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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1927

289 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 14 of 15

Rough Trip Liner Ballarat at in Storm. Capetown

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 November 1927 · page 5

The liner Ballarat arrived at Table Bay a day late after an exceptionally rough voyage. The captain said he had never known…

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Storm in U.S Cold Wave in Mid-west New York

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 November 1927 · page 5

Wind and rainstorms took toll of 13 lives throughout the United States and caused enormous property damage. A tornado which struck Washington also…

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The Weather Oppressive Heat and Thunderstorms

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 November 1927 · page 4

The weather at Grafton yesterday was hot and sultry, terminating in thunderstorms of short duration. Some good showers of rain fell, but the heat was…

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Wiped Out by Cyclone Village in Southern India. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 November 1927 · page 5

A cable message has been received by the Y.M.C.A. stating that Indukurpet, in Southern India, had been wiped out by cyclone, and that a pair of fine oxen given…

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Storm Wreck

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 November 1927 · page 4

In all parts of the Richmond River district may still be seen evidence of the violent storm on a recent Sunday evening, says "The Star." Trees are…

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Violent Storm

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 November 1927 · page 4

Mr. P. Knight, of Uralba road, via Alstonville, writes:--"Following on oppressive day on Monday a storm of unusual violence broke over the district at…

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1000 Unemployed Storm Adelaide Treasury Police Guard Overwhelmed. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 November 1927 · page 5

The police had to draw their batons to-day, to quell a disturbance caused by about 1000 unemployed, who attempted to storm the Treasury Building, to…

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Great Rains Tweed- Richmond Soaked Lighter Along Clarence Weather Bureau Issues Flood Warning

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 November 1927 · page 4

Yesterday the police and postal departments at Grafton received telegrams from the Weather Bureau, Sydney, stating that flood rains were…

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Repairing Storm Damage

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 November 1927 · page 4

A special meeting of Casino Municipal Council was held on Friday night to consider the matter of the storm damage to the power house and arranging for finance…

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Algerian Flood Sixty Europeans Perish Hundreds of Algerians Drowned. Algiers

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 November 1927 · page 5

Graphic details of the flood resulting from the bursting of a dam show that 60 Europeans and hundreds of Algerians perished…

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£4,000,000 Flood Damage in Algeria Several Hundreds Drowned. Algiers

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 December 1927 · page 5

It is still impossible to compile a complete list of the casualties in the Algerian floods, but the dead certainly exceed several hundreds…

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In Flood Richmond River People Leaving Homes Main Roads Under Water. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 December 1927 · page 4

Rain continued throughout the Richmond River district to-day, and it is still raining heavily to-night. After a few hours' freedom from rain…

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Orara River Show. Heavy Rain Both Days. Insurance Collected, But Show Suffers

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 2 December 1927 · page 2

Although the Orara River Agricultural Society has had about 20 wet shows out of the 23 held to date. this year's must of been one of the…

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Thousands Drowned in Algerian Floods Desolation Hardly Imaginable. Marseilles

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 December 1927 · page 5

M. Violette, a former Governor-General of Algeria, states that as a result of the floods, the fertile plains of Oran are covered with eight to twelve inches of…

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A Storm Incident

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 December 1927 · page 7

Mr. B. J. Wardell, a well-known racehorse owner, who resides, at the corner of Hume and Alderley streets, Toowoomba, relates a most unusual incident…

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Local and General Storm at Casino

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 December 1927 · page 4

A severe rain and hail storm passed over Casino on Saturday afternoon. Hail the size of marbles fell. Lightning struck the auction room of Mrs. Emma Pyers,…

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Storms in Queensland

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 December 1927 · page 4

During the week-end severe storms, accompanied in places by hail, were experienced in,many parts of south-western Queensland. Maize, grape and other…

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Fierce Storm Hail, Rain and Wind Damage in Rockhampton District. Rockhampton

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 December 1927 · page 4

A terrific storm broke over the Mount Larcomb district. The wind blew with hurricane force and hail the size of pigeon's eggs fell…

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Cold Wave Snow And Storms In U.S. 38 Dead--enormous Damage Blizzard in Canadian Prairies. Chicago

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 December 1927 · page 5

A cold wave which swept [?] across the continent within a week caused intense suffering and heavy property damage, especially in the…

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Deluge of Documents

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 December 1927 · page 4

A casual visitor to the Brisbane Supreme Court where a complicated will case was in full swing, on Thursday, might have been excused for mistaking the chamber…

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