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Northern Rivers · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1922

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A Terrible Storm. Waves Forty Feet High. Engines Stop Water Runs Scarce. (Publisher in the Times."). [?] from

Northern Star · Saturday 4 February 1922 · page 6

LONDON, Friday.—a [?] video states that Shackleton's diary relates how they left St. Vincent in apparently good trim and made towards Cape Town. Four…

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Torrential Rains Floods in Queensland. Brisbane

Tweed Daily · Saturday 4 February 1922 · page 5

Further torrential rainfalls are reported from Central Queensland. The railway service on many branch Lines is completely suspended owing to the…

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Five Inches in an Hour. Flood Expected at Clermont

Northern Star · Saturday 4 February 1922 · page 4

BRISBANE, Friday.—Further torrential rainfalls are reported from central Queensland. The railway service on many branch lines has been completely suspended owing…

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Heavy Rain Four Inches in 24 Hours

Tweed Daily · Monday 6 February 1922 · page 2

Heavy rain has fallen over the Tweed valley since Friday last: The registration at Murwillumbah for the 24 hours ended 9 a.m. on Saturday…

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Floods in Queensland. Train's Narrow Escape. BRISBANE

Tweed Daily · Monday 6 February 1922 · page 2

It is stated in a message from Townsville that the train to Home Hill at five o'clock on Saturday morning tan onto the Burdekin river bridge into three…

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Floods in Queensland. Train Runs Into Water. Passengers Rescued by Boat. Fitzroy Overflows Its Banks

Northern Star · Monday 6 February 1922 · page 5

BRISBANE, Sunday.—A Townsville message states that the train to Home Hill at five o'clock Saturday morning ran on to the Burdekin bridge into three feet of water…

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Almost a Flood

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 7 February 1922 · page 2

A resident of Dunbible stated yesterday that quite seven inches of rain had fallen at that locality since the rain began. The creek, was a banker on…

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Queensland Floods

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 8 February 1922 · page 2

A Brisbane message states:—The whole countryside is flooded throughout the State and it is still raining, with the little prospect of the weather…

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Apalling Losses in Queensland Floods. Brisbane

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 8 February 1922 · page 5

It was stated in a telegram received from Longreach to-day that reports from outside districts disclosed appalling losses of sheep and cattle owing to the…

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The Weather at Tweed Heads. a Miniature Flood

Tweed Daily · Saturday 11 February 1922 · page 4

Squally winds with occasional showers have prevailed at Tweed Heads for the past few days,-and up to. 9 a.m. on Thursday 79 points were registered for…

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Drowned in Floods. Queensland Tragedies

Northern Star · Saturday 11 February 1922 · page 5

BRISBANE, Friday.—A message from Winton states that William Rhodes, of Mount Campbell, left Alb[?]ighton on February 2, when the flood was at its highest, to cross…

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Memorandum Raises Storm. Responsibility Disputed. (United Service, Ltd.)

Northern Star · Monday 13 February 1922 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The Admiralty memorandum has raised a storm of the first magnitude. The "Sunday Tiems" states that Lord…

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Flood Relief

Tweed Daily · Monday 13 February 1922 · page 2

The Tweed Shire Council is in receipt of a letter from the Department of Local Government announcing that as the result of the representations made by the…

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Heavy Rain in Queensland. Record Flood at Halifax

Northern Star · Tuesday 14 February 1922 · page 4

BRISBANE, Monday.—Torrential downpours were recorded on Saturday and Sunday between Cairns and Townsville. There were 1860 points registered at Halifax,…

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Flood Grant

Tweed Daily · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 2

At the meeting of the Tweed Shire Council yesterday a letter was received from the Under Secretary, Department of Local Government, intimating that…

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£400 Grant Repairing Flood Damages. State Government's " Liberality"

Tweed Daily · Saturday 18 February 1922 · page 4

The Tweed shire Council modestly asked for a grant of £10,000 from the State Government to help repair the damages caused to the roads…

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Floods in Queensland. Great Damage Done. 200,000 Sheep Perish

Northern Star · Saturday 18 February 1922 · page 5

BRISBANE, Friday—Visitors to Rockhampton who travelled across from Winton to Longreach give a vivid description of the ravages caused by recent disastrous floods…

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A Gallant Farmer. Attempt to Rescue Friend. Struggle in Flooded Stream. Waggonette Overturns

Northern Star · Saturday 18 February 1922 · page 5

GRAFTON, Friday.—The story of a young farmer's gallant effort to save a fellow farmer from a flooded stream was told at the inquest at Coramba on Thursday…

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River Rising Two Feet an Hour. Result of Heavy Rain

Tweed Daily · Monday 20 February 1922 · page 2

Our Tyalgum correspondent stated at 8 o'clock last night that at the junction of Bray's Creek and the main arm of the Tweed River the water rose at the rate…

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Floods in Queensland Rivers Become Raging Torrents. 45 Inches in Six Days. BRISBANE

Tweed Daily · Monday 20 February 1922 · page 2

There seems to be no abatement in the floods in the Cairns district. The traffic in some centres is entirely disorganised. The whole count Innisfall and…

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