New Flood Warnings for F.n.c
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Weather Bureau tonight warned of renewed local flooding in the Tweed and…
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Floods & storms, 1953
207 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 3 of 11
Widespread Rain Causes Local District Flooding Bureaus Issue New Warnings
Serious local flooding occured in many parts of the Richmond district night following four days of almost continuous rain. A warning issued by the Sydney Weather Bureau stated that the rain was expected to continue for at least the next 24 to 36 hours. It added…
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MULLUMBIMBY, Friday. —Further ran fell at Mullumbimby yesterday and continued throughout the…
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Police believe an unknown man lost his life yesterday when swept away in rising flood waters at Bexhill, seven miles north of Lismore. He is the only known casualty so far in the flood wqters which have…
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Lismore businessmen at the lower end of woodlark Street move the contents of their premises to higher groung before the flood waters entered the buildings yesterday…
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CORAI, Friday. A public Works Department engineer is leaving Sydney tonight to make an on-the-spot observation of the flood on the Richmond River. Mr. Ian Robinson, M.L.A…
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Under the changed levels for flood recording in Lismore a river rise of 38 ft. 6 ins. corresponds to the heights reached by floods in 1921, 1931 and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Northern Star Saturday, February 21, 1953. Flood Threat Will Not Be Ignored
THE ANNOUNCEMENT that field officers of the Department of Public Works have already left Sydney to see flood conditions on the Richmond and Tweed Rivers for themselves will…
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from the tourist park in Dawson St., Lismore, ahead of the flood waters and parked on higher…
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The Sydney Weather Bureau tonight stated that a cyclonic depression which had caused heavy rain over…
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The slow ebbing of the flood waters in Lismore speeded up in the early hours of this morning. Between midnight and 2 a.m. the drop in levels was eight inches. There was a serious deterioration of the Mid-Richmond position as the level at Coraki had passed 19 feet at midnight…
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The flood will be remembered as the "creeping flood" in Lismore's list…
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Pictures at the height of the flooding in Lismore yesterday show: Top, huge lake covering the Recreation Grounds and adjacent residential areas; bottom, expanse of water stretching north of Lismore, with the railway line in the centre…
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An appeal for assistance in gathering flood information was made at Coraki today by a flood…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Northern Star Monday, February 23, 1953. Another Flood, But No Thought To Prevention
THERE HAS BEEN nothing new in the current pattern of North Coast flooding as one after the other of the rivers has burst its banks and caused serious losses to many thousands of…
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CORAKI, Sunday.—There was a dramatic development in the flood position in the Mid-Richmond district late tonight when the flood height passed 19 feet at Coraki. It had been anticipated earlier that the flood would not rise beyond…
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There were no flood worries for these children who were obviously enjoying their dip in Pine…
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GRAFTON, Sunday—Police said tonight they did not expect serious flooding in the Clarence River area…
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The flood in Lismore yesterday attracted many hundreds of people from district centres. Local residents also…
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These houses in Uralba street, near the Recreation Grounds, had a near miss from inundation yesterday…
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