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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1926

234 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 9 of 12

Floods in Southern France Enormous Damage Reported. Paris

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 September 1926 · page 5

Floods following heavy storms in Southern France caused enormous damage near Monte Pellier. Grape vines were uprooted and washed…

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Severe Storm Lightning at Junee. Junee

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 September 1926 · page 5

A storm of terrific nature, bringing with it rain, hail, wind, _and lightning, passed over Junee yesterday. Allan Boyston, 20, received a shock…

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20 Deaths Floods in Us.a, Twelve Million Dollars Damage. Chicago

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 September 1926 · page 5

Drenching rains bringing floods in many sections of the Middle West, caused over 12,000,000 dollars worth of damage and resulted in the deaths of at least 20…

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His Old 'Bus Cobham's De Haviland Aviator at Akyab. Dodged Storms Prom Rangoon. Akyab

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 September 1926 · page 5

To-day we had a remarkable flight from Rangoon to Akyab, when we successfully ran the gauntlet between continual torrential monsoon rain storms, inasmuch…

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HURRICANE And Flood Rains 2000 Buildings Destroyed Seventy. Dead at Miami

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 September 1926 · page 5

A hurricane visited Florida, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Bahamas (West Indies) on Friday evening, and caused…

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'Our Old Storm' Cobham's Watery Way Half Day Late Costs Days Aviators at Calcutta. Calcutta

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 September 1926 · page 5

Captain Cobham tells in this exclusive message, how he missed fine weather by half a day, at Penang, where the monsoon headed him, and…

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The Florida Hurricane Thousand Dead and Five Thousand Injured Property Damage Is Estimated at £20,000,000 Floods and Tidal Wave Follow Terrific Blow Many Towns and Cities Wrecked New York

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 September 1926 · page 5

From the reports of the New York "Times" correspondents at various places along the Florida East Coast, devastated by the hurricane, floods and tidal wave of Saturday, it is estimated that the dead will total a thousand and the injured up to 5000…

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Heavy Storm Camel Driver's Experience. Broken Hill

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 September 1926 · page 4

A violent storm passed over Fowler's Gap, north of Broken Hill, yesterday. The storm-swept area was about four miles wide. Rain fell in torrents,…

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A National Caiamity Great Storm Still Raging in Florida Death Roll Is Estimated at 1500 Pictures of Stark Tragedy in Stricken Area Many Thousands of People Are Homeless Army, Navy and Red Cross to Rescue New York

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 September 1926 · page 5

Florida is no longer a catastrophe effecting a single State, but has assumed the nature of a national calamity, which is comparable only to the San Francisco earthquake, and the Galveston flood, although probably not equal to the latter concerning loss of life…

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Dodged Storms Cobham at Allahabad Drifting Seaplane Exciting Mooring Incident. Allahabad

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 September 1926 · page 5

Captain Cobham arrived here at 2 o'clock. It is raining heavily. He is leaving to-morrow for Delhi. (Copyright)…

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400 DEAD The Miami Disaster Storms Still Raging Five Thousand Injured. Miami

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 September 1926 · page 5

It was estimated to-day that 400 are dead, 5000 injured and 50 missing, as a result of the hurricane which devastated 60 miles of the East Coast…

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Floods in India. Calcutta

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 September 1926 · page 5

An abnormal rainfall of 22 inches in three days is causing flood conditions in central and eastern India. Bridges on the mail line between Calcutta and Bombay…

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Gale in Fiji £5000 Damages at Levuka. Suva

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 September 1926 · page 5

A heavy gale and cloudburst struck Levuka on Friday. Two concrete bridges and three buildings were destroyed. The municipal damage amounts to £5000,…

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Worst for 20 Years Storm at Maitland. West Maitland

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 September 1926 · page 4

The worst storm for 20 years swept over Maitland this afternoon. Torrents of rain fell, accompanied by hail, and great destruction was caused to property…

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Swiss Floods Disaster Threatened Glacier Pocket Bursts Simplon Railway Closed. Geneva

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 September 1926 · page 5

Wide areas in Switzerland are threatened with disaster by floods. The town of Lavey is completely flooded, and it is feared that the famous…

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Extraordinary Stories. Floods in India. Calcutta

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 5 October 1926 · page 3

Over 260 have were lost in [?] in Mandia and central provinces recentiy. Some extraordinary stories are…

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Thunderstorm at Grafton

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 October 1926 · page 4

The sultry weather conditions obtaining at Grafton yesterday terminated in a thunderstorm last night. The storm broke at about 9.30, but very little rain fell…

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100 Drowned Floods in India Prisoners Told to Save Themselves. Calcutta

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 October 1926 · page 5

Over 100 lives have been lost by floods in Mandla, Central Provinces. Extraordinary stories are to hand. It is said that the floods rose rapidly, and…

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A Violent Storm

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 8 October 1926 · page 4

Coffs Harbor does things big even in storms. A thunder storn which passed over the town on Tuesday night, about 10 o'clock, was a [?]…

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Flood Prevention

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 October 1926 · page 4

Lismore Chamber of Commerce described as "evasive" a reply from the Department of Public Works, regarding a flood prevention scheme. When the Minister…

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