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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1920

131 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 7

TELEGRAMS. Cales and Floods. Sydney

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 11 December 1920 · page 2

A heavy gale is still seting in Sydney and long the coast, with continuous heavy rain. The Newc[?] district is badly [?] and…

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Still Raining. Four Inches in 36 Hours. the Gale Moderates. Great Damage Done in the Country. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 December 1920 · page 5

The cyclonic features of the storm have disappeared. The seas along the coast are still high and rain is falling copiously. SYDNEY, Sunday Night…

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The Hunter River. 15 Miles of Flood Water

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 December 1920 · page 5

Further rises in the Hunter River are expected at Maitland though nothing serious is feared. The floodgate at Dag worth near Maitland. collapsed causing…

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Wheat Crop. The State's 2s 6d Guarantee. Mr. Dunn's Visit to Melbourne Awful Effects of the Storm. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 December 1920 · page 5

The Minister for Agriculture returned from Melbourne yesterday after having attended a, meeting of the Australian Wheat Board. He also again consulted…

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Floods in Shoalhaven. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 December 1920 · page 5

Torrential rains have flooded the low lying lands in the Shoalhaven district. The river is in flood and rising rapidly and farmers are moving milking cattle to…

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The Floods. Hawkesbury Again Rising. Windsor Bridge Awash. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 December 1920 · page 5

After receding about five feet, the Hawkesbury River, started to rise again yesterday afternoon, and is now just awash of the decking of the Windsor…

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The Wheat Crop. Damage by Recent Storm. Less Than a Million Pounds. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 December 1920 · page 5

Mr. John McLean, general manager of the Sunshine Harvester Co., after an analysis of' the information supplied by the firm's sixty officers throughout the State,…

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Grafton Isolated. As the Result of a Storm. Telegraphic Lines Interrupted. Dislocation of the Service

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 December 1920 · page 5

Owing to the interruption to the telegraph lines yesterday, no cable or telegraphic messages were received…

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Storms at Yamba

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 December 1920 · page 4

Two storms of a cyclonic nature swept over Yamba on Thursday afternoon. The first occurred at 2.30, and was apparently the herald of another to come. There was…

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Thursday's Storm

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 December 1920 · page 3

After the terrific heat of the morning a thunderstorm broke over the district at two o'clock in the afternoon, and raged with much force, causing a great deal of…

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Storm at Maclean

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 December 1920 · page 4

The violent storm which broke over Maclean on Thursday afternoon was responsible for a considerable amount of damage being occasioned to trees, fences…

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A Record Storm. the Great Blow of '76. When the Dandenong Was Lost. Wind at 153 Miles an Hour

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 December 1920 · page 7

To the Dandenong gale belongs the distinction of being the fiercest storm by which any pari of Australia has ever been swept…

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