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Northern Rivers · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1946

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Heavy Rain

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 1 January 1946 · page 1

A severe thunderstorm on Friday afternoon yielded 94 points of rain…

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Serious Damage Caused by Storm at Bentley

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 1 January 1946 · page 8

A hailstorm that occurred in the Bentley district at the weekend caused serious damage to buildings and crops, Mr. W. D…

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Flood Boosted 1945 Rainfall Above Average

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 1 January 1946 · page 2

Murwillumbah rainfall in 1945 was above the average and the highest since 1938…

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Storm over Statement On Jews

Tweed Daily · Saturday 5 January 1946 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Friday: Lieut-General Sir Frederick Morgan has resigned as chief of UNRRA…

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Last Yacht in Met Gales, Calms

Tweed Daily · Monday 7 January 1946 · page 1

HOBART, Sunday: Winds of gale forces, interspersed with a series of calms, made the going tough for Wayfarer, which…

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213 Points in Weekend Rain Storms

Northern Star · Monday 7 January 1946 · page 4

Lismore and district had a welcome rainfall of 213 points duving the week-end. The storm, which broke shortly after 11 o'clock on…

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Storms Bring Relief

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 2

Storms on Saturday and Sunday nights yielded 149 points in Murwillumbah. Sunday night's rain was very heavy for a time…

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Ships Ashore in Storm

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Monday: A storm drove two ships and half a ship ashore and caused the evacuation of 300…

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Storm Damage in Casino District

Northern Star · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 6

CASINO, Monday.—Casino district sustained further damage in the storm at the week-end. At Dyraaba Arm, Mr. Montague…

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Kyogle Swelters Intense Heat Precedes Thunder Storm

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 1

The week-end was one of those comparatively rare occasions on which residents of Kyogle swelter in unbearable heat. The heat wave that began in the southern part of the continent at Christmas time moved northward, and during the week the…

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Tweed Flood Relief Fund Fund

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 2

Appreciative reference to the efficient manner in which Tweed Flood Relief Fund was administered was made in a letter from…

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Barrage to Divert Flood Waters

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 4

EAGHDAD, Tuesday: The Iraq Parliament has approved the draft of the Ha! baniyah "escape" scheme whereby a…

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Heavy Rain On North Qld. Coast

Tweed Daily · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 3

BRISBANE, Thursday: Heavy rain is reported from the North Queensland coast and the Weather Bureau forecasts heavy…

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Heavy Rain in North

Tweed Daily · Saturday 12 January 1946 · page 3

BRISBANE, Friday: Very heavy rain fell along the Central Queensland coast in the 24 hours ended 9 am today…

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Heavy Rain Belt Moves North

Tweed Daily · Monday 14 January 1946 · page 1

BRISBANE, Sunday: Flood waters which covered the railway between Hughenden and Cloncurry…

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More Heavy Rain in North

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 15 January 1946 · page 1

BRISBANE, Monday: More heavy rain fell on the north and central coast in the 48 hours ended 9 am today…

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Heavy Rain Stops Cricket in Melb

Northern Star · Saturday 19 January 1946 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Friday. — Heavy rain prevented play in the interstate match between Victoria and South Australia today. The match…

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Airmen To Track Storms

Tweed Daily · Saturday 19 January 1946 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Friday: As a result of a successful wartime aerial reconnaissance of Pacific typhoons, the Navy…

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Heavy Rains End in N.S.W. Floods In Qld. And Vic

Northern Star · Monday 21 January 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Showery weather with thunderstorms in some areas is expected to-morrow in place of the torrential rain, which has been falling over the bulk of New South Wales since Thursday. Although the northern and…

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Will There Be Another Flood In Lismore This Month?

Northern Star · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 4

Will there be another flood in Lismore this month? I have been asked this question several times, but I have refused to answer until I collected certain facts about what happened in 9this district and at Casino in…

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