Many people were caught in their homes, especially in North Lismore. The June 1945 flood was one of the worst in the history of the Richmond. It too was affected by the flood but managed to bring out a special flood broadsheet with contained only two or three small paragraphs of war news. The Northern Star in those days was published in Molesworth Street, Lismore. In 1945, even the World War struggles going on in the Pacific Islands and New Guinea jungles took second place to the flood. The Railway Station Master provided some railway carriages as sleeping quarters while some people were taken each night by goods train to a railway shed where they could sleep comfortably. On two occasions he “removed undesirables to less crowded quarters”. Constable McInnes, who was stationed at North Lismore, was in charge of supplies and paid regular visits to see whether anything was needed. The Northern Star reported that there was a mixed crowd of about 250, together with their cats and dogs, canaries and parrots. In 1931 flood refugees were housed at the Lismore Showground.
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