Heavy Rain in Storm
During a storm on Thursday afternoon, 119 points of rain were recorded at Lismore Post Office…
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Floods & storms, 1944
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Heavy Storm at Mooball
A heavy rainstorm passed over the Sleepy Hollow-Mooball district on Thursday evening, yielding over two inches in less than two hours…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Northern Star Published Daily at Lismore Saturday, January 15, 1944. Flood Relief On Mid-Richmond
AFTER a lapse of several years, due to the absence of serious flooding, the need for an efficient flood escape scheme…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cyclone Hits Campbelltown
SYDNEY, Sunday. — Between seven and eight o'clock last night a cyclone struck Campbelltown. It raged for three-quarters of an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Violent Storm Sweeps Campbelltown
SYDNEY, Sunday. A violent storm which for about a minute developed into a tornado, with one gust of wind reaching a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →German "Tourists" Flooding Spain
LONDON, Monday (AAP).— The responsibility for bombs placed on British orange ships at Valencia is believed to rest…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Allied "Floods" Expected
LONDON, Friday (AAP). —"We must beware of the floods which may come from abroad when the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Galvanised Iron for Storm Damage Repairs
Some time ago representations were made by the District War Agricultural Committee for the release of galvanised iron to be used…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →335 Points From Storm Rain
A succession of heavy storms between 12.30 am and 8 am yesterday resulted in a registration of 335…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Further Heavy Rain, But No Flood Risk Yet
Further heavy rain which fell yesterday at Murwillumbah and throughout the Tweed caused local…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Chillingham Deluge
A deluge at Chillingham, which some residents called a cloudburst, produced three and a half inches of rain in an hour and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Further Heavy Rain Yesterday Richmond Up 14 FT
Further heavy falls of rain yesterday caused sharp rises in the Richmond River and temporarily blocked roads at various points in the district. Except at Coraki, however, where the position remains doubt…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tweed So Far Escapes Major Flood
Although the Sydney Weather Bureau issued a warning last night that tha flood danger on the Tweed was likely to reach its peak at the weekend, reports from throughout the district earlier in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mid-richmond Flood Water Receding
CORAKI, Monday.—The Richmond River at Coraki had dropped about 3ft. 6ins. at 5 p.m. to-day. Outlet drains in the area should be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mid-Richmond Flood Large Areas Still Under Water
CORAKI, Tuesday.—Late on Monday and during Monday night water rose on Swan Bay flats to cover 'the Skinner's Flat section of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Churchill in Byelection Storm
LONDON, Wednesday (AAP).— With polling day only 24 hours away a curious situation has arisen in the Brighton by-election following…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →22 U.S. Planes Down in Storm
WASHINGTON, Tuesday.—The Navy Department announces that 22 Corsair planes of a 23 plane squadron were lost in a severe…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →22 of 23 Planes Lost in Storm
WASHINGTON, Wednesday: The Navy announced that 22 out of a flight of 23 Corsair planes were lost in a severe storm on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood Prevention P.P. Board Support L. Richmond Move
At the suggestion of the Chairman (Mr. A. J. Clark), Tweed-Lismore P.P. Board yesterday decided to assist the farmers on the lower…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gundurimba Shire Farmers Petition for Relief From Flood Damage
Petitions from a number of ratepayers whose properties were considerably damaged and rendered, more or less, unproductive by the recent flooding in the area, were submitted at yesterday's meeting of…
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