Cyclone Moving Out to Sea
BRISBANE, Wednesday,—The cyclone which wrecked Cooktown is moving out to sea. It had been feared that the…
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Floods & storms, 1949
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Warns of New Cyclone
BRISBANE, Thursday.—The weather authorities tonight warned that, a new cyclone was approaching northern Queensland. It was last…
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Murwillumbah yesterday morning experienced a particularly heavy and lasting fog Reason for it was explained, last…
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At Monday's meeting of the Kyogle Shire Council it was decided to buy a boat for use in Kyogle at flood times…
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ROMA, Sunday: Mrs W. L. Holt, and her child, were farced to climb a tree to escape from flood waters when they were…
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BRISBANE, Monday: The Maclntyre River at Inverell broke its banks at 4 o'clock this morning and…
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SYDNEY, Thursday: Police, life savers and hundreds of citizens volunteer are patrolling 50 miles of coast around Wollongong tonight for signs of 10 men still missing from the coastal steamer,…
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TOWNSVILLE, Thursday: Following bounteous rains in their catchment areas, the Burde[?]in and Haughton Rivers rose rapidly…
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MACKAY, Thursday: Ten bus passengers, six of them women and three children, had narrow escapes when a bus…
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TOWNSVILLE, Friday: After reaching their peak of 2ft. 7in. over the rails at 11 p.m. on Thursday at the Inkerman bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Govt. Grants After Heavy Cuts In Flood Estimates
If local governing bodies were prepared to pay half the costs of repairing flood damage in their area, the Government would make available a grant to meet the other half, said the Minister for Local Government…
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BRISBANE, Monday: Only the organ was salvaged after Cooktown Methodist Church and Parsonage were wrecked by the…
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BRISBANE, Monday: The cyclone off the coast is causing local heavy to moderate rainfalls from Bowen to the New South Wales border. Heavy seas, with strong southeast to east winds,…
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CORAKI, Monday.—The Royal Shipwreck and Humane Society has awarded its bronze medal to Mr. G. H. Gartutt, a farmer, of Green…
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MULLUMBIMBY, Monday.—Advice that he was prepared to make available a grant not exceeding £2000 towards the cost of flood…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Northern Star Published Daily at Lismore. Tuesday, March 1, 1949. Hair-splitting Aid For Flood Damage
THE LOCAL governing bodies of the district are being told, at long last, how much financial assistance they may…
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LONDON, Tuesday: Roof-ripping, window-smashing gales, blowing up to 80 miles per hour, swept Britain and parts of Europe as March made its traditional advent. Small vessels in the…
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Further heavy rains, squally winds and high seas are expected by Brisbane Weather Bureau along the 3.[?]-mile stretch of coast from the border to Gladstone today. The cyclone last night was reported to be moving…
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Following his representation on behalf of the Byron Shire Council in regard to its application for assistance toward the cost of…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Following the recent heavy rain, more falls on the North Coast with local flooding are predicted in a forecast for the 24 hours from 6 a.m. tomorrow…
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