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Northern Rivers · Floods & storms
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Falls ranging up to 2½ inches in the Richmond area, and three inches in the Tweed district yesterday were a welcome relief for parch farmland. In parts of Mullumbimby town area, the footpaths were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WELLINGTON, Monday (AAP-Reuter)—Motor cars were swept away, and some people were struck and injured by floating timber and debris when the Tutaenui stream, swollen by five days' continuous…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Substantial rises in North Coast rivers are expected as a vigorous depression, now 200 miles east of Brisbane,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Sunday. — Clearing weather in the north-eastern parts of the State has practically eliminated flood dangers…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A timely break in the weather yesterday allayed immediate fears of local flooding in the Richmond River district. Although falls in the past nme…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Monday.—Floodwaters, in some parts eight feet deep, have isolated the small township of Booroorban, 25 miles south of Hay. Twelve inches of rain fell in the district over the week-end…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MURWILLUMNBAH, Monday.— During the last 36 hours 444 points of rain have fallen at Murwilliunbah…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Although rain was falling steadily over most of the district last night, there was no indication of any immediate danger of flooding. Falls on the upper reaches of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MURWILLUMBAH, Monday.—A man, with a rope tied round his waist, recovered the body of a woman from a flooded creek this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Flooding risk in the Tweed and Richmond River basins appears to have passed its peak, says the State Weather Bureau…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LONDON, Tuesday (AAP).— Although battered for 18 hours on Saturday by a 60 m.p.h. gale, the liner Orcades reached the Thames…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →One of the first facilites to be affected by the rise in the Richmond River at Lismore yesterday was the North Coast Steam…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Minister for Local Government (Mr. Cahill) will have investigations made into the danger of floodn'g…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A substantial rise in the Richmond River at Lismore occurred yesterday following continued heavy rains throughout the district. Some roads have been cut and areas isolated. Although considerable water…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Wednesday. — The Minister for Works and Local Government (Mr. Cahill) said in the Legislative Assembly tonight that it might be possible to completely control flooding on the Clarence River…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →CORAKI, Wednesday.-General flooding of about 10,000 acres of dairy farm land in the Mid-Richmond district is expected to cause big losses. The swollen Richmond River has been spilling through broken…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MURWILLUMBAH, Wednesday.— Flood waters on the Tweed fell steadily during the day and tonight the Pacific Highway at Oak Avenue…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Kyogle district was fortunate to escape a major flood this week when the Richmond River rose to 37 feet above normal at Geneva Bridge. Had torrential rain fallen on the Upper Richmond watershed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →CORAKI, Thursday.—Flood water from the Richmond River was still flowing on to farmlands in the Mid-Richmond district this afternoon, but the river is expected to recede sufficiently tonight for outlet drains…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Friday.—When a violent thunderstorm swept Orange for an hour and a half today: A five years old boy was drowned. Lightning struck the transmitter of Radio 2GZ and…
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