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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1930

230 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 5 of 12

Passing Flood Danger. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 May 1930 · page 4

The Acting Weather Man, Mr. Camm, stated on Saturday that there was a danger of floods in Tweed, Clarence and Rich- mon Rivers as the rainfall on the North…

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Damaged by Storm

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 May 1930 · page 4

About 4.30. on Wednesday afternoon a storm began to blow from the west at Julia Creek (Q). The blow lasted for half an hour, and there was a good deal…

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Fierce Storm Worst For Years Baths Smashed to Pieces Sixty Miles an Hour Wind. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 May 1930 · page 4

Melbourne and parts of Victoria have been swept by the worst storm for years, and, owing to the breakdown of many communications with…

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Cyclone at Sea Raging Over Tasman. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 May 1930 · page 1

The Weather Bureau to-day issued the following warning to shipping: A cyclonic disturbance is now apparently centred near longitude 160 degrees, and latitude…

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P.P. BOARD Chairman Again MR, W. F. Ellis Re- Elected Avenue Flood Reserve

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 May 1930 · page 3

A meeting of the directors of the Grafton Pastures Protection Board was held at the board's office, Victoria street, Grafton, on Tuesday morning, there being…

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Off Again Disappointed, But Cheerful Heroine of Lone Flight Leaves Rangoon in Heavy Rain. Rangoon

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 May 1930 · page 5

Miss Amy Johnson resumed, her flight to Australia, leaving here at 10.30 for Bangkok in heavy rain, but the wind was not strong…

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Loss of Life Storm and Flood Heavy Damage in Tennessee. Memphis (Tennessee)

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 May 1930 · page 5

Sixteen were killed and approximately 100 injured, the majority being Negroes, when a tornado swept the cotton plantations…

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Lone Airwoman Safe Desperate Fight, Against Terrible Storms Thought This Was the End Petrol Exhausted--Landed In Mid-Java Thrilling Story of Flight Over Sea Reached Sourabaya Yesterday--due Darwin Friday Weltevreden

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 May 1930 · page 5

Miss Amy Johnson is safe, having landed in a small, cleared patch on, a sugar estate in Mid Java. Battling through terrific rainstorms over the Java Sea, which she crossed and recrossed. in an effort to escape from the elements, she used up…

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Flood Refuge Avenue Reserve Meeting of Stockowners Objection to Special Lease Proposal

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 May 1930 · page 7

A meeting of stockowners was hold in the Council Chambers, Ulmarra, on Tuesday last, to consider what steps should be taken to prevent the Avenue Flood…

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Flood Reserve At Round Mountain Proposed Curtailment Inquiry Before the Grafton Land Board

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 May 1930 · page 7

A greater part of yesterday's sitting of the Local Land Board at Grafton was occupied in the consideration of a reference to the Minister to inquire as to…

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Perilous Flight Storm-Ridden Java Sea Rainbows and Rain "I Almost Lost My Nerve." Darwin

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 May 1930 · page 5

In an interview to-day, Miss Johnson said, she undertook the flight to demonstrate the safety of present-day aeroplanes…

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Round Mountain As a Flood Reserve Land Board Inquiry

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 May 1930 · page 6

On Saturday morning the Local Land Board, consisting of Mr. F. E. Fry (chairman) and Messrs. J. A. McLachlan and J. S. Woolnough, heard further evidence in…

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To Be Revoked Board's Recommendation Round Mountain Flood Reserve Long Inquiry Concluded Yesterday

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 May 1930 · page 7

Yesterday morning the Local Land Board, consisting of Mr. F. E. Fry (chairman) and Messrs. J. A. McLachlan and J S. Woolnough, heard further evidence in…

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Seven Killed Train Blown Off Line Cyclone in India. Calcutta

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 May 1930 · page 5

Seven were killed and several injured when a cyclone struck and completely derailed an entire passenger train near Monghyr, in Bihar and Orissa, last night…

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Hotel Fire Coolangatta Sensation Inmates Narrowly Escape with Lives Fierce Easterly Gale Fans the Flames. Coolangatta

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 June 1930 · page 6

Last night a fierce gale raged, accompanied by torrents of rain and shortly after midnight a fire broke out at Ajax's Coolangatta Hotel. With the…

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A Violent Storm

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 3 June 1930 · page 2

A violent south-west gale, which blew at 40 to 50 miles an hour, caused extensive damage in Sydney and suburbs on Sunday night, The…

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Severe Gale Damage In Sydney Ships Blown Ashore South Coast Washaways. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 June 1930 · page 5

Considerable damage was reported from city and suburbs during last night's gale. Scaffolding was blown down front various buildings under cons!ruction, and…

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Drowning Fatality Youth Loses Life in Flooded River

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 June 1930 · page 4

In attempting to cross, on horseback. the low-level bridge at Byangum when it was about two feet under water on Sunday morning, a youth named Jack Walter…

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Best for Years Rain at Week-end Flood Damage South of Hawkesbury. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 June 1930 · page 5

The Acting State Meteorologist, Mr. Camm, stated to-day that the rain was the best general rain for over a year. He added that it should assure bounteous…

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Moving Southward Cyclonic Storm Passes. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 June 1930 · page 3

The Acting State Meteorologist, Mr. Camm, stated this morning that the centre of the cyclonic disturbance has moved southward away from the coast and…

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