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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1925

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Gale and Floods. Second Visitation. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 January 1925 · page 4

The gale, after a brief respite, returned with a 50 mile an hour velocity last night, and caused great damage, while the rain increased the flooding…

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More Floods. Another Gale in England. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 3

The fourth gale in a week sprang up last night and is still blowing, accompanied by heavy rain, rendering the plight of dwellers in the Thames valley more…

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Sea Drama. Steamer Lost in Gale Crew Take to Boat. Six Die From Exhaustion. Paris

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 3

A terrible sea drama is reported from the Brittany coast (France), where the steamer Alfredo, while steaming from Cardiff to Bayonne, was wrecked in a…

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Two Men Drowned. Heavy Storm at Orange. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 3

A terrific storm passed over Orange yesterday. Two unknown men were drowned in White's paddock, but the bodies have not yet been recovered. The town itself…

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Severe Storm

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 7 January 1925 · page 2

On Thursday evening last a very heavy storm passed over the Dorrigo district. The lightning was very severe. For a time rain fell in sheets…

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A Widespread Storm

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 7 January 1925 · page 2

The heavy storm experienced at Dorrigo on New Year's Day travelled right up the coast to as far as Southport in Queensland. At Woodburn…

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LOCAL [?] General. a Violent Storm

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 10 January 1925 · page 2

Shortly [?] Wednesday a terrific [?] over Coffs [?] After some [?] peals and [?]…

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Caught in Gale Mexican Steamer Missing. Mexico City

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 3

It is feared the Mexican steamer Isidoro, bearing 37 passengers, including well-known Mexicans, has been lost in a furious gale. The vessel left Frontera…

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Heavy Storm. Damage at Balranald. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 3

Following three days of intense heat, a terrific windstorm, accompanied by rain and hail, passed over Balranald yesterday. Trees and fences were…

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Violent Storm. Sweeps Over Balranald. Sydney

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 3

The most destructive storm ever known locally swept over Balranald yesterday afternoon. Several houses were unroofed and trees and fences…

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Storm at Balranald. Two Persons Injured. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 2

Following three days of intense heat a terrific windstorm accompanied by rain and hail passed over Balranald yesterday…

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Balranald Cyclone. Enormous Damage Done. Girl Fatally Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 5

Further details of the terrific cyclone which passed over Balranald show that a portion of the public hospital and public school were partly demolished…

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Heavy Damage. Floods in Riverina. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 5

Further particulars of the flood rains in Riverina show the damage was much more severe than was at first supposed. At Albury all the streets were flooded…

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Hail Storm

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 2

A very severe hailstorm passed over Cedar Log on Friday, January 9th. Where the storm vented its fury in full the hail was lying about 3 inches…

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Letter to the Editor Flood Protection to Grafton

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 3

Sir-- It would appear from levels given in reports from different officers, that of Fitzroy street was raised in one grade from Mary to Turf streets, danger from…

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Flood Rains Heavy Falls in Queensland Southern Districts Benefit. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 January 1925 · page 5

During the last 24 hours rain of a torrential nature has fallen over a large area of the south coast division and parts of the south-western portion of the State…

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Destructive Storm. Perth

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 January 1925 · page 2

A message from Roeburne states that a storm totally destroyed the jetty at Port Sampson and badly damaged the town. The loss is estimated at many…

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Heavy Rain in Queensland. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 4

During the week end an electric disturbance over a large area of North Queensland was responsible for some torrential downpours. the chief…

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"The Cyclone Rider."

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 January 1925 · page 4

"The Cyclone Rider" is a new Fox melodrama which is fo life projected at the Fitzroy Picture Theatre to-hight. It is billed as a "high speed moldrama"…

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Distress in Ireland Famine Follows Floods Relief Fund Opened. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 5

The "Daily Chronicle" Dublin correspondent says reports from Donegal, Kerry, Galway, and Connemara disclose that thousands of residents are suffering…

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