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Northern Rivers · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1943

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Flooding in Northern Queensland

Tweed Daily · Friday 1 January 1943 · page 1

BRISBANE, Thursday: The Weather Bureau tonight stated that moderate flooding had occurred in costal streams south from…

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Queensland Flooding

Tweed Daily · Monday 4 January 1943 · page 2

BRISBANE, Sunday: Further flooding in central coast streams arid the possibility of a renewal of local flood conditions later in the…

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Three Soldiers Drown in Flooded River

Tweed Daily · Monday 4 January 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday: Three Queensland soldiers were drowned when crossing a ford over a [?] river at Glen Innes…

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Soldiers Drowned on Manoeuvres River Ford Flooded

Northern Star · Monday 4 January 1943 · page 4

GLEN INNES, Sunday.—Three soldiers, all Queenslanders, Lance-Opl. Morris Hoare Barlow, single; Pte. Ed. Woolgar. single; and Pte…

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Heavy Rain on North Coast

Northern Star · Thursday 7 January 1943 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Fairly general rain was recorded throughout the State during the week which ended to-day, the…

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11,000 Killed by Cyclone

Tweed Daily · Saturday 9 January 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Friday: It is now revealed that 300 square miles of territory was affected by the terrific cyclone…

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11,000 Die in Cyclone

Northern Star · Saturday 9 January 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Friday (AAP). — It is revealed that 3000 square miles have been affected by a terrific cyclone which swept…

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Cart Carried Away In Flooded Creek

Northern Star · Saturday 9 January 1943 · page 4

KYOGLE, Friday. — Leonard Taylor, of Ironpot Creek, had a narrow escape from drowning when a cart drawn by three horses and…

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Severe Storm at Honolulu

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 12 January 1943 · page 3

HONOLULU, Monday: Officials have permitted the disclosure that a severe tropical storm, the most heavy downpour at Honolulu for…

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Severe Storm at Muttaburra

Tweed Daily · Friday 22 January 1943 · page 3

MUTTABURRA, Thursday:- The Catholic church was demolished and the Church of England church and Memorial hall were…

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Storm Demolishes R.c. Church

Northern Star · Friday 22 January 1943 · page 3

MARYBOROUGH, Thursday.—The Catholic Church was demolished, the Church of England and the Memorial Hall were badly…

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Heavy Storm Damage at Casino Buildings Wrecked At Showground

Northern Star · Friday 5 February 1943 · page 4

CASINO, Thursday.—A storm, accompanied by torrential rain and wind of gale force, although only of short duration, caused considerable damage to buildings and trees in the town. South Casino…

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Storm at Casino

Tweed Daily · Saturday 6 February 1943 · page 2

A storm, accompanied by torrential rain and wind of gale force although only of short duration recently caused considerable…

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Narrow Escape in Casino Storm

Northern Star · Saturday 6 February 1943 · page 5

CASINO, Friday.—In addition to the storm damage reported yesterday a large area of the roof of the chilling rooms at the…

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Storm Cuts 50-70 Mile Path of Destruction

Tweed Daily · Monday 22 March 1943 · page 1

PERTH, Sunday: A storm which swept country areas in West Australia last Monday cut a path of…

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Cyclone Wrecks W.a, Banana Plantations

Northern Star · Wednesday 24 March 1943 · page 4

PERTH, Tuesday.—Houses were wrecked and wholesale devastation caused in banana plantations by the worst cyclonic disturbance that…

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"Calm Before Storm In Pacific"

Tweed Daily · Thursday 25 March 1943 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Tuesday: The Secretary of the Navy (Colonel Knox) told his Press conference today: "The Pacific area is very…

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"Lull Before Storm in Pacific Area"

Northern Star · Thursday 25 March 1943 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Tuesday (AAP) —The Secretary for the Navy (Colonel Knox) stated today that the Pacific area was very calm at…

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Freak Hail Storm

Northern Star · Saturday 27 March 1943 · page 4

The weather took a freakish turn for this time of the year, yesterday, when Lismore was swept, by a violent hailstorm. It was fully 10…

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Storms on North Coast on Friday; Hail at Lismore

Tweed Daily · Monday 29 March 1943 · page 2

Following several days of sultry weather, a heavy rainstorm swept over Murwillumbah and many districts of the Tweed particularly on…

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