Vehicles Collide in Storm
A Happy And Prosperous New Year To All Two vehicles…
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Floods & storms, 1953
207 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 11
Weathered Storm
NORFOLK, Virginia, Friday (AAP).—A disabled Dutch freighter weathered an Atlantic storm with…
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DARWIN, Sunday.—Sixty Tennant Creek residents became stranded tonight seven miles north of the town when…
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CARCASSONE (France), Monday (AAP). —Clive Churchill gave one of the best displays of his football career yesterday when the Kangaroos beat Carcassone 18-5 in a snow storm…
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NEW YORK, Sunday (AAP).—The worst storms of winter, which continued to sweep over widely…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday.—Six people were rescued by rowing boat today in two separate incidents in Tully,…
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BRISBANE, Thursday.—About 30 families were evacuated in Townsville to-day after the town had been…
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BRISBANE, Friday. —Eight hundred train travellers are stranded by floods between Rockhampton and…
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BRISBANE, Monday.—Vast inland seas have formed as streams have broken their banks in the south-western…
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MURWILLUMBAH, Wednesday.—The heaviest downpour of rain this year deluged Murwillumbah tonight and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Aboriginal Legends the First Storm
IN MANY of the tales of our aborines is mention of a time when the earth was a land of peace and plenty and such things as storms were unknown…
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SYDNEY, Friday. — The Weather Bureau warned to-night that there was a risk of widespread flooding in…
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MELBUURNE, Monday. — A severe hailstorm stopped play three and a half hours before stamps in the match between Victoria and South Africa at the Melbourne Cricket Ground today…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mr. Ian Robertson's Policy. What Happened to Richmond River Flood Mitigaton Committee?
In 1948 the Premier had announced the appointment of a State Flood Mitigation Committee for the Richmond River District, said Mr. Ian Robinson, Casino electorate…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →European Floods Death Roll Mounts As Waters Recede Hundreds Missing
LONDON, Monday (AAP).—People in England and on the Continent today counted their dead as dropping winds promised a respite from the weekend floods which have caused untold damage…
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LONDON, Tuesday (AAP).—The combined deathroll in the floods in Britain and Holland today rose to well over a thousand, with the fate of many hundreds more unknown. In 48 hours since the vast tidal waves suddenly roared over…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday.—In the Bankruptcy Court to-day a woman blamed three floods for her financial…
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LONDON, Wednesday (AAP).—Rescue workers and troops repairing dykes and seawalls in Holland, and Britain today redoubled their efforts in a race against time, as they are faced,with a renewed menace from the North Sea. It was officially forecast that gales threatened to bring a fresh onslaught of water against…
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CASINO, Thursday.—The Mayor of Casino, Ald. R. W. Manyweathers, has launched an appeal to aid flood victims in Holland. He did so at the request of…
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LONDON, Friday (AAP):—The first signs of relief from further flood devastation appeared in both Britain and Holland this morning. Neither country reported any more breaches of seawalls or dykes…
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