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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1930

230 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 4 of 12

Hunter to Manning Flood Falls Likely. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 March 1930 · page 4

The Weather Bureau states more rain, of a heavy nature, is indicated during the next few days, in the Hunter and Manning districts, and parts of the North…

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Father of Fifteen Drowned in Flooded Creek. Toowoomba

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 March 1930 · page 5

Thomas Seawright, 68, a man with a family of 15, was swept away with a horse while crossing Washpool Creek, in the Wallumbilla district, during a heavy…

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Floods in France 206 Dead—million Damage. Paris

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 March 1930 · page 5

Official statistics of the recent floods in the south–west of France are: Dead 206, houses wrecked 2693 acres flooded 358,000, damage approximately £1,000,000…

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Heavy Rain at Coff's

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 March 1930 · page 4

Very heavy rain fell at Coff's Harbor on Wednesday night. The rain commenced to fall at about 9 o'clock and continued until yesterday morning, and the…

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Launch in Storm Nine Persons Drowned. Belgrade

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 April 1930 · page 5

When the engine or a pleasure launch failed during a storm on Lake Oehrida, nine occupants tried to swim ashore and were drowned, including two diplomats, a…

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Heavy Storm

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 4 April 1930 · page 3

Upper Orara got the full force of the storm last night. About five inches of rain was recorded in a very short time and all the streams…

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Cut Off by Flooded Creeks

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 April 1930 · page 4

As the result of heavy rain experienced in portions of the Tallebudgera and Currumbin Creek aeas, near Coolangatta, several children attending the Ingleside…

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Torrential Downpour Storm at Nana Glen. Nana Glen

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 April 1930 · page 4

A terrific thunderstorm passed over the Nana Glen district on Thursday. The lightning was very vivid, and the storm was accompanied by a torrential…

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Overland Route to Perth Benefits From Floods Best Conditions for Years

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 April 1930 · page 3

Overland motorists arriving during the week-end from Perth state that conditions on the overland route between Perth and Adelaide are the best they have…

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Severe Storm Sydney and Suburbs Woman Rescued From Drowning. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 April 1930 · page 1

Sydney and suburbs were drenched by torrential rains by a storm which swept down with remarkable suddenness shortly after 8 o'clock to-night. The rain was…

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Heavy Rain

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Thursday 17 April 1930 · page 2

During the past week seven and a half inches of rain have been experienced in Dorrigo. The heaviest fall occurred on the 13th inst. when…

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Flood Fears Dispelled on Richmond

Daily Examiner · Thursday 17 April 1930 · page 4

The Richmond River expanded from a tranquil stream on Monday to an immoderate watercourse overnight, and had attained a height of 18 feet above normal…

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Aftermath of Floods

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 April 1930 · page 6

An official in the Federal Railway Department returned staggered apparently by the views that he had of strange animals on the route of the East-West…

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Disastrous Storm Trees Uprooted Campers Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 April 1930 · page 5

A disastrous storm struck Wyndang, on Lake Illawarra, last night. The water fell literally in sheets and a number of boats and launches were…

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Flood Warning North of the Clarence. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 May 1930 · page 4

The Weather Bureau to-night telegraphed flood warnings to Lismore, Murwillumbah, Mullumbimby and Tweed Heads, on the North Coast, and all towns…

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South of Sydney Heavy Rain and Floods Feared Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 May 1930 · page 4

Very heavy rain was reported south of Sydney during the past 24 hours, and floods are feared on the far Southern Rivers. At Bodalla, 620 points of rain…

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Disastrous Storm Japanese Fishing Fleet Losses Tokio

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 May 1930 · page 5

Last night the severest storm in history devastated the Japanese half of Saghalin Island, inflicting the heaviest losses on land and sea. It is estimated that 150…

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Texas Storm Death Roll Now 84. New York

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 May 1930 · page 5

A message from Dallas (Texas) stales it is now believed the dead will total 84, as the result of the "grasshopper" tornado, which leaped from one area to…

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Flood Feared Tweed River Rising. Murwillulmlbah

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 May 1930 · page 4

Torrential rain has fallen over the upper reaches of the Tweed River and at midnight, the upper river and all tributaries were in high flood…

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A Over Wharves? Fresh In Clarence Heavy Rain Up River Twenty Feet at Copmanhurst

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 May 1930 · page 4

Goods were shifted off the wharves at Grafton and South Grafton last night in anticipation of the flood waters rising during the night. It…

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