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It all happened so fast, there was no time to prepare for it
BENDEMEER resident John Murray lifted all he could onto his pool table on Saturday morning and waited for the floodwaters to arrive. As he stood on his back sun deck, ...
Northern Daily Leader - 8:09 a.m. Monday 1st December 2008
Northern Daily Leader - 8:09 a.m. Monday 1st December 2008
Blackouts inconvenient for some, deadly for diabetics
POWER outages are inconvenient for everyone, but for Kootingal’s John Martin it could be life threatening. With storms lashing the region on Friday night, Kootingal residents lost power with some ...
Northern Daily Leader - 8:08 a.m. Monday 1st December 2008
Northern Daily Leader - 8:08 a.m. Monday 1st December 2008
It’s the worst damage ever: Gordon Austin
A BURSTING railway track bank could be the blame for the flood of water that rushed through Taminda on Friday night, hitting dozens of businesses, leaving a damage bill of ...
Northern Daily Leader - 8:08 a.m. Monday 1st December 2008
Northern Daily Leader - 8:08 a.m. Monday 1st December 2008
Downpour destroys computers, carpets
AVRO St business Dillon’s Plumbing went into recovery mode just hours after a freak storm hit the city forcing storm water into the Taminda business, ruining carpet and valuable computers.
Northern Daily Leader - 8:08 a.m. Monday 1st December 2008
Northern Daily Leader - 8:08 a.m. Monday 1st December 2008
Flow brings Don to tears
DONNY Fermor leant against his car, with his dog, Bud, tied to the towball and wiped tears from his eyes on Saturday morning. He was watching as rising floodwaters from ...
Northern Daily Leader - 8:07 a.m. Monday 1st December 2008
Northern Daily Leader - 8:07 a.m. Monday 1st December 2008
Chopper, services work together
THE Westpac Rescue Helicopter assisted the NSW Ambulance Service and SES to rescue a woman trapped in floodwaters at Nemingha at 4.30am on Saturday. She was treated by paramedics before ...
Northern Daily Leader - 8:07 a.m. Monday 1st December 2008
Northern Daily Leader - 8:07 a.m. Monday 1st December 2008
Avro St irrigators left to mop up mess
STEPHEN Hoy spent much of his weekend hosing mud and debris out of his Taminda business. Mr Hoy is the owner of Peel Irrigation, in Avro St, one of several ...
Northern Daily Leader - 8:07 a.m. Monday 1st December 2008
Northern Daily Leader - 8:07 a.m. Monday 1st December 2008
Water views not so flash
FRIDAY night’s freak storm made Tamworth’s 2000 flood look like a “Mickey Mouse” effort Margaret Cashmere, a 75-year-old Westdale resident, has said. Ms Cashmere, a chiropractor, was caught up in ...
Northern Daily Leader - 8:06 a.m. Monday 1st December 2008
Northern Daily Leader - 8:06 a.m. Monday 1st December 2008
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Sword-wielding offender granted conditional bail
TAMWORTH police were forced to use capsicum spray after being threatened by a man wielding a samurai sword in West Tamworth on Wednesday night. Police allege about 11.50pm on Wednesday ...
Northern Daily Leader - 7:48 a.m. Friday 28th November 2008
Northern Daily Leader - 7:48 a.m. Friday 28th November 2008
Bikers, cops head-to-head
The battle is on again with the NSW/ACT Police and NSW/ACT motorcyclists fighting it out to see which group can take out the honours in the 2008-09 Summer Blood Challenge.
Northern Daily Leader - 7:47 a.m. Friday 28th November 2008
Northern Daily Leader - 7:47 a.m. Friday 28th November 2008
Mayor ‘nothing but positive’ on school
ADAM Marshall believes he was not of the typical student mould in his six years as a boarder at Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School.
Northern Daily Leader - 7:46 a.m. Friday 28th November 2008
Northern Daily Leader - 7:46 a.m. Friday 28th November 2008
Dept quiet about specific actions
THE Education Department has refused to disclose what – if any – specific measures are being taken to eradicate Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School’s infamous “sac” culture of bastardisation. Letters ...
Northern Daily Leader - 7:46 a.m. Friday 28th November 2008
Northern Daily Leader - 7:46 a.m. Friday 28th November 2008
The Garling report: Report reveals health system in crisis
NSW public hospitals are in crisis and need a new culture which puts patients needs ahead of the convenience of clinicians, a report says. The special commission of inquiry into ...
Northern Daily Leader - 7:45 a.m. Friday 28th November 2008
Northern Daily Leader - 7:45 a.m. Friday 28th November 2008
Bank of Queensland owner keen to discuss alleged $20,000 demand
THE Bank of Queensland has asked a Tamworth couple, who spoke out over an alleged demand for $20,000, to speak to the manager of the local branch. Bank staff were ...
Northern Daily Leader - 7:45 a.m. Friday 28th November 2008
Northern Daily Leader - 7:45 a.m. Friday 28th November 2008
The Garling Report: Enforced rural time for trainee doctors
JUNIOR medical officers could be forced to spend at least a part of their training program in rural areas following yesterday’s release of the Garling Report on NSW hospitals.
Northern Daily Leader - 7:44 a.m. Friday 28th November 2008
Northern Daily Leader - 7:44 a.m. Friday 28th November 2008
