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Northern Rivers · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1928

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Flood Debris at Sea

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 25 February 1928 · page 6

Passengers who left Sydney on Saturday by the steamer Orungal had the tedium and discomfort of a rough and rainy voyage relieved by an interesting…

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Four Days' Trip. Through Flood Area. Casino Nurse's Experiences

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 25 February 1928 · page 6

When Nurse Fallon, of tho Glen Innes District Hospital nursing staff, set out from Glen Innes last Tuesday week for Grafton, en route for her…

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Flood at Junee

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 25 February 1928 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday.--Further heavy rains fell at Junee last night, flooding the town. All low-lying country in the district is also covered…

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Flood Details. Rail Traffic Resumes. Butter Train Last Night

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 25 February 1928 · page 2

With the rapid fall of the flood waters in the Clarence, rail traffic will be back to normal to-day. The butter train ran last night and took away…

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Flood Episode Boat Party's Plight. Two Women and Nine Children Aboard

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 25 February 1928 · page 5

The discipline and bravery of a boat's crew prevented a terrible tragedy in the sea of water that covers the country for miles at the…

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Colliery Flooded

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 25 February 1928 · page 4

With a roar that could be heard hundreds of yards away, thousands of tons of flood waters, forming a huge lake near the Lithgow Steel Works…

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Butter Shortage Excessive Rain and Flood Effect. Storage for Winter

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 25 February 1928 · page 5

From peak dairy production, the prospect now is that the State will shortly run into a shortage in supplies. This as a result of the excessive…

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General News Drowned in the Flood

Northern Star · Saturday 25 February 1928 · page 4

Mr. Harry Lodge, of Nimbin, has received word from Bundarra that his cousin, William Lodge, was drowned in the floods while crossing…

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More Rain Junee is Again Flooded Streets Feet Deep Rise and Fall at Nyngan Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 25 February 1928 · page 5

Further torrential rains fell at Junee last night again flooding the town. In some streets the water is four feet deep. All low-lying…

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Cyclone Coming More Rain Forecast Further Floods Possible Gale on Queensland Coast Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 27 February 1928 · page 5

The acting State Meteorologist to-night forecast further heavy rain on the North Coast of New South Wales…

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Cyclone Approaching To Strike Coast Warning to Shipping

Tweed Daily · Monday 27 February 1928 · page 2

Pilot Redburn, of Tweed Heads, informed the "Tweed Daily" last night he had just received a telephone message from the…

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Storm Brewing Italy and Austria Again London

Northern Star · Monday 27 February 1928 · page 5

A storm is blowing up between Austria and Italy. A fierce controversy culminated in a debate in the Australian Chamber when a Tyrol…

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Floods Possible

Tweed Daily · Monday 27 February 1928 · page 2

SYDNEY,Sunday.--The Acting State Meteorologist to--night forecasts further heavy rain on the North Coast of N.S.W.. He said, a cyclone of…

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Danger Past Nyngan Flood Position Three Days on Stump

Tweed Daily · Monday 27 February 1928 · page 3

NYNGAN, Sunday.--It is now believed all danger is past. The waters are stationary, and even more rain is not expected to make the position any…

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Inigo Jones' Forecast. May Be Big Storms at Weekend

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 28 February 1928 · page 1

The possibility of more stormy weather at next week-end, is mentioned by Mr. Inigo Jones, the Brisbane weather expert, in notes on sunspot activity,…

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Storm Brewing Italy and Austria Minister Recalled

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 28 February 1928 · page 3

LONDON, Saturday.--A storm is brewing between Austria and Italy, a fierce controversy eulminating in a debate in the Austrian Chamber of…

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Const. Geo. Day at Nyngan. Experiences in the Flood

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 28 February 1928 · page 1

George Day, of the water police, and a mate were despatched from. Sydney last week with a light skiff to do rescue and ration work in the Nyngan. floods. Day…

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Sun Spots and Floods. Pacts About Fqrecasts

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 28 February 1928 · page 3

It is a remarkable fact that the present floods were predicted by two astronomers buck in 1924. Brown and Clayton, American research workers in solar…

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Flood Thrills at Ulmarra. Some Extraordinary Incidents

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 28 February 1928 · page 4

The "Daily Examiner" recounts some close calls, thrilling incidents and strange spectacles during the flood which converted the Ulmarra district…

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Norco Notes Floods and Pastures. Enough Butter for Winter ? New Zealand Imports ?

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 28 February 1928 · page 2

In the dairying world of this State the principal topic has been how the recent floods will affect production for the rest of the season. At present it…

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