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Northern Rivers · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1929

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Storm Showers

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 9 February 1929 · page 2

On Wednesday heavy rain fell at North Casino, and cultivated ground was washed out from several paddocks. Travellers' on the Lismore road state…

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Deluge at Casino Main Streets Flooded

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 2

A torrential downpour occurred at Casino at 6 p.m. yesterday, when over' two inches of rain was registered in less than half an hour. So intense was…

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Deluge at Casino Main Streets Flooded

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 2

A torrential downpour occurred at Casino at 6 p.m. yesterday, when over two inches of rain was registered in less than half an hour. So intense was…

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Record Floods North Coast Towns Inundated Kempsey Streets Under Water Two Men Drowned at Gloucester

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 2

A Grafton message indicates that the five principal rivers of the Central North Coast—the Manning, Hastings, Macleay, Nambucca, and Bellinger—…

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Record Floods North Coast Towns Inundated Kempsey Streets Under Water Two Men Drowned at Gloucester

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 2

A Grafton message indicates that the five principal rivers of the Central North Coast—the Manning, Hastings, Macleay, Nambucca, and…

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Basements Flooded Watermain Bursts in London

Tweed Daily · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 3

LONDON, Friday.--Another remarkable watermain burst occurred in West End, apparently due to traffic vibration. Wood blocks…

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Damage on Macleay Biggest Flood in Memory

Tweed Daily · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 3

RAFTON, Saturday:-- The heav[?]rain experienced on the Macleay[?] for many years has been fall[?]uring the last 24 hours, and 10½…

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Appalling Floods Tremendous Damage Manning and Macleay Rivers Kempsey And Taree Inundated

Tweed Daily · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 3

The worst floods ever experienced in the Manning and acleay districts occurred on Saturday. Hundreds of acres of ripening maize, houses, sheds and [?]ystacks have been whirled a way, while extensive damage…

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Lower North Coast Towns Inundated by Big Floods Towns Inundated Heavy Floods on North Coast Tremendous Damage Done Grafton

Northern Star · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 5

The five principal rivers of the Central North Coast, the Manning, Hastings, Macleay, Nambucca, and Bellinger, were in high flood during the week-end, and conditions on the Macleay and Hastings are especially bad. The latest reports indicate that the Manning River district has suffered the severest…

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Floods Receding Central North Coast Further Heavy Rain Forecast

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 12 February 1929 · page 3

GRAFTON, Monday:—The flood waters are falling in the five rivers on the Central North Coast, but there is much uneasiness owing to the fact…

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Widespread Damage Heavy Rain in Sydney

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 12 February 1929 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—The Rainfall, in Sydney, during the 24 hours ended 9. a.m. to-day was 334 points. In some suburbs the falls were heavier…

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Further Heavy Rain Relief For Sufferers

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 12 February 1929 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.— Mr. Meares (State Meteorologist) to-day predicted more heavy rain along the coast. He added that the possibility of a cyclonic…

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Coastal Deluge. Phenomenal Rainfall. Many Towns Flooded

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 12 February 1929 · page 2

The protracted drought which has afflicted the Central North Coast, terminated during the week-end in a veritable deluge, up…

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Central Northern Rivers in Flood Disastrous Visitation on Manning and Macleay. Damage Over £250,000

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 12 February 1929 · page 3

All the Central Northern rivers have been in high flood over the weekend, and on the Manning the flood has proved the worst within living memory…

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Mail Trains and Floods

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 12 February 1929 · page 2

A train carrying mail and passengers from north of Grafton arrived as Murwillumbah about 9.20 last night the scheduled time of arrival for the…

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Manly Homes Flooded Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 12 February 1929 · page 7

The rainfall in Sydney for the 24 hours ended 9 a.m. to-day was 334 points. In some suburbs the falls were heavier. Widespread damage was…

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Now Receding Coastal Flood Water Another Fatality Further Rain Expected GRAFTON

Northern Star · Tuesday 12 February 1929 · page 7

Flood waters are now falling in the five rivers on the Central North Coast, but there is much uneasiness owing to the fact that…

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Heavy Rain Downpour at Casino

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 13 February 1929 · page 3

Late on Monday afternoon a thunderstorne broke over the district accompanied by a heavy downpour that lasted for some time. The…

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Heavy Rain Downpour at Casino

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 13 February 1929 · page 3

Late on Monday afternoon a thunderstorm broke over the district accompanied by a heavy downpour that lasted for some time. The…

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Cyclone Over West Tasman

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 13 February 1929 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday,— Mr. Mares stated this morning that there was evidence of a moderate cyclone over the West Tasman sea. A strong southern…

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