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Northern Rivers · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1924

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Lightning's Pranks Dookie Storm-swept

Northern Star · Saturday 23 February 1924 · page 14

MELBOURNE, Friday—The Dookie district experienced one of the heaviest thunderstorms for many years, when thunder and lightning, accompanied by heavy hail hail and…

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Queensland Floods Train Traffic Delayed

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 26 February 1924 · page 2

BRISBANE, Monday.--During the week-end heavy falls of rain have been registered in the coastal districts north of Maryborough. Yeppoon received 669,…

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Biscay Gale Two Men Washed Overborad

Northern Star · Saturday 1 March 1924 · page 9

VIGO, Thursday.—The British steamer Armeliffe, 3583 tons, has arrived here having passed through a violent storm 50 miles from Cape [?]inisterre…

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Floods in the Territory

Tweed Daily · Saturday 1 March 1924 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.--Enormous damage is reported to have been caused by floods at one of Vestey's biggest station In the Northern Territory…

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Floods at Wave Hill

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 1 March 1924 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday.--Disastrous floods have occurred at Wave Hill, one of Vestey's big stations on the West Australian border. Enormous damage was…

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Flooding "Dry" America Amazing Figures. (Published by arrangement.)

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 1 March 1924 · page 6

According to the New York "Sun and Globe," 25,000 gallons of whisky were motored into The United States from one spot alone (De Wittville,…

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The Weather a Cyclone That Missed

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 4 March 1924 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.--Fine weather prevailed over the greater part of New South Wales during the week-end. The cyclonic storm which was predicted to…

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Storm at Bendigo

Northern Star · Friday 7 March 1924 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—A violent storm broke over Bendigo yesterday and damage from water occurred in several parts of the city…

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Queensland Floods One Man Drowned. Central and Southern Districts Inundated

Tweed Daily · Saturday 8 March 1924 · page 4

BRISBANE, Friday.--Under the influence of a monsoonal depression, further heavy rains have fallen generally over Central and Southern Quensland…

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Floods Extensive Area Under Water Towns in Queensland Isolated Much Damage Reported

Northern Star · Saturday 8 March 1924 · page 5

BRISBANE, Friday.—The Weather Bureau in a special report to-day stated that very heavy and general rain had fallen during the past 24 hours over the regions between…

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Poor Old Tut Centre of Political Storm. Excursion Trains to the Tomb

Tweed Daily · Monday 10 March 1924 · page 4

LONDON, Friday.--The correspondent Of the "Daily Express" in Luxor says that Tutankhamen has taken on a hew role, and has become the centre of a…

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Queensland Floods Turbulent Sea of Water. People Rescued in Boats

Tweed Daily · Monday 10 March 1924 · page 3

BRISBANE, Sunday.--Further heavy rains fell in the eastern half of Queensland on Friday, and in the result the flood waters are over the railway lines…

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Rescue Work Queensland Rivers in Flood Many Trains Held Up

Northern Star · Monday 10 March 1924 · page 5

BRISBANE, Sunday.—Further heavy rains fell in the eastern half of Queensland on Friday. As a result the flood waters are over the railway lines in many places and…

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Queensland Floods

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 12 March 1924 · page 2

Further, heavy rains fell in the eastern half of Queensland, and as the result the flood waters are over the railway lines in many places, and trains…

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Floods in Queensland. Damage to Bridges

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 12 March 1924 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Serious damage to railway lines has been caused by floods in several places in Queensland. The water is 8 feet over the Lynd…

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Something Like a Flood Deluge in Hawkes Bay. Houses Shifted by the Waters

Tweed Daily · Thursday 13 March 1924 · page 3

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday.--Unprecedented floods, following upon heavy rains, have caused heavy damage, in the Hawkes Bay district. The livers…

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Neglect of Mr. Flood. (To the Editor.)

Tweed Daily · Thursday 13 March 1924 · page 2

Sir,--I am sorry to have to request room for space on a matter that has already been dealt with at the last meeting of the Murwillumbah branch of the…

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Floods Heavy Damage in New Zealand Loss of Lives and Property Scenes of Devastation

Northern Star · Thursday 13 March 1924 · page 5

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday.—Unprecedented floods caused heavy damage in the Hawkes Bay district. Rain fell at the rate of one…

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Floods in Queensland

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 14 March 1924 · page 7

Some phenomenal fulls of rain have been recorded in North Queensland for 24 hours. Babinada registered 1230 points, and 90 points fell at Iunsifail…

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The World of 2123. a Tremendous Transformation. Artificial Floods

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 14 March 1924 · page 3

Professor Haldane pictures scientific research as a powerful Arabian Nights djinn which twentieth-century man has contrived to release from his bottle, and…

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