Flood Victims Aid Relief Fund
"No one is so badly off that things might not have been worse,'' was the outlook many people who, although flood victims themselves, contributed to the flood relief appeal in Lismore…
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Floods & storms, 1948
510 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 11 of 26
Flood Level Falling No Early Return For Refugees
As flood waters slowly recede in the Mid-Richmond area, some evacuated familes are returning to their homes and farms for the tremendous job of bringing order from chaos. Some…
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BALLINA, Sunday.--Water up to two feet deep covered parts of the Lismore-Ballina Road, surrounded a number of homes…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Where Flood Hit Hardest Clean-up Reveals Personal Losses
As the flood slime and debris was removed from dozens of Lismore homes at the week-end the tragic personal hardship and loss suffered by many families was fully revealed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →130,000 Cases of Bananas Lost in Cyclone
The loss of banana consignments front the, North Coast during the next six months as a result of the cyclone and rain damage last week had been estimated conservatively at 130,000 cases, Mr J. G. Jeater, Department of Agriculture Fruit Instructor at Murwillumbah, said last night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Check on Flood Damage
All persons in the Murwillumbah Police Patrol Area who suffered loss or damage to property such as foodstuffs, stock or…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Readers Discuss The Flood Canal Schemes! Reviewed (To the Editor)
Sir,--The Richmond River has now experienced four disastrous floods within 28 years, causing damage and irreparable loss…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Can Our Floods Be Prevented?
THE PEOPLE of the Richmond will welcome the week-end announcement of the Minister jor works (Mr. Cahill) that his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Home, Work Offered For Flood Victim
A telegram from Mr. R. Barron, of Atherton, offering a house in Atherton to any flood victim has been received by the Lismore…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No "Go Slow " in Flood Services (To the Editor)
Sir.--May I convey my congratulations and deep admiration to all those, wonderful folk who worked so unselfishly against such…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Q'land Sympathy To Flood Victims
More than 100 farmers and guests attending an official luncheon after the annual general meeting of the North Eton Co-Operative Milling…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Materials Priority for Flood Damage
Persons whose homes suffered damage during the recent flood and cyclone and need building materials for repair work should make…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tintenbar Shire Flood Damage Estimate, £8000
Flood and storm water damage to Tintenbar Shire Council roads and bridges is expected to exceed £8000, the Engineer (Mr. C. H. Martin) said yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mayor Opens Flood Relief Appeal
In a Mayoral minute at the meeting of Lismore City Council last night, the Mayor of Lismore (Ald; Gilbert Walker) announced the opening of a council appeal for funds to assist flood victims…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Theft in Flood Contemptible Act
Pleading guilty to a charge of stealing a case of jam from Lismore Showground last Thursday during the flood, two men were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood At Lynch's Creek Was Highest For Years
LYNCH'S CREEK, Monday: The flood at Lynch's Creek was the highest for years. Some owners report that their fences and pig- stys were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Sidelights Grafton
Children found a five-gallon keg of rum, with tap affixed, in Villiers Street. Keg had been washed into Villiers Street from Mr. T…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Record Flood At Findon Creek
After torrential rain, which lasted all Monday night and Tuesday morning, Findon Creek reached an all-time record height on Tuesday at mid-day. The creek broke its banks on the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Recompense For Flood Losses To North Coast Stockowners
"The Department of Agriculture has taken immediate steps to assist stock-owners affected by the disastrous floods on the North Coast," said the Minister for Agriculture (Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A.) Mr. Graham said that the Chief of the Division of Dairying…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mullumbimby Council Staff Praised for Work Daring Cyclone
The manner in which the council's staff carried out the hazardous task of repairing broken lines and restoring supply during the cyclone last week deserving of the highest praise, declared the Mayor, Ald. E. G. Davies,…
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