Couple Unaware Gale Destroyed Evans Head Home
CASINO, Wednesday.—A man and his wife are in Brisbane, unaware that their new prefabricated home at Evans Head was destroyed in a gale. The building is owned by Mr…
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Floods & storms, 1950
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600 Homes in Maitland Flooded
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Six hundred homes in the town are [?]ready flooded. Many have more than four feet of water in them…
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Immediate effect of the interruption to rail traffic by flooding in the Maitiand area has been to bring to a standstill fresh milk and fruit shipments and the transport of livestock to the metropolitan area. Rain has held up shipping to the North Coast by…
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Steady rain all day yesterday, with intermittent heavy showers, may lead to floods in the Kyogle district if the falls become heavier today…
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Further heavy rain is forecast on the North Coast and Tablelands. A flood warning has been…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Captain A. J. [?]radshaw will be unable to make his solo flight across the Tasman to New Zealand on the weekend,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rising Toll of District Flood Damage Cyclone Destruction On Coast
The Richmond River at Lismore rose steadily throoghout yesterday, and low-lying portions of the business and residential sections were under water last night. It is likely that the Lower Richmond will bear the brunt of the flood…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—A cyclonic storm, with flooding: rain and winds of up to 80 m.p.h., hit Brisbane and the north-east corner of…
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Wind which reached gale force, estimated as high as 80 miles per hour, torrential rain and high seas lashed Far North Coast seaside centres on Thursday night and yesterday…
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Travel conditions on roads north and south of Lismore worsened with every hour yesterday afternoon. Reporting this yesterday, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Northern Star Published Daily at Lismore. Saturday, June 24, 1950. Three Floods in
WHILE THE actual extent of the flooding to be experienced by the Richmond district is still in doubt at the time of…
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Heavy damage was caused to small craft by the cyclone at Southport. These two launches were smashed against the retaining wall at Lands End. The line of trees was all that marked the road from Lismore to Bangalow yesterday afternoon…
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BRISBANE, Sunday.— The 9000 ton Swedish vessel, Narrandera, reached Brisbane today on her way to Vancouver 21 hours late, after…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →OBITUARY Crossed Floods to Attend Funeral
Despite flood conditions on Saturday, about 40 residents of Nimbin travelled a circuitous route in open trucks through flooded…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →10,000 Homeless in Worst Floods on Record Planes Rush Medical Supplies, Food To Kempsey, Graft
SYDNEY, Sunday.— R.A.A.F. Dakota planes and army "d[?]ks" are being rushed to the assistance of more than 10,000 people rendered homeless in northern New South Wales by the worst floods on record. Grafton (population 12,000) and Kempsey (population 8000) are isolated,…
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Good, While it Lasted…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Northern Star Published Daily at Lismore. Monday, June. 26, 1950. What Is Answer To Floods?
THE HEARTBREAKING regularity with which communities on the North Coast are becoming victims of flood,…
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Although water entered many homes and business premises and covered vast areas of land, losses through flooding in Lismore would have been substantially higher if the water had risen a few more…
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Kyogle's record breaking flood has come and gone, leaving little trace of its visitation except for debris, some missing fences and scoured farming lands on the river flats. It will soon join all past floods in the archives of memory and be a thing of the past…
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The greatest flood ever recorded at Kyogle reached its climax on Friday night when the Richmond River was 56 feet above normal at the Geneva Bridge. Although it was a record flood, no lives Were lost and little serious damage was done except to roads and fences…
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