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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1924

190 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 10

Flooded River. Waters Burst Dykes. Situation at Tientsin. Tientsin

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 August 1924 · page 5

The Hsibo River dyke burst this morning near Yang-liu-Ching, flooding the depression southward between the Grand Canal and the Hsiho River…

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RETROSPECT. Cotton Growing. Fatal Flood. More About Separation Movement.1861

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 August 1924 · page 2

In the "Examiner" or April 9 is recorded the escape of another prisoner from the lock-up. Information was filed against the gaolor for permitting…

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Danger of Floods. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 August 1924 · page 5

Rain is falling over a wide area. Already there is danger of floods. Word has been received at Bendigo from the Castlemaine police that as the Loddon…

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OVER 13,000 Dead. Floods in China. Huge Relief Funds Wanted. Peking

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 August 1924 · page 5

The International Famine Belief Committee has received verified reports that the number of known deaths from flood amounts to 13,115. The Committee…

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MACLAREN Disappointed Airman Cried After 'Plane Crashed. Storms and Fog. Prince Rupert (B.c.)

Daily Examiner · Monday 18 August 1924 · page 5

The Canadian trawler, Thiepval, carrying Maclaren, the British flyer and party, arrived here, and was formally welcomed by the city officials. Lashed…

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Flood Relief. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 August 1924 · page 5

Reuter 's Peking correspondent states that the American Red Cross has donated 100,000 dollars for flood relief…

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Severe Storms. England's Queer Summer. Houses Wrecked--wembley Flooded. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 August 1924 · page 3

Terrible thunderstorms and torrential rain are again a feature of this amazing Summer. Wembley stadium to-day resembled a…

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Yarra Rising. Floods in Victoria. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 August 1924 · page 5

Consequent upon consistent heavy rainfall along the upper reaches of the Yarra and in the Watershed area, there is every prospect of a big flood. Already…

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Appalling Scenes The Victarian Floods Town Hips Under Water. One Thousand Settlers Affected. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 August 1924 · page 5

The flood waters are still rising. In Kensington four streets are flooded. Many Families at Maribyrnong were compelled to vacate their houses…

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Storm at Sea Huge Wave Hits Steamer Fifty Passengers Injured. Liners Fights Wind and Waves. New York

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 August 1924 · page 5

The White Star liner Arabic has arrived here with over 50 passengers who were injured when the ship was caught in a terrific gale which has raged in the…

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Flood Menace. Hospital Patients Removed. Kooweerup Isolated. Murray Also Rising. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 August 1924 · page 4

The latest flood reports from Kooweerup indicate that the position has become worse. Patients in the local hospital have been…

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Floods in Victoria. Drowning and Devastation. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 30 August 1924 · page 2

W. Woodyard, a farmer, aged 84, was drowned in flood waters near Wangaratta, Victoria. Boats are still carrying people from…

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Murray River Flood. Albury

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 September 1924 · page 2

When the police received an urgent call for assistance from a marooned party in Murray floods, near Albury, a motor boat was commandeered and it was found that…

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In a Gale. Chinese Liner Damaged. Wellington (N.z.)

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 September 1924 · page 5

The Chinese liner Ling Nam, from Sydney, encountered a terrific gale during the voyage across. One gigantic wave smashed the ladder to the…

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Body in Tree. Washed Up by Floods. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 September 1924 · page 5

There is no suspicion of foul play in connection with the finding of the body of an unknown man in the limb of a tree near Hawthorn last Saturday night. The…

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Wild Night. Storm in England. Chimney Stacks Topple. 87 Miles an Hour Wind. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 September 1924 · page 5

A heavy gale raged throughout the country Last night. The storm descended with particular force at Blackpool, where thousands of…

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Stormy Conditions. Northerly Gales Predicted. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 September 1924 · page 4

Mr. Mares, the Government Meteorologist, stated this morning that a severe cyclone is centred in Bass Strait, and is now moving eastward. Rough and stormy…

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Twenty Drowned. Million Sterling Damage, the Leningrad Flood. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 29 September 1924 · page 3

Twenty people were killed by the floods at Leningrad, and many more were severely injured. Normal life was resumed after three-quarters of the city had been…

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Lifted by Storm. House Smashed to Splinters. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 October 1924 · page 4

Lifted bodily from its stumps during a storm at The Summits, the house of Mr. Goldsmith was carried through the air to fall with a crash fully two chains…

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Liquor Flood in U.S.A. (Published by Arrangement)

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 4 October 1924 · page 3

According to the Department of Justice, South New York, including New York City, takes first place in point of liquor saturation with a 95 per cent…

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