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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1929

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Havic in Fiji. Floods and Shipwrecks 17 Bodies Recovered--12 Others Believed Lost. Suva

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 December 1929 · page 5

The auxiliary cutter, Tue Cakau, struck Wakaya reef and disappeared in a squall. It is feared that J. Hennings, owner, and 11 others, who were aboard. were drowned…

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Thames Floods. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 December 1929 · page 2

The floods in the Thames Valley continued to recede rapidly to-day. A fall of over a foot in the river during the last 24 hours has been recorded at…

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Storm Tendency Heavy Rain Due Soon

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 December 1929 · page 11

Mr. Inigo Jones' prediction was a tendency to storminess owing to the passage of a spot group across the sun's south-eastern limb. But though this spot had…

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In Darkness While Fighting Storm Giant Plane Hits Mountain Long Distance Machine's Crash. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 December 1929 · page 5

It is now known that the giant monoplane which Squadron-Leader Jones Williams and Flight-Lieutenant Jenkins were flying non-stop from…

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Violent Storm Sweeps England and Ireland. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 December 1929 · page 5

The English Channel was swept by a sudden heavy gale, forcing many vessels to seek port. The storm raged with terrific violence throughout Southern Ireland last…

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Cyclonic Storm Christmas Eve Blow Electric Light Fails Telephonic Interruptions

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 December 1929 · page 8

On Tuesday afternoon (Christmas Eve) a cyclonic disturbance of unusual severity passed over the Grafton district and was far-reaching in its…

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Ketch Safe Carried Out To Sea Storm and Current Hundred Miles Off Course. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 December 1929 · page 5

Blown 100 miles off her course by a terrific storm and feared to have been wrecked, the ketch Corwa, on the Lismore Brisbane service, returned…

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Heavy Rain Good Falls in the Riverina. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 December 1929 · page 2

Heavy rain has fallen in the Riverina. An inch was recorded in some places. Three inches were recorded at Harden, while at Temora the fall was so heavy…

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Severe Damage Houses Unroofed Miles of Telegraph Lines Down Further Effects of Christmas Eve Storm

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 December 1929 · page 2

The effects of the cyclonic disturbance experienced in some parts of the Clarence River district on Christmas Eve were even more serious than…

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Moderate to Heavy Rain Most Parts Of State Benefit. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 31 December 1929 · page 5

Moderate to heavy rain was recorded generally during the week-end in the north-east quarter. Light to moderate rain was fairly general on the South Coast,…

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Gales Fury Renewed In England House Falls on Family Havoc in France. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 31 December 1929 · page 5

Renewed gales along the coast, extending inland, have been responsible for considerable damage, tearing off roofs and uprooting large trees…

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