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Northern Rivers · Floods & storms
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Last night the Tweed narrowly escaped a repetition of the disastrous flood of 1921. About 6 o'clock, rain fairly teemed down in Murwillumbah and the upper reaches of the river…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Throughout Monday night squally rains fell over the Brunswick district, and some heavy falls kept the creeks in flood. All the flat country from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Continuing his address before the New States Commission to-day, Mr. Holman, K.C. (who is "assisting" the commission),…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BRISBANE, Wednesday.—Under the in fluence of a cyclonic disturbance, torrential ainfalls are reported over the North Coast districts. During the past 24 hours…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The above does not represent a scene in Venice, but depicts the Post Office in Molesworth-street. Lismore, in 1921. It will, no doubt, revive lively memories of an eventful time. At the stage the picture was taken the waters had reached 36 feet 6 inches above normal, as against 21 feet 6 inches at 5 p.m. yesterday. The photo is by W. G. Parker, Eadford Studios…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The imminence of a serious flood at Lismore as a result of the swollen state of the river and the portent of the weather awaken vivid memories of the inundation…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →had their amusing side, as, for instance, when wemen, forced to deflect a degree from conventionality, divested themselves of light footwear and silk hose in order to wade…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Thursday.--The latest forecast issued to-night does not promise the people of the North Coast any relief from the flood…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fine weather prevailed at Bangalow yesterday until 5 p.m., when heavy rain fell. Between 5 and 6 p.m. an inch was recorded, making the month's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The weather at Byron Bay yesterday was bright and warm, and there was every prospect of a break in the continued inclemency of the last week…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The torrential downpour that was general throughout the North Coast on Wednesday night, on top of the heavy falls experienced for a week…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The rain which act in on Wednesday of last week and which has continued with but very brief intervals ever since, has brought the Richmond down in flood…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Tweed narrowly escaped another big flood on Wednesday night, like that of 1921. Heavy rain had fallen early in the night, and as the creeks and rivers were swollen as a result of the week's steady…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY, Thursday.--Mr. Holman, K.C., concluded his address before the New States Commission to-day. He stated that evidence given by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LISMORE, Thursday.--An eleventh hour change relieved the tension in Limore occasioned by the rise of the river, and the alarming reports from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. J. C. Stewart, at one the a storekeeper in Woodlark-street, Lismore, an,d latterly in business at dunes, pointed out to a member of the "Northern Star" staff…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The heights attained by different floods in Lismore was a much debated point yesterday. On the door post of Mr. W. Riley's wheelwright's shop in North Lismore are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The above illustrates a phase of the flood on Wednesday, when the water had reached about its greatest height. It shows the North Coast Company's wharf at Lismore almost submerged…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Up to Tuesday morning last the rain guage registered 970 points at Kyogle. Rain streamed down in unceasing torrents on Tuesday, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Friday.--Mr. Nicholas, who is appearing with Mr. Holman, K.C., to "assist the New State Commission,'' continued his address…
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