Premier's Dept. Asked to Watch Flood Position
Mr S. T. Stephens, M.L.A., and Mr W. Frith, M.L.A., yesterday called at the Premier's Department in Sydney and asked that…
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Floods & storms, 1948
510 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 9 of 26
Floods Hold Up Trains
Mr P. Doody, night officer at Murwillumbah railway station, stated last night that the train which left Murwillumbah…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday: Heavy to high seas raged on the Queensland coast from Double Island Point southwards tonight as a…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday: The cyclonic depression which moved south from the Southern Queensland coast into northern…
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BYRON BAY, Wednesday: For the second time in two days, Byron Bay on Tuesday was struck by a…
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Tweed Heads and Coolangatta experienced one of the wildest nights in their history on Tuesday, when the cyclonic disturbance was renewed. Shortly before 11 p.m.,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Floods in Richmond and Clarence Rivers Estimated 1000 People Driven From Homes
SYDNEY, Wednesday: More than 1000 people have been driven from their homes by floods in Northern Rivers districts of NSW. A huge area, from the Clarence River north to the Tweed, has been submerged and floodwaters have swept into Lismore, Casino, South Grafton and many smaller towns…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Isolation of Tweed Should be Broken this Morning
Murwillumbah late last night was still isolated from Brisbane and the Richmond although it was expected that road communication with Tweed Heads and the South Coast of Queensland would be restored early this morning…
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Rainfall at Billinudgel from 9 a.m. on Monday to yesterday was 1027 points. There was widespread damage to crops…
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Orphans of the storm at Lismore saleyards were about 100 pigs and some calves which had been left behind after the sales on Tuesday…
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One of the heaviest gales ever experienced caused losses amounting to thousands of pounds the Mullurmbimby area. Heaviest losers were the banana and bean growers…
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Byron Bay fishermen claim that warning of the cyclone, which struck Byron Bay jetty on Tuesday morning and destroyed six fishing launches, was received 13½ hours late…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floodwaters Falling, But 7000 People Are Still Homeless Five Feet of Water in Main Street of Grafton
SYDNEY, Thursday: More than 7000 people are still homeless on the Far North Coast of NSW, but the floods which have devastated the area since Tuesday are receding. The situation in the area of the lower Clarence River, which last night flooded Grafton's main street to a depth of 5ft., is still serious…
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SYDNEY, Thursday: The State Labor and Industry Minister, Mr F. Finnan, said tonight that after…
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Although many parts of the route were still under water, road communication with Brisbane and the Richmond from the Tweed was restored yesterday In the afternoon traffic was able to proceed from…
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THE REFUGEES billeted in the court house settled down comfortably. The magistrate's bench was…
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Worst hit places in the Mid-Richmond area, which is now the flood danger centre are Woodburn and Broadwater, where, it was reported last night, the river had risen beyond the 1945…
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Inspector Taylor, in an interview last night, paid high tribute to the many volunteers who had assisted in flood work during the…
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Roads were blocked in practically every part of the district and bridge after bridge was washed away as the flood waters began rising early on Tuesday morning. The strength of the wind and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Comparison Of Floods With Those Of Last 45 Years
The flood of this week in the Kyogle district has caused a good deal of comment amongst old residents as to how it compared with similar floods during the past 45 years. Residents of over 40 years stated, as they watched the rush of…
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