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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1926

234 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 12

Flooded Creek Tragedy

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 January 1926 · page 4

Mr. Len. Hatcher, of Jelarban, near Glen Innes, was drowned last week when attempting to cross Rocky Creek, which was running a banker, following storm rains…

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Flood Refuge Tucabia Reserve Conversion of Special Lease Decision of Land Board

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 January 1926 · page 7

At the sitting of the Grafton Land Board on Tuesday an application by Gilbert Jesse Clark for the conversion of his special lease, No. 2046, Grafton, of 540…

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Two Thousand Lives Lost Floods in Mexico. Vancouver

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 January 1926 · page 5

A message from Nogales (Arizona) says that fully 2000 lives were lost and a thousand families are homeless as the result of recent floods in the State of Nayarit,…

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Gales in Tasman Sea. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 4

The Weather Bureau to-day issued a warning to shipping that strong southerly winds, gales, and rough to high sea were being experienced east of Bass Strait and…

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Storm Tossed Europe Remarkable Temperatures. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 January 1926 · page 5

England is now getting the tail end of the storm which plunged most of Europe into the bitterest of cold weather. Even Rome was covered in snow, and all liners…

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Storm in Servia. Belgrade

Daily Examiner · Monday 18 January 1926 · page 3

Belgrade was telephonically and telegraphically isolated by a storm of exceptional violence which swept over the country last night…

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Snow and Storms England and Continent Traffic Interrupted Hurricanes Cause Heavy Damage. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 18 January 1926 · page 3

It is many years since so much snow has fallen in London. Further heavy falls occurred last night and early this morning all over England and parts of…

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Heavy Rain in North Queensland. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 4

Heavy rain fell during the week end in North Queensland. Babinda registered no less than ten and a half inches, McDonnell recorded 5¼, and Cairns nearly…

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Correspondence Jetty lighting. And a Flood of Questions (To the Editor.)

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 20 January 1926 · page 2

Sir,—Can you tell us why this Jetty Township should be Conde[?]d to the [?] and inner [?] night, to streets, heroes,…

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Terrifying Storm Las Palmas in Ruins. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 January 1926 · page 5

Reuter's Madrid correspondent, describing the terrifying character of the storm at the Canary Islands, which lasted three days, states that reports from Las…

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Local and General. Heavy Storm

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 2

Dorrigo experienced a remarkable storm on Sunday afternoon. A large cloud drifted slowly across from the west and when over the town the…

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Brave Women Launched Lifeboat in Storm. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 5

The Royal Lifeboat Institution is presenting a letter of thanks, bound in vellum, to 35 women of Boulmer, situated in Grace Darling's district of the…

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No War Russo-China Dispute Only Storm in Teacup Chang Obeys Ultimatum

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 5

Reuter's Peking correspondent says the Soviet Consul-General telegraphed Karakhan to-day stating that Chang Tso Lin at 10.30 last night ordered the release of…

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Roofs Lifted Terrific Storm at Kempsey

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 January 1926 · page 4

Kempsey suffered severely in a terrific storm on Monday afternoon, the wind roared and the rain and hail fell in torrents. Some of the hail resembled jagged…

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Storm at Broome Hundred-mile an Hour Blow. Perth

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 January 1926 · page 5

Particulars of the storm at Broome on Friday and Saturday last show that hardly a house, tree, or structure of misdescription escaped the fury of the…

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Lives in Peril Freighters in Storm at Sea. New York

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 January 1926 · page 5

The lives of at least 60 seamen are in jeopardy on two steamships which are battling in mid-ocean against one of the worst storms ever encountered in the…

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Baryulgil a Violent Storm

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 7

The rainfall for 1925 is as follows: January 687 points, February 181, March 751, April 291, May 560, June 657, July 80, August 333, September nil, October…

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Climatic Disturbance Storm at Tamworth. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 5

A terrific storm was experienced at Tamworth district yesterday afternoon. Many roofs were blown off, fences blown down and telephone services interrupted…

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Rescued in Storm. Seamen Safe. London, Thursday Night

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 2

During a lull in the storm in mid-Atlantic in which the freighter Antinoe was wallowing for three days with the President Roosevelt standing…

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Storm Tossed Steamer Mid-atlantic Rescue Work. New York

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 5

During a lull in a storm in mid-Atlantic, in which the freighter Antinoe was wallowing for three days with the liner President Roosevelt standing by, the…

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