Storm Delays Duke's Departure
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Because of the violent electrical storm which swept Sydney early to-night the departure of the Duke of…
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Floods & storms, 1947
365 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 3 of 19
Six Drowned in Flood Un S. African City
LONDON, Thursday: Reuter's correspondent at Cape Town says: Six were drowned in Pictermaritzburg's worst flood since…
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SYDNEY, Friday. — Heavy rain overnight caused play in the Australian tennis championships to be postponed till Monday…
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Heavy, almost incessant rain from a cyclonic disturbance yesterday in a few hours transformed the Tweed from a district suffering from drought into one fearful of a flood. The risk of a flood still existed at an early hour this, morning. Rain was…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—There is a possibility that the cyclone that has moved down the Queensland coast and centres…
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BRISBANE, Thursday: Brisbane has missed the worst of the cyclone, which has swung across the coast into South-East Queensland. The Weather Bureau reports tonight that the city…
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Torrential rain resulted in falls up to eight inches in the Richmond district when the cyclonic disturbance, which has been centred off the Queensland coast, reached northern New South Wales yesterday…
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The fate of the Tweed Valley as a result of the heavy rains over the past two days still hung in the balance early this morning. When heavy rain began at 9.30 pm, following a day of comparatively light falls, fears that serious flooding would develop were revived…
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BRISBANE, Sunday: The flood waters in the Brisbane River today partly eased the city's fish famine…
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BRISBANE, Sunday: Though rain ceased generally at midday today, floodwaters still isolated the South Coast and many adjacent mountain towns from Brisbane tonight. Two men lost their lives in the floods…
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Murwillumbah's main town area narrowly missed being inundated with flood waters when the Tweed River went within inches of breaking its banks on Saturday afternoon. Extensive lowlying areas of South Murwillumbah were inundated,…
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LISMORE, Sunday: With the cessation of rain throughout the Lismore district, the danger of flooding has passed,…
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BRISBANE, Sunday.— The flood waters in the Brisbane River to-day partly eased to city's…
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BRISBANE, Sunday.—One life has already been lost in the most disastrous floods since the 1903 Poods swept South Queensland. The…
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BRISBANE, Monday: Receding flood waters around the junction of the Logan and Albert Rivers, near Beenleigh, are unfolding scenes of desolation and ruin…
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Badly gashing his left leg when his horse stumbled and rolled on him on Sunday afternoon, Kevin Benn, 13, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Benn, of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Kyogle Police Acted Promptly When Flood Danger Was Likely
With the Richmond River rising at a rate in excess of one foot an hour on Saturday afternoon Kyogle Police acted promptly and issued a warning to residents in the low-lying areas of Kyogle to be prepared to…
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ADELAIDE, Tuesday; Whatever interest remained in the M.C.C. - South Australia match, which ended in a draw today, was obliterated by a dust storm which began this morning and was still raging when play ended,…
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CORAKI, Tuesday.—It was stated to-day that the Bungawalbyn Creek levee bank had proved most successful during the flood last week. The…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday: A cyclonic storm this afternoon destroyed or extensively damaged 30 large Army huts in…
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