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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1925

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Houses Flooded. Exciting Scenes at Lismore. Lismore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 9

The heavy rain on the Richmond watershed during the past week culminated in the early hours of this morning in a flood at Lismore. Leycester and Wilson creeks,…

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Floods in North Lismore Inundated Rescues by Boat Lismore

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 5

The low-lying parts of Lismore and the surrounding country are under water in consequence of seven days of wet weather, culminating yesterday…

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Storm in North Gradually Abating Floods and Land Slides Muewillumbah

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 March 1925 · page 11

The Tweed narrowly escaped a repetition of the disastrous flood of 1921. About G o'clock rain fairly teemed down In Murwillumbah and the river…

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Lismore Flooded River's Rapid Rise Torrential Rain

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 March 1925 · page 4

Torrential rains on the N.S.W. North Coast for nearly a week culminated in the early hours of Wednesday last in a flood at Lismore. The Richmond…

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Flooded North The Trains Delayed Byron Bay

Evening News · Friday 13 March 1925 · page 8

Today the weather was fine till 5 o'clock, when a heavy thunderstorm occurred. For the 24 hours to 9 a.m. 156 points of rain was registered, and…

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Floods. Northern Rivers. Rain Ceases. Heavy Falls Recorded

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 March 1925 · page 9

Very heavy falls of rain were reported again yesterday morning from stations on the Northern Rivers of New South Wales, and have contributed to a more serious…

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Rivers Running High Queensland Floods Shipping Delayed Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Friday 13 March 1925 · page 3

Very heavy rain has fallen over the Mary River Basin and the Mary River is in flood. Between eight o'clock on Tuesday…

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Flooded Crossings Tenterfield

The Labor Daily · Friday 13 March 1925 · page 5

At Parerson's Crossing New Koreelah a young man named Goodwin was drowned yesterday. The flood rains had made all the crossings in this…

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Robert Burns's Tree. Wrecked in the Storm

The World's News · Saturday 14 March 1925 · page 9

Scotland has lost an interesting possession. Robert Burns's famous trysting tree, near Ayr, has been blown down in a storm. It was only seven feet high, and grew on…

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A New Theory of the Flood

The World's News · Saturday 14 March 1925 · page 13

"A new theory to account for the Flood," writes Mr. Scriven Bolton, F.R.A.S., who contributes this drawing to the "Illustrated London News," "has been presented by a…

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Glittering Lake Lismore Flood Effects Danger Believed Past Lismore

The Sun · Saturday 14 March 1925 · page 8

Unless there is a repetition of the 1893 experience, when, after the swollen river had receded, further deluges caused it to rise to a record level, it…

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FLOOD--McCORMACK

The Sun · Sunday 15 March 1925 · page 18

A wedding was celebrated at St Brigid's Church, Marrlckville, when Miss Molly McCormack, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. McCormack, of…

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Violent Storm in Mediterranean the Fleet Shelters Madrid, Sunday Evening

Evening News · Monday 16 March 1925 · page 1

A violent storm occurred in the [?] which [?] serve damage in many [?] It comp[?] the British [?] which…

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Northern Floods. Waters Subsiding. Byron Bay

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 March 1925 · page 10

Although the storm partly ceased on Thursday, about 250 points of rain have fallen since, making a total of 1639 points—a record for the North Coast…

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Here and There Flood Victim

The Sun · Monday 16 March 1925 · page 10

Kyogle, Monday.--The body of Fred Goodwin, who was drowned while crossing a flooded creek at New Koreelah on March 11, was found yesterday…

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Defence Notes The A.I.F. Spirit to Camp Through Flood

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 March 1925 · page 7

That the spirit of the A.I.F. is still dominant in the trainee's of the Citizens' Forces is proved in connection with the camp of the 15th Light Horse Regiment,…

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After the Flood

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 March 1925 · page 2

MURWILLUMBAH. -- The flood waters on the low-lying area around Murwillumbah are not subsiding as quickly as they should, or with the…

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Fleet Shelters Mediterranean Storm Madrid, March 15

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 March 1925 · page 1

A violent storm in the Mediterranean, which has done severe damage in many places, compelled the British Fleet, bound for Pollensa Buy (Balearic…

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Bridges Collapse Floods Hold Up Trains Queensland's Heavy Rain Brisbane

The Sun · Wednesday 18 March 1925 · page 9

Heavy rain fell in the south-eastern corner of Queensland yesterday. At Southport the registration was 3½ in., and in Brisbane there was an average…

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Heavy Rain. Fall at Lismore. River Again Rising

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 March 1925 · page 16

According to reports received by the Weather Bureau during yesterday torrential rain commenced to full at Lismore yesterday morning and has resulted in a rise in the river…

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