From Drought to Floods in Two Days
Heavy downpours in Kyogle and district centres on Tuesday and Wednesday night ended the 10 months old drought, caused phenomenal rises in the river and blocked roads throughout…
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Floods & storms, 1954
539 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 2 of 27
Two Drowned In Floods
BRISBANE, Sunday. -- Two stockmen were swept from their horses and drowned while trying to cross creeks in flooded Central West Queensland today. They were James Melrose…
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CORAKI, Sunday. -- The flood mitigation survey engineer of the Public Works Department, Mr. E…
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BRISBANE, Monday. -- Three near-exhausted women were rescued from a partially submerged tree near Duaringa, 461 miles north of Brisbane, today after a 36-hour ordeal in flood waters. The women -- Mrs. D. Harold…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday.-- The State Government will approach the Commonwealth Government for the use of R.A.A.F. planes to drop food and medical supplies to flood-bound…
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THE start on the new stage of the Richmond River flood mitigation survey has the distinction that it is part of a planned programme and that, as such, it has not needed a flood to…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday.--As water crept slowly higher tonight, it was estimated that nearly 5000 homes and shopes in Rockhampton were affected by the floods…
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BRISBANE, Thursday.--A cyclone of extreme intensity is tonight bearing down on the flooded central districts of Queensland. Chief of the Brisbane…
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In raging seas, four Ballina fishing trawlers crossed the bar into the Richmond River yesterday and disregarded a Brisbane Weather Bureau direction to proceed to Coffs Harbour. Mr. Don Hopper, manager…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cyclone Diverted by "Miracle" Wind
BRISBANE, Friday.--A "miracle" wind today saved flood stricken Rockhampton and other Queensland coastal towns from one of the State's worst cyclones. A buffeting, dry…
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MURWILLUMBAH, Friday. --Cyclonic rain, driven by gale force winds, swept inland over the Tweed Valley today…
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Fifteen deaths and more than £3 million damage is the grim toll in the wake of the most disastrous floods ever experienced on the Far North Coast. The cyclonic storm lasted from Friday until early on Sunday…
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CASINO, Wednesday.--The greatest flood in Casino's history has left in its wake a trail of devastation, but the main business section is unscathed. The toll is:…
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Although escaping the flood, Alstonville and the high district suffered heavy damage as a result of the cyclone…
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Jack [?]azzard Photos. Aerial photographs of the Lismore flooding taken at 10 a.m. on Sunday show: (Top), the industrial area at South Lismore with Norco and Foley Bros' factories at left; (bottom), the huge expanse of water in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Victim After Saving Nine Lives
Lismore Police Constable, "Ossie" Pomroy, saved nine lives when he ferried people from stranded houses at Corndale at the height of the flood. When Constable Pomroy,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Help Offers Pour in Swift Move to Aid Flood Victims
Offers of help for the flood-stricken Richmond district are pouring in from nearly all States as flood relief organisations complete preparations to bring swift aid to the many hundreds of people in dire distress throughout the district…
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Coffee Camp pupils, whose school was washed away by the deluge of Saturday night, were able to resume lessons as usual on Monday due to almost superhuman efforts of their teacher, Mr. E. B. Lake. Mr. Lake spent all Sunday turning the lounge [?] of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Taxation Relief Sought for Flood Victims
Requests have been sent to the Federal Treasurer, Sir Arthur Fadden, and the Commissioner for Taxation, Mr. McGavin, that any applications for the deferment of taxation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£3m. Demanded As Flood Relief Lismore Public Meeting
A spirited public meeting in the Lismore council chambers on Wednesday night decided to demand that the State and Federal Governments allot £3 million to Lismore householders, business people and primary producers to enable them to carry on…
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