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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1927

289 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 10 of 15

Rivers Rising Floods in Hawkes Bay District. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 July 1927 · page 5

The Hawkes Bay district is threatened with serious floods. Heavy rain of the past few days, with snow, have swollen the rivers beyond their limits. Roads…

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Makambos in Gale Horses Drowned--cargo Washer Overboard. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 July 1927 · page 5

On her last voyage to the New Hebrid the steamer Makambo was caught by cyclone during which a considerable quantity of deck cargo was washed over…

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Writ for Flood Damage

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 July 1927 · page 4

A writ for £5000 has been served on Cessnock "Municipal Council by Messrs. Woodgate and Walter, solicitors, on behalf of Arthur Scaroff, Ltd. The writ is…

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100 Drowned Floods in Saxony. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 July 1927 · page 5

Floods in Saxony caused a death roll exceeding one hundred…

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Nothing Intact Stupifying Suddenness Floods in Saxony Death Roll Exceeds 150 Columns of Water Destroy Villages. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 July 1927 · page 5

A DRESDEN MESSAGE STATES THAT AT LEAST 150 PERSONS ARE DEAD, AS A RESULT OF FLOODS IN THE MUEGLITZ…

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CANEFIELDS Storm Brewing Position Is Serious Police Collecting Firearms. Innisfail

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 July 1927 · page 5

Owing to the determined attitude adopted by both parties, the failure of the Brisbane conference to reach a settlement did not come as a surprise…

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CLOUDBURST Saxony Floods Wilderness of Mud Over 100 Dead in One Town. Berlin

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 July 1927 · page 5

The cloudburst in the Elbe valley caused shocking destruction, 109 being dead in Berghiessheubel alone. Many were visitors spending a summer holiday there…

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Severe Storm South London Flooded Tube Railways Disorganised London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 July 1927 · page 5

One of the most remarkable thunderstorms in the history of London broke in the Thames Valley this afternoon…

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Chaos and Filth The Saxony Flood Damage Estimated at £800,000 Death Roll Still Mounting. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 July 1927 · page 5

The deaths through the cloudburst in Saxony are now estimated at 200, and the death roll is mounting steadily as bodies are recovered in out of…

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Floods in China Thousand Chinese Drowned Thousands More May Perish. Shanghai

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 July 1927 · page 5

More than 1000 natives of Southern Anhwei were drowned and many thousands were left destitute and homeless as the result of the sudden rise of a…

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Floods in Assam Tea Gardens Inundated Cattle Swept Away. Calcutta

Daily Examiner · Monday 18 July 1927 · page 5

The tea gardens, in the district of Dibrugarh, Assam, are inundated to a depth of four feet over an area of 10 miles, as a result of the flooding of the…

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Rough Weather Cyclone Over Tasman Sea. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 July 1927 · page 5

The State Meteorologist, Mr. Mares, said to-day a cyclonic disturbance is now affecting the whole of the Tasman Sea, causing rough weather on the southern…

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Obituary Mr. W. A. GALE, C.M.G. CANBERRA

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 July 1927 · page 5

Mr. Walter Augustus Gale, C.M.G., Clerk of the House of Representatives, dropped' dead at Federal Parliament: House to-day. It is supposed that heart…

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Tropical Rains Floods in India Immense Areas Submerged. Calcutta

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 July 1927 · page 5

Unprecedented rainfall has caused floods in the State of Baroda, Western India, Resulting in the almost complete isolation of Bombay…

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Great Floods In Western India Cotton Crops Ruined Fifty Inches of Rain. Calcutta

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 July 1927 · page 5

A grave situation has been created in Western India by continued floods. The whole area of the Breach cotton crop is now under water, necessitating…

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Flood Prevention

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 August 1927 · page 4

A meeting of those interested in the welfare of Grafton and the surrounding districts, will be held at the Town Hall this afternoon, at 2 o'clock. This…

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Flood Protection Great Marlow Embankment Meeting at Grafton Action Decided Upon

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 August 1927 · page 3

A meeting of those interested in the repairing of Leonard's embankment was held at the office of Mr. W. A. Zuill yesterday afternoon, when there were…

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Twenty-five Drowned While Watching Flood Waters Mexico City

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 August 1927 · page 5

Twenty-five persons were drowned through the collapse of a bridge over the Contepe River near San Miguel. The victims were watching the flood waters as…

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Rain in Riverina Murray Flood Feared. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 August 1927 · page 5

Very heavy rain has fallen at Albury during the past few days. Serious floods are feared in the Murray River which is now up 12ft, and steadily rising while all…

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Storms in October Seasonal Forecast Recent Developments Suggest Wet Season

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 12 August 1927 · page 4

Conditions in the past five weeks have been in some respects rather unusual, and Queensland has seen the production of winter rains along the…

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