The Floods in the North Coast District
A VIEW OF VILLIERS-STREET, GRAFTON THE MAIN STREET OF MURWILLUMBAH…
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Sydney's Yachts. International Lawn Tennis. Disastrous Floods. "Sydney Mail" Features
One does not need to be a yachting man to appreciate the lovely picture presented by the "White Wings" of Sydney Harbour, and so thousands of "Mall" readers will welcome the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Fire at Kempsey. Great Damage. Fire Engine's Dash Through Floodwater. Kempsey
The most destructive and spectacular fire that has ever occurred in Kempsey broke out at an early hour this morning, when the large general store of Mr. James W…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →For His Pal Epic Ride Through Floods Mother in Hospital Grafton
Mrs. Holt, mother of Dick Holt, who lives 15 miles from Grafton, was in a critical condition in Grafton Hospital yesterday. Her condition was so…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Awful Stench Health Menaced by Tweed Flood-waters Murwillumbah
The flood waters on the Tweed have now receded to normal in most cases, and the weather appears to be clearing. Hundreds of acres of dairy pastures…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Havoc of Floods in Two States Two More Q' Land Flood Victims Bodies Recovered Brisbane
Two further deaths from drowning have occurred as a result of the floods. The police at Charleville found the body of Albert Challenger, 43, a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Faced Raging Torrent to Save a Life Parkes Flood Epic Parkes
An epic story of heroism is reported from Albert, near Tullamore. A woman took all with appendicitis at Milleu station, and Drs. Granger…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Out-back Centres in Grip of Flood Aftermath Privation and Misery Death Roll of Twelve Strenuous Efforts to Save the Cobar Mine Men Work with Desperation
PRIVATION and misery are following swiftly in the wake of the deported storm. Isolated by flood watery many of the little out- back centres arc faced with imminent starvation. Food supplies are at the lowest ebb, and at the present time hope…
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CONSTABLE LAURANCE ALPIN, O'Grady's Creek Grafton. Stanley Stephenson, 25. while…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Novel Substitute for Air -- the Floods in the North
MARKS, PROBABLY MADE BY BLACKS about 60 years ago, were found a foot under the bark of a tree which was being split into posts near Gresford. QUEANBEYAN'S THIRST may be gauged…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →"Bumper" Crops Gone What Floods Cost Grafton Farmers
GRAFTON, Tuesday. -- The Mayor (Ald. D. W. MacPherson) said to-day that the dairying season was in full swing, and "bumper" maize crops had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Butter Shortage in Prospect Excessive Rain and Flood Effect Storage for Winter
From peak dairy production the prospect now is that the State will shortly run into a shortage in supplies. This as a result of the excessive rains…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Dreaded Black Damp Feared By Western Miners Flood Waters Win Big Fight Men Ordered Out of Danger Zone and Pit Ponies Brought to Surface Help Rushed to Nyngan
Dreaded black damp, caused by the flood waters is feared by western miners end in some collieries at Lithgow work has been temporarily suspended. It has been found impossible to hold back the thousands…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →How "Dad" Maloney Fed His Flood-Bound Eleven
COOLAMON, Tuasday. -- Mr. and Mrs. Maloney and their 11 children recently spent their first holiday in Sydney. They are not likely to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ganmain Menaced. Recurrence of Floods. Heavy Rain in Riverina. Ganmain
Heavy rain is again being experienced in Riverina. A heavy downppur at Ganmain to-day causee the Ganmain Creek to rise rapidly, and it is…
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Futther washaways occurred in several places yesterday, and at Marinna, near Junee, on the Main Southern line, the flood waters [?]d over the rails…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Storm at Wagga. Torrential Rain. Wagga
Wagga was the centre of a terriffic storm this afternoon, which raged with even greater violence than the storms of last week. Fortunately the heaviest part of the storm…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Storm Stress Submarine Trip Vessels Damaged London
THE terrific strain imposed upon the submarines Otway and Oxley during the tempestuous voyage from Plymouth to [?] last week,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nyngan Town in Peril. Flood in the Bogan. Grafton Water Supply Fails. Fresh Storm at Junee. Main Southern Line Flooded
The floods in the Bogan River are causing great anxiety at Nyngan. News was received of a great drift in the upper reaches, and unless Ihe flood waters near Nyngan fall considerably, this drift, it is feared, will overwhelm the town…
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