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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1923

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New Zealand Floods. Drowning Cases. Remarkable Rescues. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 May 1923 · page 5

Flood waters are still rising in many parts of New Zealand. H. Robinson, secretary of the Spring Green River Board, and a lad named…

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Flood Protection

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 May 1923 · page 2

Mr. G. Nesbitt, M.L.A., has been advised by the Public Works Department that Mr. Archer, the Public Works Department's engineer at Lismore, has been…

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More Floods. Dunedin Inundated. Wellington (N.z.)

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 May 1923 · page 5

The north end of Dunedin is threatened with another flood, which was expected last night. Hundreds of families will be compelled to leave their homes…

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Floods and Fire. Seventeen Persons Dead. Tornado in Texas. Farm Homes Destroyed. Vancouver

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 May 1923 · page 5

A message from Colorado City (Texas) states that seventeen were killed and one hundred injured, while 300 are homeless as a result of a…

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Houses Damaged. Cyclone in Melbourne. Occupants Buried Under Debris Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 May 1923 · page 5

A furious cyclone was responsible for considerable at Albert Park, Melbourne, last night. Several persons were injured by falling timber none…

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Heavy Rain. Flood at Launceston. Launceston

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 May 1923 · page 5

Torrential rains fell here yesterday and portion of the city was soon flooded. People in low-lying parts were compelled to leave their houses, while many…

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Heavy Rain at Launceston Houses Flooded. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 19 May 1923 · page 2

Heavy rains fell at Launceston yesterday. Portion of the city was soon flooded…

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Another Heavy Gale Melbourne Householders Anxious. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 May 1923 · page 2

Another heavy gale passed over Melbourne last night, and many householders spent an anxious time fearing that their homes would collapse…

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Rough Weather. Storm in Victoria. Considerable Damage Done. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 June 1923 · page 5

Wild weather continues throughout Victoria. Great damage to property has already been reported, and shipping has suffered severely. Many small craft have…

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Two Brothers Drowned. Flood in Tasmania. Launceston

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 June 1923 · page 5

Not for 30 years have such gales and floods been experienced in Tasmania. Over 11 inches of rain has fallen. Yesterday the river Tamar burst its banks…

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Flood Refuge Reserve at Coldstream

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 June 1923 · page 4

The appointment is gazetted of Mr. Myles O'Reilly as a Trustee of Reserve for Flood Retuge, No. 28,863, at Coldstream (Gillett's Ridge), in lieu of Mr…

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Hail Rain and Wind. Heavy Floods in Queensland Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 June 1923 · page 5

During the last to hours rain has fallen in every part of the State, asssociated in many instances with electric disturbances and violent blows, notably at Islesford and…

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Buffeted by Gales. Brigantine Wrecked. All on Board Saved. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 June 1923 · page 5

Details of the week of the brigantine Wooloomal in Apollo Bay, on the Victorian east, show that the Yesterday was in danger or be no batted to places…

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Rivers in Flood. Damage in Tasmania. Towns Isolated. Launceston

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 June 1923 · page 5

Floods of an unprecedented nature occurred throughout Tasmania. Rivers overflowed their banks and miles of country have been inundated…

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Sugar Policy. Storm of Protests. "Shook for Growers' Nerves." Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 June 1923 · page 5

A message from Cairns states that the Prime Minister's proposals regarding the sugar industry have been greeted by the northern growers with a universal storm…

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Floods in South Australia. Train Services Interrupted. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 13 June 1923 · page 2

Serious floods have occurred near Adelaide as a result of heavy rains. The Torrens has broken its banks near Hindmarsh and a large area of…

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Disastrous Floods. Vancouver

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 June 1923 · page 5

A Kansas City message says that seven are dead, scores are missing, thousands are homeless, and the property damage exceeds five millions, as…

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Floods Near Adelaide Railway Line Washed Out. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 June 1923 · page 4

Serious floods have occurred near Adelaide as a result of heavy rains. The river Torrens has broken its banks near Hindmarsh and large areas are…

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Floods Threatened. Rivers Rising Dangerously, Critical Conditions in South. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 June 1923 · page 5

The constant rain of the, past fortnight is causing swollen creeks and rivers westward from the southern slopes, and floods are threatened…

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Coastal Districts Get Deluge

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 June 1923 · page 5

Rain fell throughout the State yesterday Coastal district received a perfect deluge, especially, in the southern parts. The falls in the northern parts were…

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