabong bridge has disappeared from sight under the flood. After the Flood. Cars front Hardes' Motor Establishment, and all that remains of the block of building next to Royal Hotel. The Royal Hotel. Looking upstream. It was in the stream just above the second telegraph pole where Coulton and Lee were swept away and drowned…
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At a public meeting at the Butterfly, Taree, on Friday night, attended by about 70 people, including several ladies, the action of the Manning…
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Six hundred head of starving cows and other stock on Gladstone streets, not for lack of fodder but lack of a bridge. None of the brothers of Lysippus,…
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IN this time of floods and Flood Relief Committees, the following letter, clipped from the "Sydney Morning Herald" forty years ago, may prove…
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The flood preventer, like the poor is always with us, and if he does not instruct, he certainly entertains. At the present moment in various guises he…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Looting Flood Salvage. in Taree District. Allegation by Minister
Allegations that looting had gone on during the recent flood in the Taree district, were made by Rev. S. G. Roberts, Methodist clergyman at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Current Topics Who Caused the Floods
"Fitz." of "Wingham Chronicle" holds Dungog responsible for the floods. A few days before it commenced the good people there prayed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Damage to Roads Estimated at £12,000. Special Meeting of Council
At Thursday week's special meeting of the Gloucester Shire Council the President explained thai the Council had been called together to discuss…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →CORRESPONDENCE Flood and Roads To the Editor
Sir,--I desire to bring under the notice of the Shire Council the state of the road between Wingham and the Bulga. If we had only had two…
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Hon. Walter Bennett. M.L.A., introduced a deputation comprising Councillor A. J. White, (President), ex-Councillor W. C. Sellick, and Mr…
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In view of the heavy losses sustained by farmers in Maitland, Gloucester. Lower Williams and Wallamba districts, owing to damage by…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Flood Damage. Shire Engineer's Report. Council to Ask Government for £10,000
The shire engineer (Mr. R. J. Montgomery), in a report to the meeting of the Manning Shire Council on Monday, said:--…
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There was a large attendance at the public meeting convened under the auspices of the Macleay Municipal and Shire Chambers, and the…
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Allegations that looting had gone on during the recent flood in the district were made by Rev. S. C. Roberts, Methodist clergyman at Taree, when…
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At Monday night's meeting of the Kempsey Municipal Council a report was submitted from Ald. S. B. Lacey, Vice-Chairman of Works, with regard…
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