Flood Damage Reports
BALLINA, Sunday.--Reporting to Ballina Municipal Council meeting on flood damage to roads, the…
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Floods & storms, 1954
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Clothing Pours in for Flood Victims
The Salvation Army has now received sufficient clothing to distribute to flood victims, the Tablelands and North-west divisional commander, Major Robert Duck-Chong, said in Lismore…
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The Northern Star-2LM district flood relief appeal, which was conducted today over 2LM, raised £2834 to 7 p.m. From the time the appeal…
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Ald. N. T. Thompson, H. P. Habib and J. Briggs raised the issue of flood mitigation at last night's meeting with…
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SYDNEY, Monday. -- Floods had caused a loss of about £1,000,000 to Lismore business people, the Minister for Social Services, Mr. Landa, said today. Damage to farms and the loss of stock throughout the flood areas…
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BALLINA, Monday. -- At the fortnightly meeting of Ballina Municipal Council, the mayor, Ald. R. L. O'Neill,…
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Sir, -- Over a great number of years Lismore has suffered great losses in lives, stock and homes. The whole of the…
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A scheme to provide sets of the best photographs taken during the Kyogle Flood and to donate the profit from sale…
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Forms on which claims for Flood Relief can be made are now in Kyogle, and should be completed by those wishing to do so at the earliest possible moment…
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A public meeting attended by more than 200 people on Monday night last week formed a Kyogle Flood Relief Committee and in half an hour from the body of the hall donated…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood Damage Experienced in Almost Every District Roads, Fences Worst Affected By Downpour
No district in Kyogle has escaped completely unscathed from the flood. Washed out bridges, scoured roads, paddocks covered with silt, ruined crops and dead…
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Nine days after what will go down in Kyogle history as the catastrophic flood of February 20, 1954, no full estimate can be given of the total damage caused to homes, farms, shire roads stock or personal property in Kyogle Shire. But these things are known:…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Warnings of Flooding in District
Falls of over an inch of rain have followed warnings of local flooding in the Northern Rivers area. The warnings were issued…
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While damage to the water supply and sewerage department would be limited to a few hundred pounds, that to roads and streets would cost thousands to repair, stated Lismore City…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.--The South Australian Government has given £10,000 towards the relief of flood victims in New South Wales. The Premier, Mr. Cahill…
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LONDON, Tuesday (AAP).--A British Government "donation" and facilities at Australia House to enable…
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Advice, that Red Cross headquarters had donated £100 for district flood relief was received at Lismore…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood Loss Factor in Rate Debate Compromise Decision
The proposal to increase the combined rating was described as a betrayal of the people of Lismore by Ald. C. J. Campbell during the Lismore City Council estimates debate on Monday night. Aid. Campbell told the meeting that the people of the city could…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Lack of Interest" Claim Censure Motion Over Flood Mr. Anthony Named
Lismore City Council on Monday night passed a motion of censure of the Postmaster General, Mr. H. L. Anthony, and the Federal Government for the "lack of interest in the…
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Lismore's flood relief squad of five army ducks and over 40 army personnel will return to Brisbane today. They have been carrying out intensive relief work in…
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