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Northern Rivers · Floods & storms
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The worst cyclonic blow in the history of Coraki and the Mid Richmond occurred round about 8 o'clock on Friday night, raged furiously for a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Army author it tes released the report of how a Japanese attack on a British convoy rearing Singapore was foiled by a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Applications for an extension of time for the payment of rates on account of damage suffered during the severe…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Messrs. D. Dolby (President), J. Kennedy, A. D. McAulay, J. S. Newby, H. V. Williams, D. Hughes, Jas. Leeson, Jack Leeson, Reg Pursey,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, Monday (AAP). —Field Marshal Rommel's advance to the east has been virtually halted about…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The first flood on the Tweed for three years last night flooded the floors of an hotel and over 20 shops on both sides of the river at Murwillumhah. The river rose to a height of 15ft. 3in. above the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MURWILLUMBAH, Monday.— The first flood on the Tweed in three years to-night covered the floors of an hotel and over 20…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rising rapidly on Monday night, the Richmond River overflowed its banks at many points yesterday Many district…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The decision to lower the sill at the Tuekombil Flood Escape Drain is a good one, for it will mitigate, if not entirely prevent future floodings. If…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Tuesday last, at Coraki, men, women, and children spent a profitable time snatching fine edible fish, out of the swollen waters— firstly with their…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BATAVIA, Friday (AAP). —Cheered by the news that the "Dutch Beatty," in Admiral Helfrich, had taken…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BRISBANE, Friday: Two drownings in Queensland coastal towns, the temporary isolation of part of Dalby, and big losses of sheep and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A trip into the country areas around Murwillumbah during the week-end showed that last week's floods did little damage…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BRISBANE, Sunday.— Thousands of pounds' worth of damage was done to property, crops and stock in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BRISBANE, Tuesday:--At 8 o'clock the Weather Bureau issued the following flood warning: "The maintenance of flooding in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BRISBANE, Tuesday. — A Gayndah message states that the loss in that district due to the recent floods is estimated to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Murwillumbah Municipal Council Health Inspector (Mr. C. H. Webster) was disturebd by the health conditions caused by recent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BATAVIA, Wednesday: Palembang's oil fires, the greatest in history, were so vast that they influenced the weather, causing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →BRISBANE, Thursday: Flood damage at Chinchilla was estimated at £100,000, stated Mr. A. R. Slessar, M.L.A. for Dalby, to-night. Seventy…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Several complaints arising out of the recent storm water damage came before Murwillumbah Municipal Council at its meeting on…
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