Taree to Help Flood Victims
Taree is to fall into line with the appeal by the Lord Mayor of Sydney in assisting victims of the floods in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mid North Coast · Floods & storms
Floods & storms, 1953
123 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 2 of 7
Flood Baby
DARWIN .-- Mrs. H. Lambeth, wife of a station employee at flood-bound Victoria River Downs Station,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Safety Hillocks As Flood Refuge Scheme
Mr. W. A. Moodie, District Works Officer at Coffs Harbour, and Mr. R. A. Ford, Assistant Principal Engineer (Harbours and Rivers), were in Kempsey on Tuesday and met the Mayor of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flood Warning
At 11 a.m. on Sunday, February 15, the Sydney Weather Bureau forwarded a flood warning to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Rain on North Coast; More to Come
Although the inclement weather is clearing on the Far North Coast, the Weather Bureau last night forecasted further heavy rain, with local flooding on the Central and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Overseas Flood Appeal
The shire, president, Cr. I. Moore, at the week-end opened a local appeal for the victims of the floods in Britain and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floodwaters Yesterday Cut Kempsey In Half
When the Macleay River burst its banks yesterday, Kempsey was cut in half, the break occurring in the Wall at the railway bridge. At 9 o'clock last night police said that the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Record Flood in Queensland
BRISBANE, Sun.: The 25 ft. floood at Goondiwindi today follows rainfall that has broken a 67 year…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Macleay Had Narrow Escape From Major Flood Disaster
Heavy rain, ranging from 3 to 4 inches, that fell over the whole watershed on Friday and Saturday, brought a considerable flood to the Macleay River that only narrowly…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nearly Quarter Million Sheep Lost in Flood
Nearly a quarter of a million sheep have either been killed or are endangered, in floods in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods Cost U.k. About £50 Million
LONDON: Britain's recent floods, in which 307 lives were lost, will cost the country between £40 million and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Chairman Studies Macleay Flood Problems First Hand
Mr. C. K. Jacka, Chairman of the State Flood Mitigation Committee, accompanied by Mr. E. O. K. Green, Chief Engineer of the Public Works Department, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Elderly Women Rescued In Flood
LISMORE, Tues. -- Two elderly women were rescued from a house at Coraki today when water rose quickly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Member for Lyne in Flood Areas
Dir. P. E. Lucock, MHR, maintained close contact with flood stricken areas in his electorate at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Richmond Flood Position Worse
LISMORE, Tues.: Hourly the flood position is growing worse on the Richmond, and more families,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood Appeal - Committee Formed
Despite the heavy rain and unpleasant conditions in Kempsey on Friday evening, there was a very representative attendance of citizens at the public meeting convened by the Mayor, Ald. N. C…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Member Flood Bound
LISMORE: The newly elected Country Party member for Casino, Mr. Ian Robinson has been flood bound…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bellingen Had Heavy Rain
The Bellinger River district was fortunate to escape serious flooding when account is taken of the amount…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers Can Aid In Flood Control
North Coast farmers who have been toiling through the mud during past weeks, can help national planning of flood control, says Professor C. H. Munro, Professor of Civil…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Barwon Flood Nearing Peak
MUNGINDI, Sun. -- Although the Barwon River reached a height of 25ft. today, the peak is not expected…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →