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Northern Rivers · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1926

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Baghdad Floods Reported As Worse Than Ever (Reuter.) BOMBAY

Northern Star · Tuesday 13 April 1926 · page 5

Reuter's Baghdad correspondent reports that yesterday irrigation experts described the outlook at Baghdad as worse than ever. The Tigris breach is now nearly 200 yards…

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Monday's Storms

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 14 April 1926 · page 2

Ninety-nine points of rain were registered at Murwillumbah as a result of the three storms which broke over the town on Monday. The total…

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The Weather. Heavy Rain in Brunswick District

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 14 April 1926 · page 2

On Tuesday night, a very severe storm occurred at Byron Bay. It was accompanied by loud thunder, vivid lightning and heavy rain. All line…

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Heavy Storm at Kyogle

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 14 April 1926 · page 1

One of the heaviest falls of rain this season at Kyogle occurred on Thursday night, when a thunderstorm came up from the south-west. Torrential rain,…

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Bagdad Floods. Enormous Damage Recorded

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 14 April 1926 · page 3

BAGDAD, Tuesday.— There is a slight improvement in the folld situation. The river is falling slowly, but the desert flood is level and stationary…

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£2,000.000 DAMAGE. Caused by Tigris Flood

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 14 April 1926 · page 3

BOMBAY, Tuesday.--A message from Baghdad states that there is a slight improvement in the flood situation. The river is falling slightly, but the desert…

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Floods in Baghdad Damage Estimated £2,000,000 (Reuter.) BAGHDAD

Northern Star · Wednesday 14 April 1926 · page 5

There is a slight improvement in the flood situation. The river is falling slowly, but the desert flood is level and stationary. Ladies of the Royal, family have departed…

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Severest for Years. Storm Strikes Jones Island

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 16 April 1926 · page 7

SYDNEY, Friday.—A message from Taree states that the severest storm known for years struck Jones Island. The lightning was very vivid, and rain…

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Gales on Coast. Shipping Sheltering

Tweed Daily · Monday 19 April 1926 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday.--A cyclone rages along, the N.S.W. coast. Shipping is sheltering in many ports and a number of vessels which left…

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Warning to Shipping. Severe Cyclone

Tweed Daily · Monday 19 April 1926 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday.--The State Meteorologist (Mr. Mares) to-day issued a warning to shipping. A severe cyclone is centred between Lord Howe Island…

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Gales on Coast. Warning to Shipping

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 19 April 1926 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—A cyclone raged along the N.S.W. coast yesterday. Ship ping was sheltering in many ports, and a number of vessels which left Sydney…

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Cyclone Along the Coast Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 19 April 1926 · page 4

A cyclone is raging along the New South Wales coast and shipping is sheltering in many ports. Several vessels which left Sydney yesterday returned later. Mr. Mares,…

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Bungawalbyn-swan Bay Floodsate Scheme Adopted Coraki

Northern Star · Monday 19 April 1926 · page 3

At the Woodburn Shire Council meeting on Tuesday the shire engineer submitted his report on the floodgate scheme. Messrs. H. Robinson, Darcy Thompson and T…

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Vessel in Distress. Victim of Gale

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 20 April 1926 · page 2

Sydney, Friday.--The coastal steamer Corrumbene, engaged in the timber trade, met the full force of the recent gale, and put into Broken Bay…

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Fury of Gale. Steamer Disabled off Jervis Bay. Warships to the Rescue

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 20 April 1926 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.--The seamer Walton Hall,bound from Fremantle to Sydney, became disabled in a gale off Jervis Bay yesterday, and signalled for…

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Hunter in Flood. Farms Inundated

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 20 April 1926 · page 3

MAITLAND, Monday.-- Heavy rain during the week-end caused the Hunter River to rise, and during yesterday the water rose 16 feet. It broke the…

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Local Interest. Deluge at New Italy

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 21 April 1926 · page 2

One of the heaviest rain storms for many years deluged the country round New Italy on friday night. The storm reached as far as Coraki but only [?]…

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Steamer Disabled by Gale Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 21 April 1926 · page 2

The coastal steamer Currimbene, engaged in the timber trade, met the full force of the recent gale and put into Broken Bay. A message has been received from the captain…

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Japan Storm Swept. Big Loss of Life

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 21 April 1926 · page 5

TOKIO, Tuesday.— Owing to storms which are sweeping the entire coast of Japan, over 100 fishermen are reported to be missing. The local authorities are…

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Stolen Jewels. Sale by the Soviets. London Market Flooded

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 21 April 1926 · page 3

A large quantity of precious stones, valued at many thousands of pounds, which were confiscated by the Soviet Government during the Russian…

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