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Northern Rivers · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1948

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Worst Winter Storm for Years in North Atlantic

Tweed Daily · Thursday 5 February 1948 · page 3

NEW YORK, Wednesday: Transatlantic liners and freighters are far behind schedule as one of the worst winter storms in years over the North Atlantic and covering the entire shipping route…

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Storm Causes £10,000 Damage in 5 Minutes Melbourne, Wednesday

Tweed Daily · Thursday 5 February 1948 · page 1

A freak storm which hit Seymour last night caused £10,000 damage in five mintes…

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South M'bah Flood Prevention

Tweed Daily · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 2

A report on proposal additional flood prevention work for South Murwillumbah, costing £3366, was submitted by the…

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Islands Submerged by Cyclone

Northern Star · Monday 9 February 1948 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday (AAP). -- The Colonial Office reported that the recent cyclone in the Indian Ocean obliterated Fou Island for a time…

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Storm Where "Blue Lagoon" Unit Is on Location

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 11 February 1948 · page 1

SUVA, Tuesday: Sensational reports of the Fiji huricane are discounted. The centre of the storm was…

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Flood Advice in Qld

Tweed Daily · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 3

BRISBANE, Wednesday: Fl[?]od advice received at the Weather Bureau at 5.30 p.m. stated: Further flood rains are likely…

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Flood Influences on Retreat

Tweed Daily · Friday 13 February 1948 · page 1

BRISBANE, Thursday: The tropical flood influences have retreated north to Torres Straits and eliminated the possibility…

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Flood Survey Plan Before Minister

Northern Star · Saturday 14 February 1948 · page 6

In a letter to Woodburn Shire Council the Minister for Public Works (Mr. J. J. Cahill) said he was considering a request by the Association of Shires and Municipalities for an immediate survey of the…

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Heavy Rain All Over State

Northern Star · Monday 16 February 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday.--Sultry conditions with heavy rainfalls prevailed over most of the State during the week-end, the Weather Bureau…

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Canberra Isolated by Storm

Northern Star · Monday 16 February 1948 · page 1

CANBERRA, Sunday.--A terrific electrical and rain storm in which one and a half inches of rain fell in two hours tonight…

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Damage by Storms In South; Telegraph Service Affected

Tweed Daily · Monday 16 February 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: Homes were unroofed, trees uprooted, sheds demolished and some homes flooded during a severe electrical storm in the Wagga district this afternoon…

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Floods in U.s. Kill 14

Tweed Daily · Monday 16 February 1948 · page 5

NEW YORK, Sunday: Turbulent floodwaters from rain and snow-swollen rivers have taken a two-day toll of 14 lives in…

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Many Homeless in U.s. Floods: Fourteen Perish

Northern Star · Monday 16 February 1948 · page 1

NEW YORK, Sunday (AAP).--Turbulent flood-waters from rain and snow-swollen rivers have taken a two-day total of 14 lives in eight…

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Cyclone Nears W.a. Town

Northern Star · Saturday 21 February 1948 · page 1

PERTH, Friday. -- The inhabitants of the Western Australian town of Onslow are to-night preparing for a cyclone approaching…

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Cyclone in W.a. Curving Inland

Northern Star · Monday 23 February 1948 · page 5

PERTH, Sunday. -- The cyclone which hit Broome and Onslow on Saturday is now curving inland and leaving in its wake destruction and…

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Special Rates for Floodlight

Northern Star · Monday 23 February 1948 · page 5

Dunoon Hall Committee will ask the Clarence River County Council to provide electricity for its war memorial floodlight in front of the…

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Floods Maroon 200 W.a Rail Passengers

Northern Star · Tuesday 24 February 1948 · page 1

PERTH, Monday.--Nearly 200 train passengers are marooned in the Perth-Kalgoorlie express because floods have washed away the…

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Flood Prevention Approach to Experts Refused by Council

Northern Star · Thursday 26 February 1948 · page 5

Lismore Chamber of Commerce had asked the City Council to consult an expert on flood prevention, but "in its wisdom the council had…

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Heavy Rain Over Wide Area In Old

Tweed Daily · Monday 1 March 1948 · page 2

BRISBANE, Sunday: A wide area of the State received heavy rain during the weekend. Wallaville, near Bundaberg,…

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Heavy Storm Yields 117 Points

Tweed Daily · Monday 1 March 1948 · page 2

Murwillumbah received its heaviest fall of rain for some time when 117 points were registered from a storm which…

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