With 18 steel and rope lines holding her to the wharf and to posts ashore, it was feared that the 3000-ton Italian motor ship ...
Article : 679 wordsCompletely isolated by flooded water course, and with telephonic and telegraphic communication dislocated residents of Dayboro and the surrounding ...
Article : 290 wordsOne of the Outstanding incidents on the river on Saturday morning was the departure of the steamer Limerick from Borthwick's wharf. The vessel ...
Article : 355 wordsSYDNEY, Saturday.—Chased by a cyclone, the Dutch liner, Nieuw Holland, which arrived to-day, was subjected to a terrific battering by ...
Article : 275 wordsThe cancellation of all sporting fixtures and the break in the weather on Saturday afternoon were largely responsible for the record number of ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 615 wordsSOUTHPORT, Saturday.—Gallant rescue work has been carried out by residents of the Benowa and Carrara districts, where in one ...
Article : 420 wordsWith rain still falling heavily on the watersheds of some of the principal creeks and the town under water, Lismore is in a bad ...
Article : 404 wordsMURWILLUMBAH, Saturday.—This flood has exceeded all previous records on the Tweed. Some loses of live stock have been reported ...
Article : 255 wordsMr. M. Dwyer and a party reached Brisbane on Saturday afternoon from Coolangatta, and though the chains were used in climbing Tallebudgera ...
Article : 176 wordsDesirous of being at Mount Crosby when the flood waters reached their highest level, Mr. W. E. Bush (engineer for water and sewerage) went to ...
Article : 274 wordsThe inter-State liner Canberra, arrived in Moreton Bay from Cairns and Townsville on Friday. The flooded state of the river precluded the vessel from ...
Article : 121 wordsNotice was received by the Railway Department late on Saturday night that the line between Casino and the border tunnel had been ...
Article : 301 wordsIPSWICH, Saturday.—The Bremer River receded 2ft 3in between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. to-day. At 3 a.m. the gauge stood at 47ft ...
Article : 510 wordsBEENLEIGH, Saturday.—While their mate groaned in the bottom of the boat with the agony of a snakebite on his left foot, Messrs. ...
Article : 176 wordsThousands of people assembled at vantage points on Saturday to watch the turbulent flood waters rushing down the river in the town reach. The ...
Article : 217 wordsThough tramway services were interrupted on Toowong and Rainworth lines by the encroachment of flood waters contact was maintained ...
Article : 150 wordsIt was considered too risky to move shipping in the Brisbane River on Saturday morning. The motor ship Benneville was scheduled to leave Mercantile ...
Article : 224 wordsNot much damage was done to houses at west End on Saturday but tennis courts and fences suffered, particularly along Orleigh-terrace and ...
Article : 306 wordsGOODNA, Saturday.—Rising to 41ft 3in, the flood waters at 10.30 a.m. inundated nearly two square miles close to Goodna to-day. About six families ...
Article : 66 words"Safe as the Bank of England," said Alderman A. Watson (chairman of the transit committee) when stating on Saturday that there was no danger of ...
Article : 95 wordsWith the travelling public its first consideration, the tramways department of the City Council arranged with has proprietors to link up services on ...
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Advertising : 156 wordsHelp was offered by the district naval officer (Commander J. C. Macfarlane) to the police on Saturday in the rescue of marooned persons. He ...
Article : 109 wordsThe water at Oxley on Saturday reached a level several feet higher than that reached on Friday, and a large portion of the township was under water. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 111 wordsThe French Consul (Major H. R. Carter) received a radio message on Saturday from the French war sloop, Bellatrix, en route from Sydney to ...
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Advertising : 77 wordsAlthough no serious flooding was observable in South Brisbane, the backing up of the main sewers led to the basements in one or two places being ...
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Sunday Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1926 - 1954), Sun 8 Feb 1931, Page 4
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