Late News Phone: M2406 New Storm Warning
At 1.15 a.m. today Weather Bureau warned snipping and aircraft in the North Coast area of a depression moving…
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Families Flee Flood Menace
Floodwaters yesterday forced 60 Lismore families to flee to higher ground, caused a landslide which swept away a house at North Tumbulgum, and marooned thousands of cattle on the North Coast…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Richmond River 33ft And Still Rising Threat of Major Flood at Lismore; 300 FLEE Emergency Squad Standing By For Crisis To-day
Floodwaters from the Richmond River had driven about 300 people from their homes in Lismore last night, and police and emergency workers were standing by…
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LONDON, Feb. 21 (A.A.P.).—Russian organisations yesterday sent £90,000 to aid British flood…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood of Cheap Goods Is Feared Japan threatens Australian trade CANBERRA
THE Commonwealth Government is alarmed by the threat to Australian trade of cheap Japanese goods. Renewed Japanese…
Continued on Trove, page 52 →300 Flee From Floods Many houses are under water
ZERO hour is approaching for flood-bound Lismore as waters of the swollen Richmond River swirl through low-lying areas of the town. Last night the river was at 32ft 6in -- 18in…
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Mr. Ernest Turnbull, managing director of Hoyts Theatres, yesterday donated £250 to the Lord…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lindwall Held Up by Floods
RAY LINDWALL, Australian fast bowler, is floodbound on holiday south of…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →"Worst floods" threaten N. Coast towns Lismore Faces Major Crisis As Richmond River Rises
Towns on the far North Coast of New South Wales are facing their worst floods for years. The Weather Bureau yesterday forecast…
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BRISBANE, Sat.--Just before he drowned in floodwaters today leading jockey Peter Morgan laughed when told that the flood was too…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Richmond River Floods Make Many Homeless in Lismore
TOP: The flooded Richmond River in the heart ot Lismore, photographed yesterday afternoon. The wharf is submerged between the ship (left) and the shore. North Lismore, the worst-flooded area, is at the top centre and right. BOTTOM: The course of the Richmond River through Lismore. There are isolated homes in the centre and right foregrounds…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods Cut Off 100 FAMILIES Horseback Party Seeks Food
Floods have marooned 100 families in an area known as "The Pocket," near Mullumbimby, 39 miles north of Lismore. Their plight was revealed yesterday when a party arrived…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Fund Donations Now £5,066
The Great Britain and Holland Flood Victims' Fund has reached £5,066, The Lord Mayor of Sydney[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Body of flood victim found
Body of a man trapped in swirling flood-waters at Bex Hill, near Lismore, last…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flood Creeps Up Town's Main Street
The 1300 residents of Goondiwindi (on the NSW-Queensland border) are fearfully watching floodwater creeping up their main street. They are frantically…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →World response for flood aid
England and Holland would be very grateful for any funds Australia might raise to relieve…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Riding High in Lismore Floods New river peril on North Coast
Floodwaters last night swept into Kempsey, on the North Coast, and threatened Goondiwindi, on the New South Wales-Queensland border. At Lismore the swollen Richmond River began to recede, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods threaten sandbag levees
BRISBANE, Sun.--Floodwaters late tonight were threatening sandbag levees protecting Goondiwindi. Council meeting called…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Late News Phone: M2406 Goondiwindi Flood
Soon after 2 a.m. today floodwaters flowed over the banks of the Macintyre River and ran down the main street of Goondiwindi,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Goondiwindi Faces Flood Peril Heavy Stock Loss On N. Coast
Floodwaters are still menacing the township of Goondiwindi (pop. 3000), on the New South Wales-Queensland border as well…
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