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Northern Rivers · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1946

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Storm Over Diggers Dancing With Japanese Girls

Northern Star · Thursday 21 March 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A storm of protest against fraternisation between Australian troops in Japan and Japanese girls broke following the publication a picture from Kure showing Australian troops…

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£2 Million Flood Damage In Vic

Northern Star · Thursday 21 March 1946 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. — Flood waters receding in western Victoria are leaving damage estimated at £2,000,000. The loss of…

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Heavy Coastal Rain

Northern Star · Friday 22 March 1946 · page 4

Rain commenced in Lismore on Wednesday night, the registration to 9 a.m. yesterday being 85 points. Further heavy showers fell…

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Federal Gov't May Grant Relief to Flood Victims

Tweed Daily · Friday 22 March 1946 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thursday: The Government will give every consideration to any request from the Queensland Government for…

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Desolation As Floods Recede

Northern Star · Friday 22 March 1946 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday. — Many western Victorian towns which were swamped in the recent floods to-day presented…

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Cyclone Active

Tweed Daily · Saturday 23 March 1946 · page 1

BRISBANE, Friday: The weather Bureau stated tonight that the cyclonic centre below 29.4 was still operating at 9 pm…

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Heavy Rain Expected To-day Gales Endanger Shipping

Northern Star · Monday 25 March 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Heavy rains have been forecast for the North Coast areas, with warnings of floods in the Tweed and Richmond River districts. Coastal shipping has been warned that the Queensland coast…

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Heavy Rain During Weekend in Tweed District

Tweed Daily · Monday 25 March 1946 · page 2

Although there has keen heavy rain in the Tweed district, there was nothing at a late hour last night suggesting the immediate likelihood of a flood. Following very heavy showers on Saturday, steady…

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Storm Shlls 8 in Berlin

Northern Star · Monday 25 March 1946 · page 1

BERLIN, Sunday (AAP). —Masonry was sent crashing by a high wind from bomb damaged buildings…

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Cyclone Warning to North Coast; Huge Seas Pound Coastal Centres

Northern Star · Monday 25 March 1946 · page 4

Warnings of cyclonic disturbances on the North Coast this morning were issued last night by Weather Bureau officials in Sydney. The Queensland coast was struck by a cyclonic force several days ago and it is…

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Heavy Stock Losses in Vic. Floods

Northern Star · Monday 25 March 1946 · page 5

MELEOURNE, Sunday. — Stock [?] recent floods are believed to total between 8000 and 10,000, including 7000…

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Twin Towns Battered by Fierce Gale Attered Bt Fierce Gale

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 26 March 1946 · page 2

Tweed Heads and Coolangatta were yesterday lashed by one of the fiercest gales in their history. Shortly after mid-day the wind increased in velocity and for upwards of two hours blew with terrific force,…

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Flood Warning for Clarence

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 26 March 1946 · page 2

GRAFTON, Monday: Police have issued a flood warning for the Clarence River as heavy rain continues continues throughout the district…

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Fears Lessen Of Major Lismore Flood

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 26 March 1946 · page 2

LISMORE, Monday: Immediate fears that Lismore would experience a major flood were lessened tonight…

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Flood Danger Past Heavy Rains Cause Alarm

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 26 March 1946 · page 1

With six and a half inches of rain falling in five days, following more than a week of intermittent showers, grave fears…

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Weather Break Dispels Flood Fears Richmond 24 Ft. 9 Ins. At Lismore, 1 a.m

Northern Star · Tuesday 26 March 1946 · page 4

Fears that Lismore would experience a major flood were dispelled last night by a break in weather conditions, and reports from outlying centres that no heavy rain had fallen on…

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Families Stranded By Floods Heavy Rains Near Newcastle

Northern Star · Tuesday 26 March 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—Several families have been isolated and stock crops and fences have been washed away in the worst flood in the history of the Bulahdelah district, near Newcastle…

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12 Dinghies to Be Bought for Flood Work

Northern Star · Tuesday 26 March 1946 · page 5

The purchase of 12 12ft. bondwood dinghies at a cost of £25 each was approved at last night's meeting of Lismore Municipal Council…

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Equinoctial Rain and Gales

Northern Star · Wednesday 27 March 1946 · page 5

One would not have had to be much of a prophet to have predicted rain for last week, for the simple reason that the Equinox falls…

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Tweed Shire Roads Extensively Damaged By Flood Rains

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 27 March 1946 · page 2

Extensive damage was caused to Tweed Shire roads by the cyclonic disturbance Tweed Shire engineer (Mr. A. L. Horniman) said last night…

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