Roumanian Prince's Plight Ship Battered In Storm
LONDON, Thursday:- From Bucharest it is reported that the torpedo-boat Regina Maria, in which Crown Prince Michael is…
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Floods & storms, 1938
515 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 26
Crown Prince's Visit to Athens Torpedo Boat in Storm BUCHAREST
The torpedo boat, Regina Maria, in which Crown Prince Michael is proceeding to Athens from Constanza, to attend a Royal wedding, was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tuckombil Flood Escape Hoary Old Excuse. "Waiting for a Fairly High Flood."
Mr. J. T. Reid, M.L.A., is in receipt of the following communication from the Minister for Works and Local Govt.:—"I refer to your personal…
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BRISBANE, Sunday:-- A cyclone swept the small western town, Tambo, this afternoon flattening buildings and tearing roofing iron from practically…
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During an unexpected cyclo[?] the Auckland district on Sa[?] bluejackets from the warships[?] had a busy time rescuing the…
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ISTANBUL, Sunday:--Floods in Smyrna hinterland have drowned 20 peasants and many cattle. Boatmen rescued the population of six…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Repair Flood Gates Swan Bay Drainage Deputation Waits on Council
After a deputation representing Swan Bay ratepayers had waited on Gundurimba Shire Council at its last meeting it was decided to instruct the engineer (Mr. K. C. Compton) to prepare plans and specifications for the repair of flood gates in the Swan Bay drainage…
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THE liner, Orontes, with several hundred passengers aboard, should have left for Australia at noon, but…
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LONDON, Sunday:--The Orantes, with several hundred passengers aboard, should have left for Australia at noon, but was held up at Tilbury, as it was unsafe to leave the dock owing to an 80-miles-an-hour gale sweeping…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday:--A special storm warning issued to-night showed that the cyclone was nearer the coast, approximately 100 to 150 miles east…
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PERTH, Tuesday:--Thunderstorms, accompanied by wind of hurricane force, dust and hail, caused considerable damage throughout the wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bodies Washed Up Boats Wrecked In English Storm? LONDON
Bodies washed up on the Ayrshire and South Wales coasts confirmed fears that the Glasgow coaster, Lackshire, and the Swansea steamer,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gale Lashes Coast Delays to Shipping BALLINA
Lashed by a moderate south-easterly gale, heavy seas prevailed off the coast to-day and the Bonalbo, with a cargo for Newcastle and Sydney, was unable…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Flood Causes Shortage of Service Water
An ironical fact which has arisen out of the excess of flood water in Murwillumbah is that residents will suffer [?] decided shortage of…
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Boisterous weather continued at Tweed Heads all day yesterday with rain driven by a South-Easterly gale falling…
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Murwillumbah and the Tweed District yesterday experinced the worst flood condition since 1931. The heavy rain on Tuesday night and yesterday, following on the wet conditions which had prevailed since…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Torrential Rain Causes Flooding RICHMOND 21ft. Above Normal Level 1.30 A.M. Danger Minimised By Break In Weather
FLOOD waters which surged down Leycester Creek and Wilson's Creek last night following torrential downpours of rain in the watersheds of those streams caused a rapid rise in the level of the Richmond River at Lismore last night. By midnight the river had risen to 18 feet above normal flood level,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gasworks Pits Flooded CASINO
Due to seepage following flood rains, which fell in Casino for the greater part of to-day and to-night, two pits at the Casino gasworks…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Brunswick District All Creeks Flooded MULLUMBIMBY
The Mullumbimby-Byron Bay-Bangalow district was lashed by wind and rain to-day. Creeks are swollen to twice their normal size and are…
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The cyclonic conditions that have prevailed and have been conducive to floodings on the North Coast, together with stormy weather, passed eastward…
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