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Northern Rivers · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1947

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Phantom Floods

Northern Star · Monday 17 February 1947 · page 4

QUITE EVIDENTLY the June 1945 floods have given the Far North Coast a reputation that will require some living…

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Town Cut Off by Floods

Northern Star · Tuesday 18 February 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—The township of Mogil Mogil has been cut off by floods for more than a week and pack horses are being used to…

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Voters Held Up by Flooded Creeks

Northern Star · Tuesday 18 February 1947 · page 5

TENTERPIELD, Monday.—Voting on the Liquor Referendum at Lionsville and Canga[?] had to be postponed owing to the voters being flood and…

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Flood Relief Sought for Tweed

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 19 February 1947 · page 6

Mr. S. T. Stephens, M.L.A., informed Tweed Shire Council on Monday night he had stressed on the Minister for Local…

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Storm Delays Trains

Tweed Daily · Thursday 20 February 1947 · page 2

Trains on the northern lines yesterday were delayed nearly two hours due to a rainstorm in the Hornsby area…

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Flood Damage in Tenterfield Shire

Northern Star · Thursday 20 February 1947 · page 7

TENTERFIELD, Wednesday.—The Shire Engineer reporting on damage during the recent heavy rains stated the heaviest was caused in…

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Eliminating Flood Holds-Ups

Tweed Daily · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 5

As resolved at its last meeting, Murwillumbah and District Chamber of Commerce has forwarded a request to the…

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Farm Land Still Flooded On Mid-Richmond

Northern Star · Saturday 22 February 1947 · page 6

CORAKI, Friday.—A survey of the Mid-Richmond area reveals that between 3000 and 4000 acres of first-class farm land is still under water, although there had been nearly a week of fine weather. The…

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Snow Storm in East U.s

Tweed Daily · Monday 24 February 1947 · page 1

NEW YORK, Sunday: A 22-hour snowstorm which began on Thursday afternoon swept the coastal states from Maine to…

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Hazardous Tow Through Icefields And Storms

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 25 February 1947 · page 1

AUCKLAND, Monday: After a hazardous tow from the Antarctic, first through icefields then against fierce…

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Bridges Swept Away In Flood

Northern Star · Tuesday 25 February 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—Flood waters yesterday swept away two main road bridges in the Coonabarabran district. The bridges were on the…

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Tenterfield Dist. Creeks in Flood at Week-end

Northern Star · Tuesday 25 February 1947 · page 4

TENTERFIELD. Monday.—As a result of heavy rain on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, the creek in Tenterfield ran a banker on…

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Heavy Rain in Storms

Northern Star · Wednesday 26 February 1947 · page 4

Heavy showers fell at intervals in Lismore yesterday and last night as the result of storms. At Casino, where similar conditions prevailed,…

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Phantom Floods

Northern Star · Thursday 27 February 1947 · page 8

Sir,—Your leader under the above caption was timely. You hit the nail on the head when you stated Mr. Newman (Sydney's…

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Phantom Floods

Northern Star · Thursday 27 February 1947 · page 8

Sir,—Your leader under the above caption was timely. You hit the nail on the head when you stated Mr. Newman (Sydney's…

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Heavy Rain

Tweed Daily · Friday 28 February 1947 · page 2

Following heavy rain in the early hours of yesterday morning and threatening conditions throughout the day, Murwillumbah…

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No Flood Mitigation Survey Yet

Northern Star · Saturday 1 March 1947 · page 4

CORAKI, Friday.—The Secretary of Coraki branch of the Agricultural Bureau (Mr. Malcolm Sutton) has been advised by the Secretary of…

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Berression Moved to Sea; Saved Flood

Tweed Daily · Monday 3 March 1947 · page 2

BRISBANE, Sunday: Southeast Queensland and the Northern Rivers of N.S.W. were saved from further severe flooding…

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Flood Holds Up Ambulance

Tweed Daily · Monday 3 March 1947 · page 2

Because of the sudden sha[?]ise in creek levels one Tweed District Ambu[?]ce's wagons was…

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Bolivian City Flooded

Tweed Daily · Monday 3 March 1947 · page 1

LA PAZ (Bolivia), Sunday: Flood victims at Trinidad are clinging to rooftops and improvised rafts…

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