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Northern Rivers · Floods & storms
181 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 7 of 10
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A two-years-old boy, lying seriously ill in the loft of a flood-bound farm shed near Windsor, was rescued by police aboard a rescue launch today. The boy is Milton Douglas,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Army ducks which had been used for rescue and emergency work along the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The silting of waterways caused by successive flooding had left the Richmond and the Clarence as the only navigable rivers on the North Coast…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Thursday.—More flooding along the Lachlan, Macquarie and Murrumbidgee rivers is expected within the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Monday.—Flood control should be treated on a national basis and not as a matter for individual…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Serious flooding again threatens many parts of the N.S.W. central and southern coastal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Wednesday—Two New South Wales coastal rivers are in major flood, and three others are in danger of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy rain driven by strong winds fell over, the whole of the Richmond catchment area yesterday, giving registrations ranging to more than three inches…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy rain which has fallen non-stop throughout the Kyogle district since Wednesday afternoon, has…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Friday.—Water from the flooded Hunter River is pouring through a break in he river hank at East Maitland, but the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy rain in the Far North Coast and Southern Queensland is forecast for today by the Sydney Weather…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →COWRA, Wednesday.—A 50-year-old woman, who today faced a charge of having murdered her prospective son-in-law, allegedly told a constable that she believed he had died from something he "caught in the floods"…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Three New South Wales rivers are in flood and eight others may flood following heavy rain…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SYDNEY, Thursday.—Thousands of people are homeless as floods sweep down northern New South Wales coastal and inland rivers. Worst affected area is the Hunter Valley, where an estimated 3,000 people have left their homes. At Maitland—threatened by flood a week ago—the Hunter River…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LONDON, Friday (AAP). —England took her overnight score of 2/264 to 6/326 at lunch in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Friday.—Floods eased today in Northern New South Wales rivers. But the Mayor of Maitland, Aid. J. Harvey, said tonight that almost 4000 people were out of their homes there, and many would not be able to return for weeks…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Sunday.—A 12 months old baby boy was drowned in floodwaters at Warren today. The baby, who fell from his pram into water near his home was the second victim of N.S.W. floods this week…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LONDON, Sunday (AAP).—At least ten people, including three boy scouts, were drowned, and tremendous damage caused, by a flood which swept over the moor districts of Devon and Somerset yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SYDNEY, Sunday.—The President of the Long Distance Road Transport Association, Mr. W. V. Rowe, said that the recent floods had revealed the need for maintaining extensive road…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SYDNEY, Monday.—The N.S.W. Minister for Social Welfare, Mr. Finnan, is seeking to…
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