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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1925

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Fierce Gale. Carriages Blown Off Line. Four Killed, Ten Injured. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 February 1925 · page 3

Four passengers were killed and ten injured through a gale blowing a train over an embankment last night near Creeslough, Donegal…

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Flood Prevention. Councils Confer. GRAFTON & Copmanhurst Dobie St. to Ulster Lodge Embankment Further Information Being Sought

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 February 1925 · page 4

Yesterday afternoon, at the Grafton Town Hall, there was held a conference between representatives of the Grafton Municipal Council and the Copmanhurst…

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Flood Rains. Northern Queensland. Ten Inches at Bowen Railway Traffic Disorganised. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 February 1925 · page 5

Some torrential rainfalls have been reported under the influence of a cyclonic disturbance which is raging on the North Queensland coast between Bowen and…

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Trains Held Up. Railway Bridges Damaged Heavy Rain in Quensland. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 5

The latest weather advices show that the cyclonic disturbance which is raging at North Queensland coast is moving away to sea, and conditions are likely…

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Terrific Thunderstorm. Floods Feared in Adelaide. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 5

A terrific thunderstorm, the worst for 20 years, occurred here this morning. The streets were soon a foot under water and many buildings were badly…

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Storm at Adelaide Lightning and Torrential Rain. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 February 1925 · page 3

Extensive damage was caused by the terrific storm which swept the city yesterday. Further particulars of the storm show…

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Heavy Storms Damage in Melbourne. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 February 1925 · page 5

Considerable damage was done in Melbourne yesterday afternoon as the result of a severe rainstorm. Part of St. Kilda road was flooded to a depth of six inches,…

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Railway Bridge Serious Damage by Flood. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 February 1925 · page 5

Eleven spans are affected by the flood damage to Inkerman railway bridge over the Burdekin River, and an actual break of about 250 feet in length. Some of the…

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Vessel in Dangerous Cyclone. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 February 1925 · page 5

A wireless message from the steamer Marella, bound from Thursday Island to Darwin, stated that the vessel was experiencing the full force of a gale of a…

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Severe Storm. Tree Across Telephone Lines Communication Interrupted. Boylston

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 February 1925 · page 5

A severe storm, accompanied by a torrential downpour of rain, wind, thunder, and vivid lightning, passed over Boylston this afternoon, nearly an inch of…

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Terrific Storm. Damage in Melbourne. Power Plant Ruined Electric Traffic Held Up. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 February 1925 · page 5

A terrific storm passed over Melbourne and suburbs this morning, doing considerable damage. When the lightning was at its worst…

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Seven Storms in Three Days

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 February 1925 · page 4

Seven storms were experienced in three days along the Tyringham road…

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Severe Storm

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 February 1925 · page 4

A terrific storm passed over the Lismore district on Wednesday last. Trees were blown down in all directions, no less than seven being thrown across the…

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Steamer in Storm Man Washed Overboard Auckland (N.z.)

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 February 1925 · page 5

The steamer Hororata, which arrived to-day from Liverpool, met with stormy weather three days out. Mountainous seas broke over the vessel, and two…

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Severe Storm Melbourne Again Seventy Mile an Hour Gale. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 February 1925 · page 3

Melbourne was swept by a cyclonic storm last night. At times the wind reached a velocity of 70 miles an hour. Extensive damage was done to business…

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Ketch Capsized. Gale in Tasmania. HOBART,Saturday

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 February 1925 · page 4

During a heavy gale which swept over Tasmania, the ketch Esperinzo capsized. The crew succeeded in reaching shore. Many orchards were destroyed. The…

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Cyclonic Storm Damage in Western Town. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 February 1925 · page 3

Mumbil, a raihway town a few miles from Wellington (N.S.W.), was visited by a cyclone last night. The Church of England building was blown down, the…

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Seven Deaths Heat in Queensland Storm, Fires, and Stock Mortality. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 February 1925 · page 2

The most oppressive day in Brisbane this summer was experienced on Saturday when the maximum shade temperature was 105.7, which is the highest ever…

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Church Demolished Storm Damage at Dungog. Dungog

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 February 1925 · page 4

A heavy storm swept over Dungog yesterday. The Methodist Church was partly demolished and the falling debris caused Scanes' blacksmith shop to…

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Gale in Channel South Coast Swept. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 5

The south coast of the Channel has been swept by a severe gale. Many vessels are in distress. A lifeboat from La Rochelle was…

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