Flood Horror in U. S. Huge Wall of Water Devastates Town; Hundreds Missing
Tweed Daily · Tuesday 1 June 1948 · page 1
NEW YORK, Monday: New horror was added today to the floods devastating vast sections of the north -west Pacific states, and British Colombia, when a wall of water burst through the dykes surrounding the low lying area of Vanport, in Oregon, drowning an unknown number of persons…
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Northern Star · Tuesday 1 June 1948 · page 1
NEW YORK, Monday (AAP).-- Floods devastating vast sections of north-west Pacific -areas of the United States and Columbia have surrounded low-lying areas of Vanport, in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →60,000 Homeless, 300 Die in Floods
Northern Star · Wednesday 2 June 1948 · page 1
WASHINGTON, Tuesday (AAP).--In the United States raging floodwaters which have left at least 60,000 persons homeless and caused damage estimated at more than 23,450,630.dollars have forced new evacuations in a score of Washington and Oregon cities…
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Tweed Daily · Thursday 3 June 1948 · page 1
NEW YORK, Wednesday: It is semi-officially estimated that flood, damage in Oregon, Washington,…
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Northern Star · Thursday 3 June 1948 · page 1
PORTLAND (Oregon). Wednesday. (AAP).--Semi-official estimates of the flood damage in Oregon, Washington. Idaho,…
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Tweed Daily · Tuesday 8 June 1948 · page 1
PORTLAND Monday The Red Cross has listed a total of 52 persons, including 45 children,…
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Northern Star · Wednesday 9 June 1948 · page 4
GRAFTON, Tuesday.--A fishing launch owned by Mr. R. Smith was smashed to bits against Woolgoolga Jetty during a strong gale on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Cyclone East of New Zealand
Tweed Daily · Wednesday 9 June 1948 · page 5
AUCKLAND, Tuesday: Stretching over a vast area of the South Pacific to east New Zealand, gale and hurricane conditions…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Reply By Inspector Police on Duty for Flood
Northern Star · Saturday 12 June 1948 · page 4
Police Inspector Taylor, speaking at a round table conference of police and the Lismore Rowing Club and Water Brigade with Lismore…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy Rain On Tweed At Weekend
Tweed Daily · Monday 14 June 1948 · page 2
Heavy rain which fell over Tweed during the weekend interfered with sporting fixtures which had been arranged…
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Northern Star · Tuesday 15 June 1948 · page 1
SYDNEY, Monday.--Heavy rain over most parts of the State to-day dislocated holiday plans and sporting fixtures for thousands. [?]…
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Tweed Daily · Tuesday 15 June 1948 · page 2
SYDNEY, Monday: Heavy rain over most parts of the State today dislocated holiday pleasures and sporting fixtures for thousands…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cyclone Drenched Qld. Coast
Tweed Daily · Wednesday 16 June 1948 · page 1
BRISBANE, Tuesday: All Queensland coastal districts south from Rockhampton were drenched by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sudden Cyclone Causes Worst Tweed Flood Since 1945
Tweed Daily · Wednesday 16 June 1948 · page 2
A sudden furious cyclone yesterday produced the greatest flooding on the Tweed since the disaster of June, 1945-- three years earlier almost to the day. The river at Murwillumbah rose to a maximum of 15 feet 9in. above…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Height of Cyclone
Tweed Daily · Wednesday 16 June 1948 · page 2
A bakehouse at Cur[?]umbin, owned and conducted by Clive Sawtell, was completely destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cyclone Centre Passed Tweed Yesterday
Tweed Daily · Wednesday 16 June 1948 · page 2
BRISBANE, Tuesday: The cyclonic depression which brought torrential rains to coastal areas today developed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Damage By Gale at Seaside
Tweed Daily · Wednesday 16 June 1948 · page 2
Coolangatta and Tweed Heads received a severe buffetting on Monday night and yesterday morning,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods in Poland
Tweed Daily · Wednesday 16 June 1948 · page 5
WARSAW, Tuesday: Twenty-five thousand peope are homeless and crops were destroyed through floods…
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Tweed Daily · Wednesday 16 June 1948 · page 1
SYDNEY, Tuesday: Towns have been flooded, main railway lines washed away and hundreds of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Boat Rescues Made As Major Richmond Flood Hit Lismore Last Night
Tweed Daily · Wednesday 16 June 1948 · page 1
LISMORE, Tuesday: As darkness fell in Lismore tonight and the Richmond river broke into the lowlying portion of the town, the first calls for help from trap ped householders were received at the police station and floodboat crews, who had stood by throughout the…
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