Storm Held Up Yacht 131 Hours
HOBART, Wednesday: Defiance, which finished third in the yacht race, was hove to for 131 hours between Flinders…
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Floods & storms, 1947
365 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 19
Cyclone Moves Away From Coast
BRISBANE, Thursday: During Wednesday night and today the cyclone at sea off the North Queensland coast moved in a…
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SYDNEY, Thursday. — Policy holders with the Government Insurance Office of N.S.W. who were not covered for damage suffered in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →70 M.p.h. Gale on Clarence
GRAFTON, Thursday.—A 70 m.ph. gale which hit Grafton and the Lower Clarence area to-day unroofed houses and farm…
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More than an inch of rain in a storm at Nimbin yesterday eased an acute water position that threatened to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Greeks Run Bankers On Upper Tweed After Storm
Heavy rain was experienced on the upper South Arm of the Tweed last night from a storm which broke about 6 o'clock. Creeks which were very nearly dry were reported…
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BRISBANE, Friday: The Weather Bureau stated that the cyclonic centre at 3 p.m. today was approximately 300 to 350…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grafton Storm Damage
GRAFTON, Friday: Several houses in Grafton and South Grafton were damaged a terrific storm this afternoon—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Greek Storm on Rents
LONDON, Friday: Owners of commercial establishments in Greece will have to pay 50 times more rent now under a measure…
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NEW YORK, Friday (AAP).— According to the magazine "Newsweek," Mr. Earl Russell, counsellor at the United States…
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LISMORE, Friday: Severe winds and a rainstorm struck Lismore at 5 o'clock this afternoon. The rain lasted for…
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Several Tweed district centres reported good falls of rain, averaging about an inch, from a storm which came from the south and south west late yesterday afternoon…
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A message from the pumping station at Tallebudgera Creek stated that a storm last night had yielded approximately an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Roofing Suffers In Storm At Lismore 105 Points Recorded
Roofing of many buildings in Lismore suffered, branches of trees were torn off, and other minor damage caused when a severe wind and rain storm struck the city about 5 p.m. yesterday…
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BRISBANE, Sunday: Late this afternoon the cyclone, which had moved southeast from, north Queensland, was…
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For the third time since its erection, portion of the top roof of the Eggins' grandstand at the National A. and I. showground was torn off…
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The brief storm which passed over Lismore on Saturday, afternoon and the consequent light rain which fell through the night yielded only…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wind Near Gale Force at Twin Towns On Saturday Night
A heavy wind, which at times almost reached gale force, blew at Tweed Heads and Coolangatta on Saturday night and caused anxiety to campers and house-holders…
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SYDNEY, Monday: Widespread damage, particularly in the pastern Suburbs, was done by a heavy…
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SAN FRANCISCO, Monday: The, Hawaiian Islands have been battered by storm for 48 hours and…
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