Amateurs Assist in North Coast Floods
Several of the North Coast (NSW) Amateurs did some fine emergency work during the devastating floods that swept the area during mid-June…
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Floods & storms, 1948
58 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 3 of 3
Flood Relief
At the request of Belmore Drainage Union the Macleay Shire Council has decided to call a public meeting in the Memorial Hall, Saturday, September…
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About fifty interested citizens attended a public meeting in the Memorial Hall, Kempsey on Saturday, to discuss the question of opening up fresh…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Britain Harvests Her Post-flood Linseed Crop
Sown in land waterlogged by the serious flooding which devastated large areas of Britain's farmlands during the spring of 1917, emergency crops of linseed are now being cut. Cargoes of furs and other luxuries were off-loaded from R.M.S. "Queen Elizabeth" in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood Control Shire Council Concern
The Macleay Shire Council at its meeting yesterday decided to hold a conference with the respective area committees in the…
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The 5000 ton steamer Hopepeak, broke her mooring in a wild gale this morning and crashed cut of control into the Cremorne wharf…
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The 5000 ton steamer Hopepeak broke her mooring in a wild gale this morning and crashed out of control into the Cremorne wharf. Another steamer, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cyclone Hits Guyra Area Latest Cables and Telegrams. The "Macleay Argus is a subscriber to the Australian Associated Press, which provides the overseas news in this issue. Village Wrecked Widespread Damage Tamworth
The village of Black Mountain, eight miles from Guyra, was almost wrecked by a cyclone late yesterday…
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At a meeting in the Shire Chambers on Thursday night the Shire representatives and Flood Committee delegates decided: (1) That the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Freak Storm Narrow Escape
On Sunday morning last, Mr. Neville Dennes, of Tinonee, and Mr. W. G. E. Sawyer, of Mondrook, had a narrow escape from what might…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Freak Storm Narrow Escape
On Sunday morning last, Mr. Neville Dennes. of Tinonee and Mr. W. G. E. Sawyer, of Mondrook, had a narrow escape from what might…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Girls Killed in Storm at Bowraville
Two sisters, mounted on the one horse, were killed by a falling tree on a farm during a sudden thunderstorm on Sunday…
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Seven persons were killed, 100 injured, in the worst cyclone ever recorded in Western India…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Reminiscences The Floods of '64 and '75
All the disastrous floods on the Macleay River have not been in recent years. I believe the 1864 and 1875 floods were terrible visitations. So…
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Kempsey's severe storm last Friday evening resulted in 110 points of rain being recorded at West Kempsey; while the storms…
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Speaking to a meeting of the Lismore City Council and other Local Government bodies on Friday night, the Hon. E. J. Eggins, MLC, spoke on the need…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood Control Measures Address by Mr. E. J. Eggins, M.l.c
Mr. E. J. Eggins, M.L.C., at the invitation of the Lismore City Council delivered the following address on Friday night:—I have long…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Nasty Storm. Knorritt Flat Home in Danger Zone
On Thursday last, about 5 p.m., a terrific storm occurred at Knorritt Flat, and at the residence ot the Turner family a wireless aerial was…
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