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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1926

234 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 12

Struck by Cyclone Western Village Wrecked. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 January 1926 · page 5

Bobadah, near Dubbo, was struck by a cyclone at six o'clock last night. Practically every building in the town was unroofed. A thousand gallon tank was…

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Gales and Floods European Weather a Night Calamity Aerials Damaged. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 5

Yesterday's gale was followed last night by an 85-mile-an-hour hurricane and intense thunderstorms in London and elsewhere. Much minor damage. was done,…

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Severe Storm Damage at Pago Pago. Pago Pago

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 5

American Samoa was struck on Friday by the most severe storm for more than 20 years. Pago Pago, bay is covered with much wreckage, including the debris of…

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Campers Flooded Out

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 4

Shortly after 2 o 'clock on Thursday morning last a cloud burst occurred at Evans Head, and in less than three hours six inches of rain fell. Campers who had…

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Torrential Rain Floods in Queensland Twelve Inches at St. George. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 5

Rainfall of a torrnetial nature was. experienced oyer parts of southern Queensland on Saturday. Chinchilla received nearly eight inches…

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Great Floods National Disaster BELGIUM & Netherlands Enormous Damage Reported Flood Conditions in France and England. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 5

Floods, which have assumed the character of a national disaster, have occurred in Belgium and the Nether lands…

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Record Floods Situation In Belgium Inland Sea in France Train Traffic Disorganised. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 5

Reuter's Brussels correspondent says the King and Queen of Belgium have subscribed two million francs to the national fund for the victims of the floods,…

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Cloud Burst Railway Under Water Terrific Storm Near Wagga. Wagga

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 January 1926 · page 5

A terriffic storm was experienced a few miles from Wagga last night. As a result the railway line for about 20 chains on the north side of Harefield station was…

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Armidale Gasworks Again Flooded. Armidale

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 January 1926 · page 5

Torrential rain fell over the town late yesterday afternoon and the rapidly rising water flooded the gasworks, cutting off the town's gas supply and suspending the…

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Shield Match Heavy Rain Stops Play. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 5

There was no play to-day in the Sheffield Shield match between South Australia and Victoria, owing to heavy rain which has fallen in Melbourne. The wicket, which…

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Flood Refuge Reserve

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 4

Attention is invited to an advertisement appearing in to-day's issue relative to an application by the holder of a special lease of the flood refuge reserve,…

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The Floods Enormous Devastation Thousands Idle --Widespread Distress. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 5

Reuter's Berlin correspondent says the subsidence of the great floods in Rhineland is revealing enormous devastation. Twenty thousand houses were damaged…

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Samoan Cyclone Copra Outfut Affected. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 5

Mr. Salmon, a well-known Island merchant of Sydney, has received information that a cyclone which struck Samoa was more severe than at first reported…

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European Floods Rescues From Attics Record in Netherlands Many Awaiting Rescue. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 5

Reuter's Amsterdam correspondent states that while the Rhine, the Waal and the Meuse have fallen the river Ysel has reached a record height. Thousands of…

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The Floods Seine River Rising. Amsterdam

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 January 1926 · page 5

The Pope has given 20,000 florins towards the flood relief funds. In order to prevent pillaging the authorities have prohibited unauthorised…

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Floods in Mexico Many Lives Reported Lost. Mexico City

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 January 1926 · page 5

Heavy loss of life is feared in several towns which were destroyed by floods in the State of Nayarit. The city of Sanblab suffered severely, but the number of…

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Storm on U.S. Coast. Score of Deaths and Much Damage. New York

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 January 1926 · page 5

Nearly a score of persons perished, numerous others were injured and considerable damage was done to shipping on the Atlantic Coast as the result of a snow and…

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Floods in France. London, Monday Night

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 13 January 1926 · page 2

neuters Paris correspondent reports that the Seine and all its tributaries are falling…

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Thames Flood. Subsiding Rapidly. London, Monday Night

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 13 January 1926 · page 2

The Thames floods are subsiding rapidly at and points. The fields and roads are re-emerging from the wasters…

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The Floods Subsiding Everywhere. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 January 1926 · page 5

The Thames floods are subsiding rapidly at all points, and the fields and roads are again emerging from the waste of waters…

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