Queensland Farmers' Heavy Flood Loss
BRISBANE, Wednesday: Damage to farm property, roads and bridges in the main areas affected…
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Floods & storms, 1947
365 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 4 of 19
Flood Damage £500,000
BRISBANE, Wednesday. — Damage to farms, properties, roads and bridges in areas affected by last week's floods was estimated today…
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ROMA, Thursday: A cyclonic storm did considerable damage yesterday afternoon. Water entered many houses and…
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During the severe electric storm which swept the district early yesterday morning, a cow was struck by lightning and killed, on the…
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BRISBANE. Thursday: The Commonwealth authorities in Melbourne have been asked to send immediately by boat 100…
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BRISBANE, Thursday. — The Commonwealth authorities in Melbourne have been asked to send immediately by boat 100 tons of…
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LISMORE Friday: As a result of a storm at Casino tonight, heavy rain fell for about a quarter of an hour. Lismore also received…
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Following another day of humid conditions, a storm broke over Lismore about 9 o'clock last night. Light rain fell intermittently for several…
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LONDON, Friday (AAP). — An admission that the Germans sank the Australian cruiser Sydney is contained in Admiral Karl Doenitz's survey off German naval warfare during the war…
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AYR, Sunday: Following heavy rains, the Burdekin River has risen four feet over the traffic bridge between Ayr and Home…
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BRISBANE, Sunday: General rain fell over a great part of Queensland during the weekend. Heaviest falls were on the…
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BRISBANE, Sunday.—Areas between Cairns and Port Moresby are being ravished by another cyclone and heavy rain is falling…
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At the monthly meeting of West Burleigh and District Banana Growers' Association reports of damage caused by the…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday: Nearly 10 inches of rain have fallen at Ayr (North Qld.) since Friday. The traffic bridge between Ayr…
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The recent flooding had cost the Council £3000 in damage to roads and bridges throughout the…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday.—Following torrential rains over a wide area of Northern Queensland yesterday and last night, the Ross…
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SYDNEY, Thursday; Scientists produced heavy rain artificially west of the Blue Mountains yesterday…
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THE recent cyclonic rains drive home once more the importance of protecting, as far as is humanly and economically…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.— New South Wales railway property suffered widespread damage and trains were delayed in several areas, last night…
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BRISBANE, Thursday.—One life has been lost and many people have been driven from their homes as the result of floodings…
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