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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1925

256 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 12 of 13

Steamers in Storm Crews of Two Vessels Rescued. New York

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 October 1925 · page 5

The Norwegian steamer Elven, from Rotterdam to Sydney, which stood by for the purpose of rescuing the crew of the Italian freighter Ignacio Florio, which…

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Persian Gulf Cyclone Casualty Reports Confirmed. Bombay

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 October 1925 · page 5

The "Daily Gazette" says that reliable reports from Bahrein state that several buildings and mud huts were swept away by the cyclone on October 1…

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Storms in Queensland. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 November 1925 · page 2

Heavy storms are being experienced in southern Queensland to-night and telegraphic communication with the north and also with the southern States is impeded…

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Wheat Ship Driven Ashore by Gale. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 November 1925 · page 3

The latest news of the stranding at Kingstown of the ship Hamburg with wheat from Melbourne for Irish ports, says the weather is moderate…

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The Storm Telegraph Lines Fail North Coast Isolated

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 November 1925 · page 2

Grafton, Lismore and Murwillumbah were completely cut off from the outside world last night so far as the telegraph and telephone systems were…

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Cowper-brushgrove Damage by Storms

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 November 1925 · page 1

The succession of storms which broke over the district on Sunday afternoon was responsible for a number of cases of minor damage. The roof of the Cowper punt's…

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Severe Storm Sudden Whirlwind Carries Tank Over Valley

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 4 November 1925 · page 2

Seldom has Dorrigo experienced such a severe storm as the one which passed over the plateau, practically from end to end, on Sunday afternoon last…

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Damage by Storm Buildings Unroofed at Deep Creek

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 November 1925 · page 1

An exceptionally heavy storm passed over this district oil Sunday afternoon. Accompanied by a terrific wind and hail of phenomenal size the storm centre…

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Tossed Like Cork Great Liner In A Gale 26 Passenger Injured £2000 Damage on Berengaria. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 November 1925 · page 5

The story of a terrific Atlantic gale, in which the huge Cunard liner Berengaria was tossed like a cork, was told by passengers on the arrival of the ship at…

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"Treasure" Yaght Blown Ashore in Gale. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 November 1925 · page 5

At Plymouth, in a blinding gale at 11 o'clock last night, the yacht St. George which returned in September from a scientific cruise in the South Pacific,…

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Deluge Two Inches in an Hour Weather Clears

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 November 1925 · page 4

Light showers fell at most centres within the Clarence River district yesterday, but at Grafton the weather, although threatening, remained fine…

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Flooding Out Prohibition. (Published by Arrangement.)

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 November 1925 · page 1

"The Moderation League, says the "Times" (New York), "has made public the, results of a survey in the southern States, and prefaced its report with the…

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A Terrific Storm

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 14 November 1925 · page 3

The full force of Sunday week's storm was felt at Deep Creek, just behind Uimarrs. Sheds were unfooled, orope, end in some instances…

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Caught in Storm Four Aeroplanes Missing. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 November 1925 · page 5

The "Central News" Rome correspondent says four "French aeroplanes were crossing the Apennines homeward bound from Teheran, Persia, when they were…

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Flood Protection Works

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 November 1925 · page 4

For some years past the Grafton City Council and the Copmanhurst Shire Council have been considering the question of protecting from floods the low-lying lands in and around Grafton. As far Pack as 1893 the need for some protection against flood was made evident, for in that year flood…

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Damage by Cyclone. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 November 1925 · page 2

A cyclone, with heavy rain, struck Pine Creek, in the Northern Territory, and blew down the railway goods shed and other buildings. The storm came in an…

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Last Night's Storm

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 November 1925 · page 4

A storm, accompanied by vivid lightning and wind, parsed over the Grafton district at 10 o'clock last night. About half an inch of rain fell, Mr. G. Hockey…

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Prepare for Worst Floods Predicted on South Coast. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 November 1925 · page 4

The weather bureau this afternoon issued a warning of floods. Further heavy rain is expected on the South Coast and Southern Tablelands, and there is a…

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Steamer in Storm Sydney, Friday. Bridge Damaged and Cabins Flooded

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 November 1925 · page 4

The steamer West Calera, which arrived in Sydney to-day from Los Angeles, encountered terrific weather in the North Pacific during which mountainous seas…

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Hail Storm Crops Badly Damaged Ulmarra Farmers Suffer Maize Orchards and Gardens Stripped

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 November 1925 · page 4

Yesterday morning's rain storm which passed over Grafton developed into a very severe hail and wind storm as it moved down the river. The storm appears…

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