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Northern Rivers · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1950

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The Northern Star Published Daily at Lismore. Monday, March 6, 1950. Chance to End Teacup Storm

Northern Star · Monday 6 March 1950 · page 4

IT is to be hoped that the general meeting tonight of the clubs comprising the Lismore District Cricket…

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Floods, Cyclone In N. Q'land

Northern Star · Wednesday 8 March 1950 · page 1

BRISBANE, Tuesday.—More than nine inches of rain have fallen at Cardwell in North Queensland in the last 24 hours. Ingham, Tully…

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5 Suburbs Flooded in N.q. City

Northern Star · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 1

BRISBANE, Wednesday.—Record floods have submerged five suburbs of' Townsville and isolated the nearby small township of Giru…

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Flooding in Inland N.s.w. Predicted

Northern Star · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Flooding is expected in the inland streams in Northern New South Wales, near the Queensland border…

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Woodburn Flood Damage To be Assessed

Northern Star · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 4

CORAKI, Wednesday.—Woodburn Shire Council today directed the engineer (Mr. J. G. Willis) to assess damage caused by last week's flood…

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N.q. Floods Dislocate Rail Traffic

Northern Star · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 1

BRISBANE, Thursday.—Rivers are still running very high in North Queensland tonight, but the danger of further flooding has passed…

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Q'land's 4th Cyclone This Year

Northern Star · Saturday 11 March 1950 · page 1

BRISBANE, Friday.—Flood and storm warnings for the whole Queensland south coast were issued by the State…

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Q'l'd Flooding Expected To Last For Week

Northern Star · Monday 13 March 1950 · page 1

BRISBANE, Sunday.—The whole of Queensland except the small south-eastern corner is now waterlogged. Gulf streams are in flood and in the west, centre…

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No Contact With Families Since Cyclone

Northern Star · Tuesday 14 March 1950 · page 5

BRISBANE, Monday.—Anxiety is felt for the safety of residents of Flaggy Rock, four miles from Carmila, from whom nothing has been…

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Q'ld Grazing Properties Flooded

Northern Star · Wednesday 15 March 1950 · page 1

BRISBANE, Tuesday.— Swollen streams in far west Queensland are flooding grazing properties, threatening stock, and dislocating traffic…

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RAAF Foodlift to Flooded Towns

Northern Star · Thursday 16 March 1950 · page 1

BRISBANE, Wednesday.—A R.A.A.F. Lincoln bomber will leave Amberley tomorrow morning to drop 1500 lb. of food to three…

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Residents Evacuated From Flooded Town

Northern Star · Friday 17 March 1950 · page 5

BRISBANE, Thursday.—The small township of Urandangie, near the Northern Territory border, has been evacuated, following the…

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Flood Danger in South

Northern Star · Monday 20 March 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday. — Rivers in the south-eastern and South Coast districts of New South Weiss are rising rapidly and there is danger of ser[?]ous flooding. Further heavy falls, of rain in…

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River Drops in Flooded South Coast

Northern Star · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY Monday.—Although further scattered rain and isolated thunderstorms are forecast for N.S.W. South Coast districts fears…

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Floods Still Threaten Vic Town

Northern Star · Wednesday 22 March 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Reports from flooded areas in the Goulburn Valley today indicated acute flood danger had passed,…

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Atlantic Shipping Pounded by Gales

Northern Star · Thursday 23 March 1950 · page 1

NEW YORK, Wednesday (AAP). Storms with winds up to 65 miles an hour continued yesterday to pound North Atlantic shipping…

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Mass Evacuation of Wagga Residents: Swollen Rivers May Flood All South-west

Northern Star · Thursday 23 March 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A virtual state of emergency was declared by police at Wagga tonight, as floodwaters sweep down the Murrumbidgee River. Hundreds of families in North Wagga have been evacuated, and housed in temporary quarters at the showground, Agricultural College buildings, and schools…

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Floodwaters on 2 Mile Front

Northern Star · Friday 24 March 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—Early this morning, floodwaters on a two miles front are bearing down on Wagga…

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Local Flooding In Main Arm Area Disrupts Transport

Northern Star · Friday 24 March 1950 · page 4

Heavy rain which fell in Wilson's Creek arid Main Arm areas has caused local flooding and disrupted road transport from Main Arm to Mullumbimby. However, motor lorries managed to…

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Five Inches on Tweed: Local Floods

Northern Star · Friday 24 March 1950 · page 4

MURWILLUMBAH, Thursday.—An average of five inches of rain has been received throughout the Tweed district during the last two…

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