These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.
Northern Rivers · Floods & storms
389 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 20
LONDON, Friday: Gales have battered shipping around Britain's coasts and grounded a Cross-Channel steamer, with 344 passengers on board, outside Newhaven Harbor for more than…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MELBOURNE, Sunday. — Torrential rain driven by gales deluged towns in East Ginpsland yesterday. The cyclonic disturbance which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Sunday (AAP). — In calm, sunny weather this morning six tugs eased the giant liner Queen Mary off the sandbar near Cherbourg, where she had been driven ashore by heavy gales last night. The liner had been on the bank about 12 hours. People on Cherbourg beach…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MELBOURNE, Monday.— Although the cyclonic disturbance which has deluged Eastern Victoria since Friday night moved out over…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →After a hot, humid day, light but steady rain fell in Lismore early last night. The maximum temperature recorded at the post office to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy falls of rain were received in some parts 6f the district in a storm early last night. The falls followed rain which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Approximately half an inch of rain was received on the Tweed from a storm late yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON, Tuesday: With snow falling steadily in the Midlands and the north, and a belt of rain enveloping practically the whole of South England, fears of dangerous flooding are growing. Warnings have already been issued by Thames Valley authorities to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LONDON, Tuesday (AAP).—The body of a man and a woman recovered from the Riyer Avon at Bathford, Somerset, were the first…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MARYBOROUGH, Wednesday: Sweeping along a track about a quarter of a mile wide through the centre of Howard at 2.30 pm…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Sunday: Flood warnings have been issued on the North Coast following torrential rain yesterday and today from the Macleay River to the Queensland Border. There have been a number of local floodings on the Macleay River and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Monday: A landslide and washaways on the main northern railway line have caused a hold-up to trains and hundreds of passengers are temporarily stranded in their compartments. Rain was still pouring down at a late hour tonight…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sir,—Now that the near drought has been broken, as is usual the main topic of conversation in Lismore has been turned to floods,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BRISBANE, Sunday: Violent storms caused thousands of pounds damage in Brisbane and Southern Victoria today. Roofs were ripped off houses and electric light lines blown down. Shops and homes were flooded in South Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Sunday. — Three deaths followed a freak 74 m.p.h. cyclonic storm that swept the central western districts of the State yesterday afternoon and later hit the metropolitan area. At Parkes, Wesley Noakes, 8, was killed at the Broadway Theatre and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LONDON, Monday: The British Cabinet today considered means of controlling the dispute over Palestine, which is expected to flare up when pariament reassembles tomorrow. The Foreign Secretary, Mr Ernest Bevin, who will…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The recent widespread N.S.W. rains caused the greatest mechanical hold-up of motor vehicles in state history, according to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Because there is a danger of storm water ruining the drainage of a property at Fawcett's Plains, Kyogle Shire Council will enlarge the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir,—Following the disastrous floods in the North Coast districts of New South Wales in June last, it was brought to my notice that a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →LONDON, Friday: The swift transformation of the Bizone of Germany from a war- devastated area into a hive of industrial…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →