Appalling Flood Scene Viewed From Air By Our Special Reporter
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 June 1948 · page 2
Flying over the flood area in a "Herald" airdelivery plane yesterday, I looked down upon appalling scenes of devastation and desolation. IN a 1,000-square-mile sector of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Danger at Grafton Mounting One Retaining Wall Collapses
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 June 1948 · page 1
Flood-waters in the Richmond and Tweed River areas of the Far North Coast were receding last night, but Grafton has become a danger area since the Clarence burst its banks yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Aid for Flood Victims Blankets By Train, Lorry, Launch
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 June 1948 · page 5
Gale winds over the flooded area of the North Coast yesterday delayed the State Government's plan to drop bundles of blankets from planes, but…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Setback to Dairying No Flood Cut In Milk Yet
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 June 1948 · page 5
State Agricultural officers said last night that the floods on the North Coast threaten to be a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floodwaters Extend Over Huge Areas Dangerous Aerodromes Closed Weather Bureau Issues Warning
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 June 1948 · page 5
The Civil Aviation Department yesterday closed aerodromes at Coff's Harbor, Evans Head, South Grafton, Casino, and Kempsey. Some of the dromes were flooded and rain had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pupils Scream at Snakes in Flooded River
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 June 1948 · page 5
LISMORE, Wednesday.--Pupils of St. Mary's Convent, near Grafton, screamed in terror today when floodwaters from the Clarence River…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floodwaters Receding on Far North Coast Ordeal Of Residents
Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 June 1948 · page 1
FLOODWATERS on practically the whole of the Far North Coast were reported today to be receding slowly. However ruin is still falling in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods Recede, But Further Rain on North Coast New Peril In Grafton
Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 June 1948 · page 1
WHILE floodwaters care receding slowly on almost the entire Far North Coast, heavy rain is falling again at Grafton, Ballina and several other…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floodwaters Receding on Far North Coast Ordeal Of Residents
Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 June 1948 · page 1
FLOODWATERS on practically the whole of the Far North Coast were reported today to be receding slowly. However rain is still falling in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods Recede, But Further Rain on North Coast New Peril In Grafton
Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 June 1948 · page 1
WHILE floodwaters are receding slowly on almost the entire Far North Coast, heavy rain is falling again bt Grafton, Balling and several other…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Broadcast
Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 June 1948 · page 2
IN co-operation with the Daily Mirror, Radio 2SM, at 7 p.m., will give an actuality broadcast on the flood situation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods Recede, But Further Rain on North Coast New Peril in Grafton
Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 June 1948 · page 1
WHILE floodwaters are receding slowly on almost the entire Far North Coast, heavy rain is falling again at Grafton, Ballina and several other…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods Recede, But Further Rain on North Coast New Peril In Grafton
Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 June 1948 · page 1
WHILE floodwaters are receding slowly on almost the entire Far North Coast, heavy rain is falling again at Grafton, Ballina and several other…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Broadcast
Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 June 1948 · page 2
IN co-operation with the Daily Mirror, Radio 2SM, at 7 p.m., will give an actuality broadcast on the flood situation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods Recede, But Further Rain on North Coast Ordeal Of Residents
Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 June 1948 · page 1
FLOODWATERS on almost the entire Far North Coast are receding slowly. Rain, however, is still falling and for some centres along the lower…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →North Coast Floods Ruin Crops; Will Affect Butter Production Maize, Sorghum, Pastures Silted Minister Promises Quick Relief
The Land · Friday 18 June 1948 · page 2
Floods and gales on the North Coast have done extensive damage to thousands of acres of pasture lands; have partially destroyed grain sorghum crops, mainstay of winter butter production, and might totally…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →North Coast Floods Recede Hundreds Homeless; Heavy Damage To Crops And Pastures
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 June 1948 · page 2
FLOOD waters on the battered, inundated North Coast of N.S.W. started yesterday to recede, but hundreds of people are homeless and flood damage to homes, shops, crops and pastures is known to be heavy. Although floods on the Rich…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods Halt Milk Supplies To Cities; More Cuts Made
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 June 1948 · page 5
OWING to flood conditions in some part of the zone, milk production declined this week. Transport difficulties halted supplies to the cities…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Northern Floods Begin to Fall 7,000 Persons Homeless
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 June 1948 · page 1
Floods which inundated North Coast towns and devastated hundreds of square miles of rich agricultural land early this week are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Residents Cheerful In Flooded North Coast Town From Our Special Reporter (By Telephone)
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 June 1948 · page 1
WOODBURN, Thursday.—To-day a fisherman and I rowed a dinghy five miles along the main road from Evans Head, on the North Coast, into the flooded town of Woodburn…
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