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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1925

256 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 9 of 13

Floods Likely in Riverina. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 July 1925 · page 4

The Commonwealth Meteorologist, Mr. Hunt, stated to-day that further floods are probable in Gippsland and along the Lachlan and Murrumbidgee Valleys in New…

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Flood Protection

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 July 1925 · page 4

An important meeting of those interested in the formation of a union for the purpose of repairing the present flood embankments at Great Marlow and other…

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Flood Rains Cause Terrible Landslides 200 Chinese Buried Alive. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 July 1925 · page 3

The "Daily Express" Hongkong correspondent says a long period of heavy rains, culminating in eight inches in four hours, caused numerous landslides…

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Floods in Korea. Tokio

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 July 1925 · page 3

Press despatches from Korea Scarry news of a repetition of floods in the neighbourhood of Seoul owing to three days rains. All railway traffic has been…

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Floods in Korea. Tokio

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 July 1925 · page 5

The Korean Governor-General officially reports that the floods are subsiding, and rescue work is proceeding. All the victims are sheltering. The casualties…

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Korean Floods Serious Loss of Life. Tokio

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 July 1925 · page 5

The latest official reports from Seoul states that the water is rapidly subsiding. With the communications partially restored the lighting service is expected to be…

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To Prevent Floods

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 July 1925 · page 4

A flood prevention scheme is to be submitted to the ratepayers of South Murwillumbah by the municipal council. One estimate provides for the filling in of a…

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Letters to the Editor Avenue Flood Refuge Reserve

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 July 1925 · page 4

Sir,-- I would like to ask the secretary of the Avenue Reserve Trust publicly (and through, the medium of your widely read pages) for information concerning…

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Flood Protection

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 July 1925 · page 2

Representatives from widely separated parts of the Richmond River met at a public meeting held in Lismore on Tuesday to consider the question of minimis…

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Korean Floods 436 DROWNED, 315 Missing. Tokio

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 July 1925 · page 5

Following the Korean floods official figures show that 436 were drowned and 215 are missing, while the refugees total 101,431…

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Avenue Flood Refuge Reserve

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 July 1925 · page 6

Sir.--In your issue of Friday, 24th inst., appears a letter signed W. Hugh Pattemore, publicly requesting the secretary of the trustees of the above reserve to…

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Rough Passage Steamer in Gale. Wellington (N.z.)

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 August 1925 · page 3

The steamer Waimarino, which has arrived from Newcastle with 6000 tons of coal, experienced heavy weather on the voyage across. The vessel was repeatedly…

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Flood Rains at Detroit Two Deaths and Heavy Damage. Detroit

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 August 1925 · page 3

The heaviest rain ever recorded by the Detroit Weather Bureau fell on Saturday and resulted in two deaths and £800,000 damage. Four boats of the [?]rehibition…

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Korean Floods the Vast Toll. New York

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 August 1925 · page 5

A total of 400 drowned and 225,000 rendered homeless and property damage estimated at 65,000,000 yen is the vast toll of the floods which inundated the river…

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Flood Damage £2,000,000 in Claims. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 August 1925 · page 5

The Assistant Minister for Local Government, Mr. Fitzgerald, said to-night that applications for grants to pay for flood damages so far amounted to about…

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K.K.K. in Washington. Storm Breaks Up Meeting. Washington

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 August 1925 · page 3

White robed Klansmen from a score of States, estimated from 30,000 to 50,000, paraded the streets on Saturday and gathered at the foot of the Washington…

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Flood Palls and Stormy Conditions. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 August 1925 · page 4

The special forecast for the North Coast and Tablelands states: Unsettled With more rain, heavy, and some flood falls, stormy conditions with strong…

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Splendid Rains Weather Man's Warning Flood Falls Forecasted. Police Department Notified

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 August 1925 · page 4

The Clarence Valley generally was benefited greatly by the week end rains, which commenced to fall overnight on Saturday, and continued on Sunday…

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Letters to the Editor Avenue Flood Reserve Refuge

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 August 1925 · page 3

Sir,--May I further encroach on your space in reply to Mr. A. G. Bailey's letter of July 30. At the outset I will acknowledge my…

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Terrible Storm 4 Killed, 100 Injured Enormous Damage Netherlands Towns Wrecked. Amsterdam

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 August 1925 · page 5

The East Netherlands districts last evening were swept by a terrific thunderstorm, causing loss of life and much damage to property…

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