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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1927

289 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 15

Great Storms Scores of People Drowned Enormous Area Submerged . 30,000 People Homeless Disastrous Floods in America New York

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 April 1927 · page 5

THE TOLL OF LIFE AND DESTRUCTION TO PROPERTY BY STORMS IN THE MISSISSIPPI BASIN AND SOUTH AND CENTRAL…

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SIR W. Davidson Memorial Shattered by the Storm. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 April 1927 · page 5

The fine memorial erected by public subscriptions in honor of the memory of the late State Governor, Sir Walter Davidson, at South Head was shattered…

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Chiang's Authority Influence in Storm Centres the Yangtse Blockade Kai Shek and the Soviet. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 April 1927 · page 5

Foreign Office circles do not expect, any improvement in the Nanking situation until Chiang Kai Shek has had time to assert his authority, from which hiph hopes…

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DEVASTATION Mississippi Floods Eight States Swept Death and Destruction. New York

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 April 1927 · page 5

The gravity of the disaster caused by floods and cyclones is increasing hourly. At present it is estimated that there…

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£250,000 Damage What Cyclone Cost N. S. W. SYDNEY

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 April 1927 · page 2

A reliable authority estimates the cost of the damage in New South Wales through the recent cyclone at £250,000. This is a very conservative estimate…

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MISSISSIPPI Worst Flood in History River Towns Menaced £1,000,000 Relief Fund Opened. Vancouver

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 April 1927 · page 5

A Kansas city message says the bitter weather on Friday added to the horrors of thousands of flood victims, while disease has stricken the…

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Fleet of Boats To Rescue Flood Refugees Military in Control People Living on Housetops New York

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 April 1927 · page 5

A message from Memphis (Tennessee), states that General Green, commanding the Mississippi National Guard, has ordered forcible…

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Relief Work 150,000 Homeless the Mississippi Floods Concentration Camps for Refugees. New York

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 April 1927 · page 5

A MEMPHIS REPORT ESTIMATES THE DEAD IN THE FLOOD- STRICKEN AREA AT OVER 200. THE REFUGEES OF THE NEWLY…

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To Save City Relieving Flood Pressure Dynamiting River Walls to Inundate Country Settlers Armed with Machine Guns. New York

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 5

TO SAVE THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS FROM BEING FLOOD ED, THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, WITH. THE CONSENT OF THE…

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MARROONED Hundreds of Families in Flooded Districts the Mississippi Disaster. New York

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 April 1927 · page 5

A message from Memphis states that while it is impossible to state definitely the toll of the floods, Mr. Hoover, Secretary of Commerce, who is in charge of…

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APPALLING U. S. A. Floods 300,000 People Homeless Mississippi Still Rising. New Orleans

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 May 1927 · page 5

A 1000ft. long hole was blown in the embankment, 1500lbs. of dynamite being employed therein, late to-day, in a last effort to save this city from…

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Severe Storm Strikes Grafton Rain, Hail and Blow

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 May 1927 · page 4

A very severe storm struck Grafton shortly before 8 o'clock last night, when the town and town boundaries received the full force of heavy thunder,…

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U.S.A. Floods. Thousands of Refugees. Montreal

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 3 May 1927 · page 3

A New York message states that the flood situation in New Orlenas is generally believed to be more serious than was commonly understood, due…

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Slow But Sure Great Flood Rolls On Banks Break at Vicksburg Valuable Forest Lands Inundated. New Orleans

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 May 1927 · page 5

The great flood moves slowly but with terrible precision. Reports to-night indicated that the Vicksburg region. 235 miles from…

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Sydney Cyclone Botany Bay Tragedy Inquest on the Victims Story of Battle Against Strom. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 May 1927 · page 9

Inquests were opened to-day by the city coroner, Mr. Fletcher, into the deaths of persons who lost their lives during the cyclone on Easter Monday…

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Over Banks Mississippi Flood Disaster in Louisana Several Towns Menaced. New Orleans

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 May 1927 · page 9

Louisiana is fighting a losing battle against the crest of the Mississippi flood. The homes of 200,000 persons are in the path of the flood waters,…

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Rain Storms

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 6 May 1927 · page 4

The district has experienced several storms. On Thursday of last week a heavy storm, accompanied by hail in some parts, occurred. The hail…

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Mississipi Flood Fresh Inundations New Orleans

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 6 May 1927 · page 2

Fresh inundations will bring the total flooded area to 18,000 square miles and swell the number of affected homes to over half a million…

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Poignant Story the Queensland Floods

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 May 1927 · page 7

At the inquest into the deaths of a number of Italians who lost their lives in the recent flood in the Herbert River district, a dramatic and poignant story…

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Flood Waters Cover 15,000 Miles in Three American States. New Orleans

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 May 1927 · page 5

The devastation of four thousand square miles of Louisiana by the great flood was completed when two additional breaks occurred in the banks of the Mississippi…

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