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Northern Rivers · Floods & storms
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BRISBANE, Wednesday.--A terrific cyclone is battering the southern coast of Queensland. Gigantic seas are threating to smash homes and flooding beaches in many areas. The cyclone zone extends along 150 miles of the coast and the winds are averaging 70 m.p.h. in some…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy showers fell at intervals at Murwillumbah up to 2 o'clock this morning, but the breaks between them allowed the water…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LISMORE, Wednesday: Local flooding followed torrential rain in some parts of the Richmond district last night and today. At…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →There is no immediate danger of floods occurring in Kyogle. Till 9 o'clock this morning 531 points of steady, soaking rain had fallen in Kyogle since Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →BRISBANE, Thursday. -- The cyclone which has been raging off the southern Queensland coast is now moving slowly out to sea. However, huge seas it has whipped up are still battering the foreshores and property along the areas north and south of Brisbane…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Twenty-seven inches of rain fell at Springbrook during the recent cyclone. The Mudgeeraba registration…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CANBERRA, Wednesday: A gale which reached a peak of 92 miles an hour drove the Australian Antarctic party from its…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MURWILLUMBAH, Thursday.--While some coastal resorts suffered severely from the recent cyclone, Burleigh Heads has received wealth…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy rain in the Mullumbimby district yesterday caused some local flooding and traffic interruptions in the Main Arm and Pocket…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ADELAIDE, Sunday.-- A fierce cyclone caused widespread havoc in the Adelaide-Glenelg district this morning. No casualties have yet been reported, but many people had narrow escapes from death or serious…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →ADELAIDE, Sunday: Hundreds of thousands of pounds damage was caused by the worst storm in living memory which struck Adelaide early this morning. The sea front suffered worst. The survey sloop, HMAS Barcoo, dragged an anchor and is ashore on the beach just north of Glenelg…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →After the hottest day for two weeks, Lismore and district received heavy rain in a storm early last night. The maximum temperature at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BRISBANE: Monday: One of the city's heaviest downpours this year disorganised the peak hour traffic and soaked…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ADELAIDE, Monday: Total damage as a result of yesterday's storm is expected to exceed £1million…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MELBOURNE, Monday.--Fierce gales are lashing the southern States. The centre of the blow is somewhere out to sea between Adelaide and Melbourne. The gale hit Adelaide late on Saturday night and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A scheme, estimated to cost approximately £25,000, to remove flood waters from the Merrimac…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE QUESTION of Richmond River drainage, particularly on the Mid-River area, has become almost seasonal in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →After three years' service in Lismore, Fire Officer L. Newland is being transferred on promotion to Stanmore. He will leave on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AUCKLAND, Monday: The N.Z. east coast town of Whakatane was practically out of business today as shopkeepers and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →DARWIN, Monday: Heavy, monsoonal rains at the end of the wet season have caused the worst flooding in living memory of…
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