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Northern Rivers · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1947

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Rush on Tiles After Storm

Northern Star · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Yesterday's severe storm, the second within a week, has intensified the rush on tiles and other materials for…

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Tile Priority for Storm Damage Repair

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Yesterday's severe storm—the second within, a week—has intensified the rush for tiles and other…

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Bad Storm During Air Grossing Of Timor

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 3

DALY WATERS, Tuesday: On his crossing of the Timor Sea yesterday Group-Captain A. F. Bandidt, who has successfully…

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Heavy Rain on Tweed

Northern Star · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 4

MURWILLUMBAH, Thursday. — After a hot, sultry day heavy rain started at Murwillumbah at 11.15 tonight…

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Mullumbimby Storm

Tweed Daily · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 2

Nineteen points of rain were registered at Mullumbimby post office, from a storm on Wednesday night. This increased the…

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After the Storm

Northern Star · Saturday 11 January 1947 · page 4

These youngsters were in their element after yesterday's storm, which temporarily flooded Magellan Street. The picture was taken from the Post Office corner…

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Series of Storms on Tweed

Tweed Daily · Saturday 11 January 1947 · page 2

Several storms swept various parts of the Tweed district yesterday, the mountain areas to the south and west receiving…

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Youth Injured During Storm

Northern Star · Saturday 11 January 1947 · page 4

Whilst engaged in repairing the roof above the hardware department in A. G. Robertson's store yesterday afternoon, Albert Bailey, 16…

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Heavy Storm at Lismore

Tweed Daily · Saturday 11 January 1947 · page 2

LISMORE, Friday: In little more than half ah hour Lismore this afternoon received 159 points…

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U.S. Seamen Horrified at Sydney Storm

Tweed Daily · Saturday 11 January 1947 · page 3

NEW YORK, Friday: Referring to an article published in a Sydney newspaper headed "Sydney…

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Torrential Rain In Lismore Storm Water Enters Some Business Premises

Northern Star · Saturday 11 January 1947 · page 4

In little more than half an hour, Lismore yesterday afternoon received 159 points of rain from two storms. So heavy was the downpour in the second storm [?] at the rain entered a number of stores in the shopping…

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No Rain From Storm

Tweed Daily · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 3

After a hot and sultry day, a storm threatened towards midnight at Murwillumbah last night, but only a few drops of rain fell…

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Ketch "Ran For It" In Cyclone

Tweed Daily · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 1

BRISBANE, Sunday: Battered by 50 foot waves and a 90 m.p.h. wind, which snapped the main…

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Storm Conditions, But Little Rain

Northern Star · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 4

After a day of oppressive heat, with the maximum temperature 95.8 at Lismore, storm conditions worked up last night. A heavily overcast sky,…

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North Coast News Clarence Storm Damage

Tweed Daily · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 2

Some parts of the Clarence River district suffered damage from hail in a storm which broke early on Friday afternoon…

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Atlantic Gale

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 15 January 1947 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tuesday: The winter's severest storm is raging over the entire North Atlantic…

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A "Fowl" Storm

Northern Star · Wednesday 15 January 1947 · page 1

INVERELL, Tuesday.— A freak storm yesterday afternoon lifted 1000 fowls into the air and…

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Atlantic Gale Worsens

Tweed Daily · Thursday 16 January 1947 · page 1

NEW YORK, Wednesday: Mountainous seas which have dislocated North Atlantic shipping…

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Cyclone in New Zealand

Northern Star · Thursday 16 January 1947 · page 5

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday.—Severe damage to buildings and crops and fruit trees was caused by a cyclone which struck…

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Ships Crippled in Atlantic Storms

Northern Star · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 5

NEW YORK, Thursday (AAP). — While rescue craft were speeding through raging Atlantic storms yesterday, to aid the crippled Canadian…

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