Stranded Wollongbar. Ashore at Byron Bay. Driven in by Gale
THE N.C.S.N. Co's. popular steamer Wollongbar (Capt. Hunter) was driven ashore a few hundred yards north of the Byron Bay jetty on…
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Floods & storms, 1921
583 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 6 of 30
After the Storm. The Re-establishment of Fruit Trees
There are possibly other orchardists in the position of the grower who addressed the following inquiry to the De- partment of Agr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rain and Floods. the Winter Outlook
THE torrential rainfall of last week end, following on the rather excessive rains of the previous few weeks, has placed the finishing touches on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ruinous Floods. Homeless Farmers. Heavy Losses in Stock. Sydney
The Hastings is in flood and the water is over the wharves at Wauchope and Rawson Island, while on the Maria River the settlers have all been flooded out…
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Sir,—It has long struck me why the people allow floods to enter a large part of Lismore when it could be averted. In viewing the flood the other day I saw plainly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Flood. River Further Recedes
Though the Richmond River at Lismore has not receded to its usual height it is steadily doing so. About 6 o'clock last evening the height of the waters was about…
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GRAFTON, Tuesday.—To-day has been fine and clear, and the river, though considerably swollen, is gradually decreasing. The water has cleared from most of the…
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Apropos of floods on the Richmond the big flood of 1891 has never been surpassed on the Richmond. Molesworth and Woodlark streets were under water and rowing boats…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods in Maitland District. Farms Inundated
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The waters from the floaded creeks south of Maitland have now spread over farms and grazing land-and extended into all the lower parts of the…
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A very sad fatality occurred in the Alstonville district carly on Monday morning. Messrs. F. Green and Dixon Bailey left in a sulky to go to work on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Disastrous Floods. Roads Flooded. Crops Suffer Badly. Bellingen, Thursday. West Maitland
It is estimated that within the Bellingen Shire the damage to the roads and bridges in the recent floods is £25,000. The river is now normal, but great The flood waters maintain a high level. Some roads are six feet under water, but the Hunter River is falling…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Mr. Price, M.L.A., had an interview with the Under-Secretary for Local Government, and submitted the question as to Government action in…
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Last night the Richmond River at Lismore was again normal. Cleaning operations at the wharves are now in progress. The approaches to and the higher parts of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Flood at Woodburn
WOODBURN, Wednesday.—With the torrential downpour which commenced on Friday last, continuing throughout Saturday and Saturday night and on throughout Sunday,…
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SYDNEY, Friday-- Mr. Price, M.L.A., has received reports from many shires on the lower North Coast of large damage done by floods and storms…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods on the Clarence
To describe ther ecent rainfall as extraordinary is to put it mildly (writes the Grafton "Daily Argus"). The stupendous character…
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SYDNEY, Saturday.—In connection with the recent floods action will be taken by the Government to restore communication' and repair the roads, punts, and harbors in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Priest Struck Dead. Storms in Queensland. Houses Wrecked. Waterspout at Sea. Brisbane
A cyclonic storm passed over Red -cliffe, a metropolitan seaside resort, this afternoon, leaving several cleared tracks about 30 feet wide in its wake…
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An incident of the flood at Maclean according to the local "Advocate") where 2ft. 1in. of rain fell in three days: There was very…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Atua. Beached in Fiji. the Holds Flooded. Sydney
The Union S.S. Company has received further news of the steamer Atua, which struck a reef when nearing Suva, and was subsequently beached…
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