Lismore's Former Disastrous Flood Experience
Residences under water at Lismore during the severe flood of 1929. In the background is the high school, which was used by residents whose homes were flooded…
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1,487 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 75
When Flood Rages
How much of the country must appear to-day between Murwillumbah and Lismore…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lismore's Night of Acute Anxiety Flood Peril Water Is Receding Boats In Street 8Ft. Tide in Stores Lismore
Lismore last night passed through hours of tense anxiety as swirling flood waters crept higher in the streets of the town, flooding…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Desolation Flooded Suburbs
Stories of flooded homes and distracted men and women wading knee deep through a swirling tide of water, were told by passengers from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Flood Tide Menace in Brisbane Over Bank (Continued from Page 1) When Flood Raged Lismore Swept
Passengers on the North Coast mail who arrived in Sydney at 7 a.m. to-day tell of miles and miles of surging flood waters having…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Raging Seas and Floods N. Coast Swept Huge Area Under Water Traffic Blocked Tweed Heads
SWEPT by the heaviest seas in the history of the town, the surfing beaches at Coolangatta during the past two days have been subjected to a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Many Homeless in the Flood Terror Along the Richmond Kyogle and Lismore Suffer Severely Sweeping Southward
SWIRLING over the banks of the Richmond River during the night, flood waters have ravaged and laid waste practically all the country between Kyogle and Lismore. YESTERDAY the river was 32ft…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In Grip of Flood Brisbane's Plight Homes Evacuated for Safety Great Damage Brisbane
THE flood danger in this city increased overnight. Grave fears are entertained for the safety of residents of South Brisbane where…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rising Flood Waters Drive Lismore People From Homes Evacuating Business Section of Town Rain Has Ceased, But Rivers Are Still Rising Huge Damage
Flood waters are five and six feet deep in the shops along Molesworth Street, Lismore's main thoroughfare,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Alterations Floods Hold Up North Coast Services
BECAUSE of the floods, the 7.30 Brisbane limited express will run to-night via Wallangarra. The usual Saturday night service…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →More Floods for the North Weather Man Expects Heavy Rains
A disturbing forecast for the flooded areas was issued last night by the Weather Bureau. FURTHER rain is likely on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Royalty with the Camera--flood Waters Swirl Up North--harbor at Sunset
PINEAPPLES and petrol, melons and merchants. Friday scene at Paddy's Markets. WHEN the last…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →In Cyclone Praise for Captain
Followed by a cyclone while off the Queensland coast, the Dutch liner Nieuw Holland received a gruelling on her way from Java…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →3 Drowned in Flood at Brisbane Waters Falling Refugees Going Home Brisbane
Two men and a child have been drowned in the Brisbane floods, which are now rapidly falling. Hundreds of refugees are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sea Red Off Q'land Coast Flood Waters
PILOT P. W. LYNCH-BLOSSE, of the Australian National Airways mail service, who arrived at Mascot, just before 5 p.m. yesterday,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods Claim a Victim Lismore Streets Become Rivers Thousands of Residents Are Homeless Death Dive Under House Services ThSORIiANISED LISMORE
With 5000 residents homeless four feet of water in the business thoroughfares, and speed boats racing up and down the main…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Floods in Brisbane --Air Mail Pictures
MAIN ROAD to the Archerfield Aerodrome.--Showing how the water has encroached on all parts of Brisbane and environs. SPECIAL series of pictures by Air Mail showing the alarming extent of the floods in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Taking Stock After Nature's Deadly Wrath Has Passed Record Floods Are Now Receding Danger to Towns Now Past
Just when tragedy from the rising waters, threatened Lismore and Murwillumbah the rain ceased, and the towns…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In Cyclone and Flood Exciting Time Aboard Steamers
Having weathered the cyclone off the Queensland coast, and successfully negotiated the flooded Brisbane River, the steamer Mataram arrived at Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →After the Storm
Captain Bauer, of the Nieuw Holland. gazes over the tranquil waters of the Harbor after a rough trip from Java…
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