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Northern Rivers · Floods & storms
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BRISBANE, Saturday.—It is estimated that 200,000 sheep have been lost in the recent floods in Queensland. Forty inehes of rain fell in the Cairns district in five days…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The heavy showers in the last few days culminated yesterday in a threat of a serious, flood in the greater part of the Tweed district…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Public interest in the trial of trial of Colin Campbell Ross, on the charge of Hie murder of the school girl Alma Tirtsehke in Melbourne on December 30 is [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BRISBANE, Tuesday-- A Cairns message says there is no abatement of the floods. Traffic is completely disorganised…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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 last into the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. G. Nesbitt, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Under-Secretary, Local Government Department, relative to an application by the Woodburn Shire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A conference was held between the Grafton and Copmanhurst Councils on Tuesday to consider an offer received from the Department of Works that if these councils…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →HOBART, Thursday.—A storm of unprecedentrd fury broke over the west coast of Tas[?]ania to-day. A tree blew across the railway at Emu…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Driver Alf Peaks was attempting to cross the lower Beilsdown, two miles from Dorrigo, when he was washed out of the sulky by the terrific current…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In response to inquiries made recently by Mr. Perdria[?] M.L.A., in regard to the prevention of flooding of South Murwillumbah, the following letter has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Thursday.—Many thunder sterms occurred over New South Wales yes-terday. Several towns registered over an inch of rain…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A message from Dorrigo on Monday stated Dr. Erie Barbour, the prominent cricketer, who is practising his profession at Dorrigo, left Bellingen at noon yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BRISBANE, Friday.—A terrific hail storm visited the West Moreton districts this afternoon causing serious damage to crops and buildings. The hail was of enormous size…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrific hailstorms occurred in the West Moreton district this afternoon, causing serious damage to the crops and buildings…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. T. J. Swing, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Minister for Local Government, Mr. G. Cann: I have given careful consideration to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The need for some means of fording flooded streams was exemplified during the recent rain, when most of the river low-level bridges were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A prominent western pastoralist to-day said that in the area between Longreach and Winton alone he estimated that 200,000 sheep perished as a result of recent…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BRISBANE, Sunday.—A prominent western pastoralist to-day said in the area between Longreach and Winton alone it was estimated that 200,000 sheep perished as the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BRISBANE, Saturday.—It is now estimated that £400,000 was lost during the rece[?] disastrous floods in Queensland…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Perhaps one of the most severe stroms of recent years swept over Lismore on Friday night. The wind, which attained a high velocity, was particularly fell in…
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