Flood Peril
Aerial view of Nambucca and the mouth of Nambucca River, which is in flood…
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1,487 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 75
In Terror N. Coast Towns Flooded Roof-top Rescues Girl Operator Carries on in Bathing Suit
Lashed by terrific downpours, and driven from their homes by raging flood waters, many residents of the North Coast district spent a night of terror. Lismore, Murwillumbah and Tweed Heads all reported…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Where Floods Are Sweeping-- --North Coast--Brisbane Scenes
THOUSANDS homeless here.--Brisbane city in foreground, and looking across Brisbane River (now quickly flooding) to New Farm…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Heavy Floods in Q'land Relief Parties Out Traffic Disorganised Brisbane
FOLLOWING the heavy rain which commenced last Friday and increased to a torrential down[?]our, the Weather Bureau has issued a warning…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Flood Waters Are Swirling in Murwillumbah Streets Hundreds Flee From Their Homes When Tweed River Reaches Record Level; Boats to Rescue Coolangatta Lashed
LISMORE, Thursday. -- Hundreds are fleeing before the menace of rushing flood waters, which at Munwillumbah to-night inundated portions of the town. The Tweed River is already above the record flood…
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The fury of the cyclone did not affect the A.N.A. mall 'planes In the air, but at Brisbane yesterday the ground was too sodden to allow even…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Brisbane Produce Heavy Rain in the North Hampers Business
Owing to heavy rain, supplies were light and the attendance of buyers was small at the Roma-street (Brisbane) produce markets on Thursday, Great…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Details of the Deluge Narrow Escapes From Drowning
LISMORE, Friday.--Residents are retreating before the rapidly rising flood. Nimbin has had 16½ inches. The "Northern Star" newspaper…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stormy Cyclone Follows Ship "Hell Here"
Their steamer followed by an Intense cyclone off the Queensland coast, many anxious hours were spent by the passengers of the Nieuw…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ormiston Struggles Through Cyclone To Safety; Ships Delayed
BRISBANE, Friday.--Through the centre of the cyclone that brought the floods, the steamer Ormiston had one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To Any Wife-- (After a storm)
MY nose is red, my eye Is blue; If my name is MUD-- Your's is, too!…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →£20 Tribute to Skipper Liner Passengers Grateful Weathered Gale
PASSENGERS by the Nieuw Holland were so grateful to Capt. Bauer, for his skilful : handling of the liner during the cyclone, that they…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Marooned All Night in Row Boat Rescued : Rescuers' Ordeal Flood Thrill Mirwillumbah
REPORTS being received from centres which were cut off from communication until last night and early I…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →More Homes Flooded Upper River Wave Hits Brisbane Damage Is Extensive High Tide and Another Rise First Fatality Near Oxley Relief Expected on N.s.w. North Coast
LAST NIGHT the first wave of the water from the Upper Brisbane River struck the city and many more homes were flooded. The flood position grew even more serious during the morning,…
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The State Meteorologist has issued the following special forecast of the weather throughout New South Wales during the week-end:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Previous Floods. In Brisbane. Gunboat in the Gardens. Wreck of Victoria Bridge
The most destructive floods recorded in the Brisbane River occurred some 40 yeais ago, in the eighties and nineties. There is an extensive watershed extending from Enoggera up to…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Severe Flooding of the Brisbane River in Queensland Is Likely to Eclipse the Level of the 1908 Flood
A view of the Brisbane River from Circular Quay. On the left is Kangaroo Point, a low-lying area frequently covered by the flooded river. The Botanic Gardens are on the right. Here a gunboat was left high and dry in 1893, and washed away by a subsequent flood…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Floods. Peril at Lismore. Damage on the Tweed. Brisbane's Plight
Severe floods have occurred in Queensland and on the far North Coast of New South Wales. The Brisbane River is rising rapidly. The…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →During the 1929 Lismore Flood
In front is the North Coast S.N. Company's wharf and sheds, which are again threatened by to-day's flood…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Areas Affected by the Severe North Coast Floods Reported Yesterday
Kyogle, a view from Fairy Mount. All trains to Brisbane were cancelled, and many people had to leave their homes at North Kyogle. A view of the Tweed River, near Murwillumbah, with Mount Warning in the distance. The flood is described at Murwillumbah as the most disastrous since 1921…
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