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Northern Rivers · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1926

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The Weather Heavy Rain Mars Easter Holidays. 1185 Points Since Wednesday at Murwillumbah

Tweed Daily · Monday 5 April 1926 · page 2

The Easter holidays, so far, have been marred, from the holiday maker's point of view by heavy, and fairly general rains. Commencing on…

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Cyclone at Trangie. Buildings and Trees Laid Flat

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 7 April 1926 · page 3

SYDNEY. Wednesday.—Trangle was struck by a cyclone yesterday afternoon. The storm was accompanied by heavy rain and vivid lighting and…

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Cyclone Havoc Trangie Storm Swept Many Houses Damaged Horses Killed Instantly Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 8 April 1926 · page 5

Trangie was struck by a cyclonic storm yesterday which laid bare everything in its path, including churches, houses and trees. Several people were…

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Worry of Wealth. a Deluge of Letters

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 8 April 1926 · page 4

Some time ago a Scotsman named Henry Stewart, who has a post in an engineering works at Lille was informed that he had come in for a…

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Cyclone Hits Trangie And Hits it Hard. Everything in Path of Storm Laid Flat. Remarkable Escapes From Death

Tweed Daily · Thursday 8 April 1926 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday-- Trangle was struck by a cyclone yesterday. The storm was accompanied by heavy rain and vivid lightning. Everything in…

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Cyclonic Storm. Destroys Island Crops

Tweed Daily · Thursday 8 April 1926 · page 2

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday.-- A wireless message from the Resident Commissioner of Cook Island reports that the fruit crops were extensively…

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Deluge of Indecent Pictures and Immoral Literature. American Society Issues a Report

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 8 April 1926 · page 4

The Society for the Suppression of Vice has published a report iii which the magistrates' court, the newspapers, the United States Post Office, and the…

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Storm Damages Fruit Crops Wellington (N.z.)

Northern Star · Thursday 8 April 1926 · page 5

A wireless message from the resident commissionor of Cook Islands reports that fruit props were extensively damaged by a cyclonic storm. Baratonga lost 75 per cent, of its…

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Heavy Rain

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 9 April 1926 · page 2

The rain which commenced on Thursday of last week continued intermittently throughout the week end. Yesterday a very heavy storm broke…

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Heavy Storm at Kyogle

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 9 April 1926 · page 2

One of the heaviest storms experienced in Kyogle this season occurred yesterday afternoon, when within half an hour a fall of 116 points was…

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200 Windows Broken by Storm (Renter.) LONDON

Northern Star · Friday 9 April 1926 · page 5

During a fierce thunderstorm over North Loudon 200 windows were broken. People declare they saw a ball of fire from the sky and heard a loud explosion…

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Storm at Kyogle Flooded Streets Kyogle

Northern Star · Saturday 10 April 1926 · page 5

Ono of the heaviest falls of rain this season occurred here early yesterday, evening, when a thunderstorm came up from the south-west. Torrential rain, driven by gusts…

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Notes and News Cyclonic Storm at Trangie

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 10 April 1926 · page 6

Trangie was struck by a cyclonic storm on Tuesday, which laid bare everything in its path, including churches, houses and trees. Several…

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City of Baghdad. Endangered by Flood

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 12 April 1926 · page 3

BOMBAY, Sunday.—The safety of Baghdad is seriously threatened by an unprocedented flood. The Tigris Riven has broken its banks near the royal…

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Tigris Floods. Baghdad in Danger. Royal Palace Flooded. Thousands Working to Protect City

Tweed Daily · Monday 12 April 1926 · page 3

BOMBAY, Saturday.--The safety of Baghdad is seriously threatened by an unprecedented flood. The Tigris. River has broken its banks near the roryal…

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Baghdad Threatened Tigris River in Flood Royal Palace Desolate Surrounded by Torrent Baghdad

Northern Star · Monday 12 April 1926 · page 5

The safety of Baghdad is seriously threatened by an Unprecedented flood of the Tigris River which has broken its banks near the Royal Palace, a mile from…

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Heavy Rain

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 13 April 1926 · page 2

The beneficial rain which fell last week was augmented by another storm last night, when heathy rain, fell for some time. The registration was…

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Storm at Tenterfield Tanks Replenished Tenterfield

Northern Star · Tuesday 13 April 1926 · page 4

One inch and a half of rain fell in a storm this afternoon. The storm commenced at o'clock and ended at 5. Light hail accompanied the fall. As only 37 points fell…

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Three Storms Break Over Murwillumbah Yesterday. Electricity Service Dislocated. Good work by Power House Staff

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 13 April 1926 · page 2

Three storms, accompanied by vivid lightning and loud claps of thunder, passed over Murwillumbah yesterday. The first broke about 1.0 p.m…

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Tigris Floods. Position Becoming Worse. Damage Already Exceeds £1,000,000

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 13 April 1926 · page 3

BOMBAY, Monday.--Badhdad irrigation experts describe the outlook at Baghdad to-night as more serious than ever. The Tigris has broken its banks…

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