No Flood Lighting of Bridge Pylons
In response to a query, North Sydney Council has been informed by the Main Roads Board that the cost involved would make the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Floods & storms, 1933
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Flood Mitigation Board Government Criticised Maitland
Strong criticism by a conference of councils at Maitland to-day was levelled at the Government for its proposal to set up a flood mitigation…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fought Gales? Almost Sank In Harbor Calm
The old schooner Louis Theriault, which weathered a hundred Tasman cyclones, nearly took a plunge in the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Picture Programmes "Tess of tHe Storm Country"
Featuring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell, this delightful picture, which commences at the State Theatre, Sydney, this Saturday, comes to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Captivity Kills Platypus Storm Orphan Was Meant for Zoo
A little grave was filled in yesterday, in the backyard of Mr. C. Pearce, Taunton Street, Blakehurst. It contains the body of a platypus, that…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Flood We Didn't Have
THIS is a picture of the recent flood in Penrith as told by u Southern newspaper:—The Nepeun River at Penrith rose 14 feet last night and the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods in Queensland. Rivers Overflow. Trains Held Up. Brisbane
Reports from Tully state that the Tully River was seven feet over the bridge this afternoon and rising at the rate of three inches in hour…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →In Torrents More Flood Rains In Queensland Trains Held Up Cairns
ANOTHER ten inches of rain has left Cairns more isolated than ever as far as rail communication with the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Floods in Q'land BRISBANE
COASTAL railway services have been completely disorganised by floods, which cover miles of permanent way. IN 48 hours 15 inches of fain have fallen at Deeral. Floods which…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Floods Sweep Wide Areas in Queensland Railway Bridges Under Water in Many Places
BRISBANE, Friday. -- Torrential rain is falling in the Tully and Innisfail district, causing floods and dislocation…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Career For Girl Storm Orphan
Laurel Davis already is facing a brighter future as a result of the splendid response to the appeal on her behalf…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →21 Inches of Rain Innisfail Gets It Wet and Strong Flood Fears Ease Innisfail (Q.), Sat
Though flood danger is at present remote, Innisfail is still isolated due to the rising of the coastal rivers and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rain Deluge in North Blocks Trains Towns Cut Off by Rising Rivers
BRISBANE, Sunday.--Further torrential rain was reported from the far north yesterday and dislocation of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Hard Task Recovering Body From Rocks Storm Victim
DRENCHED to the skin by huge waves, and at times bogged up to their thighs in mud, a party of civilians, led…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Floods. North Queensland. Train Services Held Up. Torrential Rain. Brisbane
Many rivers are in high flood following more torrential rain on the far north coast. At Innisfail, where 19 inches has fallen in three days, residents in low-lying areas have…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Ruin for Many Farmers Great Damage Caused by Cairns Flood Brisbane
It is impossibly to estimate the great damage caused by floods in the Cairns district. The town itself resembles a lake. Rail…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fight for Life in Big Flood Dairyman Thrown Into Swirling Water of River Couldn't Swim Innisfail
JACK PAULIN, a dairyman, had to fight for his life when a flat-botton boat which he was ferrying across the swirling,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cricket Skies Clear Tea-cup Storms Are Over Test Pitch O.K. Fake Wire Pulls Leg Of M.C.C. Player Watching Voce Brisbane
THE arbitrators appointed by the Board of Control to investigate the dispute between the Toowoomba Cricket Association and the English managers, regarding the payment of portion of the amusement tax, amounting to about £3, have…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →FLOODS. Railway Lines Under Water. Further Rainfalls. Brisbane
Train services are still interrupted in North Queensland as a result of floods. The Tully River this afternoon was 7ft 4 inches over the railway lines, having fallen…
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