Floods Are Likely on the Rivers Warnings Issued Laurieton's Thirteen Inches
WITHIN the next 24 Hours Hoods fire anticipated in certain districts, and in consequence thereof Mr. Mares, State Meteorologist, has…
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Coastal Torrents Are Swollen to Danger Point Flood Peril Is Imminent Further Heavy Rains Expected Warnings Issued
"There is an increasing danger of floods in your district. Please warn all concerned." POSTMASTERS of North Coast river…
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A photographic impression or the cloud effect over the Harbor yesterday. The clouds are still full of rain…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hunter May Flood Mr. Mares' Forecast
The torrential rain which has deluged the North Coast for nearly a week showed no abatement yesterday, and the flood danger each day grows more acute…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Macleay in Flood. Kempsey Under Water. Residents Marooned. Kempsey, Frldny
Serious floods have occurred on the Macleay River, and as it was still raining heavily on the upper reaches of the river late to-night there is every likelihood of the position…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Twelve People Trapped in Ruined Hotel as Flood Swirls Through Gloucester Man Drowned? Buildings Washed Away Rain Still Falling Water Three Feet Deep in Shops at Kempsey Gloucester
The biggest flood in the history of the district is sweeping over the surrounding countryside, and is assuming alarming proportions. The Royal Hotel is in ruins, and in danger of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Trapped! Two Mail Trains Landslides, Floods Newcastle
The floods on the North Coast have assumed a serious aspect. Two trains have been trapped between landslides and flooded…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →North Coast in Danger Heavy Floods Are Feared
Disastrous floods on the north coast are feared as a result of the week's torrential rain. Several rivers have already overflowed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bitter Attack is Launched on Arbitration System Labor Storm Dimension at Conference Say Hearing Denied Help for Timber Workers Is Pledged
A bitter attack against the present arbitration system by Mr. Willis, M.L.C., was a feature of the A.L.P. Metropolitan Provincial Conference, which opened at the Trades Hall yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Times" Magazine Turns a Floodlight on the Week's TALK From Books NEW & OLD
SHE lived to be 70—a great age in those days—discharging to the end the laborious duties of government : throughout her life she was capable of…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Mail Trains Trapped Floods in North Sweep Away Railway Lines and Maroon Passengers Heavy Landslide Reported Newcastle
A WEEK AGO prayers were being offered for rain in North Coast churches. During the 24 hours up till Saturday nighht, 25 inches fell at Gloucester and all the rivers from that centre to the Bellingen have overflowed their banks…
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Unprecedented damage has been caused by the floods, which are the most disastrous for 60 years. The deluge of rain continues. Twenty-five…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Men Drowned And Buildings Swept Away by Swirling Flood Marooned in Hotel Young Sydney Visitor Sinks in River Rescued From Roofs North Coast Railway Traffic Blocked. Hundreds Held Up
Devastating floods have occurred at Gloucester, Kempsey, and other towns on the northern rivers. A young man from Sydney and a local railway guard were drowned at Gloucester while swmiming the current, and a large portion of a block of buildings was torn from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Up to Their Heads Cattle in the Flood Port Macquarie
The drogher Oxley, returned late this afternoon from the Wilson River, bringing all the families there to this port for safety. They have left their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy Rain at Coogee Cricket Oval Again Flooded
Heavy rain fell at Coogee last night, but, according to the police, no reports of serious damage were received. Shortly before midnight the water…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cyclone Developing
Warning that a cyclone was developing between the north and central coast of New South Wales and Lord Howe Island was issued…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →It's Remote Cyclone in Sydney
"A cyclonic disturbance in Sydney is only a remote possibility," said Mr. Marcs today, "as the cyclonic…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Storm at Mudgee Mudgee
A heavy thunderstorm passed over Mudgee this afternoon, the registration at the post office being 83 points. Falls were much heavier over…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Cyclone Likely to Strike Flood-desolated Northern Districts Raging Inland Seas Threaten Families with Death or Starvation All Rivers Burst Banks; Amazing Heroism in Dangerous Rescue Work Flood Waters Cluttered with Huge Stock Losses
Having been marooned by wild flood waters in ah hotel which threatened to collapse any moment, twelve people, including women and children, have been rescued at Gloucester after a nerve-racking experience, in which two men were drowned in attempting to succor them…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flooded Property Aldermen to Inspect
Mr. T. H. Matthews, of Girraween, wrote to Holroyd Council, once more bringing under its notice the flooding of his property in Billabong-street. The…
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