Flood Warning N. Coast River Reaches More Falls Likely
The Weather Bureau issued the following flood warning this morning:-- "Some very heavy rains…
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The Storm
ONE day in June a boat was made by the natives of Australia and put to sea with four natives in it. It was a stormy day, but the natives were…
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Showers--sometimes heavy showers. East to south-east gales. Rough to high seas. That is the meteorological menu…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lismore Fears Flood Wharves Cleared: River Rises
LISMORE, Saturday.—Lismore residents live at the junction of the two creeks that unite to form the Richmond River and heavy rain always brings fears…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rivers Rise Floods in the North? Heavy Downpours Grafton
Rain has been falling over the whole of the Clarence valley for the past 15 hours without a break. From two and a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On the Coast Heavy Rain Fell
Practically the whole of the coastal area recorded rain over the week-end. Totals reached as high as eight inches…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gales and Rain. Cyclone at Tweed. Houses Blown Down. River Steamer Sinks
Flood warnings were issued to the postmasters at the principal towns on the Northern Rivers on Saturday. During the 24 hours ended at 9 a.m. yesterday Clarence Heads…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →In a Cyclone. Steamer Roxen
The Acting Deputy-Director of Navigation (Captain Matheson) reported on Saturday evening that the Swedish steamer Roxen, bound from the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hay's Winter Dust Storms Hay, Sundaly
Two mid winter dust storms have been experienced in Hay within the past fortnight. The district is badly in need of a good…
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The wild gale which swept the country on Saturday and Sunday caused heavy damage all along the coast. At Ballin roots were blown off, trees…
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Cyolonie weather has delayed the Howard Smith steamer Bombala. She was expected originally at Sydney from Brisbane late last night,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Lismore Swept by Flood Fire and Gale -- Ballina's Night of Terror Families Homeless
LISMORE, Sunday. -- The Richmond River is rising, at the rate of 3in. an hour, and is now 29ft. above normal level…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flood on N. Coast Town Menaced Great Damage in Murwillumbah Shrieking Gale Murwillumbah
A SHRIEKING gale, accompanied by driving, pelting rain, caused havoc in Murwillumbah last night. Portions of the low-lying…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods! Fire! Northern Towns Swept Tragedy Feared Howling Gale Fans the Flames Lismore
Floods, gale, fire, and, it is feared, tragedy, marked the blackest week-end in the recent history of the Richmond River, From Friday until Sunday morning the district was…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Battered by Cyclone Roxen Safe -- Deck Cargo Gone
The cargo steamer Roxen, 4528 tons, of the Swedish Line, which sent out an S.O.S. message on Saturday night, while in a cyclone…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In Distress. Swedish Steamer Roxen. Damaged in Cyclone
A radio message received at Brisbane on Saturday night from the Swedish steamer Roxen (4528 tons) stated that the vessel was in a serious condition in a cyclone 30…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Rostrum Now Out of the Gale Deck Cargo Damaged
The Rostrum, which struck extremely bad weather in her voyage from Brisbane to Sydney, is now out of the cyclonic area…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ballina Swept by Flood and Fire £30,000 Blaze in Gale Towns Under Water Wind Havoc at Many Centres
FOLLOWING terrific gales and torrential rains over Friday and Saturday, when ten inches were recorded, Ballina's business centre was swept by a devastating fire, which totally destroyed nine buildings and caused…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Roxen in Gale Swept by Seas Now Out of Danger
AFTER having successfully fought a cyclone, which she encountered shortly after leaving Brisbane on Saturday, the Swedish freighter,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dramatic Rescue of Drifting Seaplane Found After Eight Days Hope Almost Abandoned for Spaniards in Gale Petrol Exhausted London
The dramatic announcement of the safety of the three Spanish trans-Atlantic airmen, who were picked up by the British…
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