Flooded Area
Lismore council's works committee will, following a motion by Ald. H. J. Pritchard submitted to the council last night, consider what steps can be taken…
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Floods & storms, 1932
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Disappointing Storms
Although from mid-day yesterday till late in the afternoon thunderstorms rumbled over Murwillumbah and other parts of the Tweed district, the…
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Following a storm at Byron Bay on Tuesday night, 73 points of rain were recorded. The rain were preceded by severe lightning and thunder and…
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Not within the memory of the oldest resident of the area has a more severe or destructive storm descended on Gleniffer, Bellinger, than that…
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VANCOUVER, Saturday:-- Warm rains, loosening the heavy winter snows, have started, floods which, during the night, killed 11 persons in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tweed River Floods Removal of Islands "When Suitable Dredge is Working on Shoals"
"With reference to your personal representations in relation to a communication dated 16th November last from the Farmers and Settlers'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →60-Mile Gale Dumping Fleet Delayed
LONDON, Sunday:-- A 60-mile-an-hour gale in the Channel is delaying the dumping fleet racing to Britain, and if it continues to-morrow may…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Forecast. Scattered Thunderstorms
SYDNEY, Tuesday.--Sultry generally, with increasing clouds and a growing tendency to scattered thunderstorms developing, but chiefly in the…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday:--Electric light cables, chimneys and a balcony were blown down when a terrific storm burst over Grenfell to-day. Much damage…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An Asset to Lismore at the Time of Flood
Mr. A. Ferguson, of "Owassa," Keen-street, has just completed the construction of a boat which he claims would be a great asset to Lismore during a flood and considers that Council would do well to examine the boat in view of their requirements. The particulars of the construction are as follow: Length, 18ft.; beam, 5ft.; timbers used, well seasoned Beech; fastenings, Copper; and specially designed for rough water…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Shipping Delayed Fierce Gales off N.Z. Coast
AUCKLAND, Wednesday:-- Fierce gales raging off the coast are delaying shipping. The tanker Brunswick, due in in Sydney last night, has not arrived…
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During a heavy storm at Grenfell yesterday considerable damage was done to the balcony of the Royal Hotel, which was blown into the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Severe Storms in Victoria MELBOURNE
Severe storms passed over various parts of Victoria. In some districts hundreds of sheep were drowned and enormous damage done to crops. A…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Natives Wrecked in Storm SYDNEY
A message from Port Moresby states that 75 native men, women and children were picked up at sea in a storm and brought to that port on Tuesday night…
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Concerning the posting up of flood news, a letter was read at last night's meeting of the Lismore Chamber of Commerce from the "Northern Star"…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →'Planes Bomb Ice To Release Flood Water
LONDON, Wednesday:--The "News Chronicle's" Moscow correspondent says Red Army planes are bombing ice piled in the western mouth of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Warning Central Coast. Sydney
The Weather Bureau last night broadcast a warning to residents of low-lying areas near the central coastal rivers that heavy…
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The London "News Chronicle's" Moscow correspondent says Red Army 'planes are bombing ice piled in the western month of the Kuban…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Small Steamer Disabled Drifting Helpless Before Gale Precarious Position
MELBOURNE, Sunday:--Reports were received to-day that the steamer Warrawa was disabled off the north-west coast of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Swept by Storm North-West Tasmania Sea Breaks Over Wharves and Breakwater Heavy Damage at Burnie
BURNIE, Sunday:--A severe storm swept north-west Tasmania to-day, doing thousands of pounds worth of damage. At Burnie during the height of the storm mountainous seas broke over Marine Terrace, doing considerable damage and…
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