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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1930

230 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 6 of 12

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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Flood Protection Great Marlow Embankment Further Work Required

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 June 1930 · page 2

The necessity for further work in connection with the flood embankment at Great Marlow was disclosed at the meeting of the Copmanhurst…

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Floods Gippsland District Crop and Stock Losses. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 June 1930 · page 4

Floods are reported from several parts of Gippsland where rain has been falling since Sunday. The rivers are expected to overflow on low-lying parts…

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Avenue Flood Refuge Trustee Control to Continue

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 June 1930 · page 4

Mr. A. J. Pollack, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Under-Secretary for Lands, in regard to "The Avenue" Flood Refuge, reserve No. 52411,…

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In a Gale Steamer Battered Five Motor Cars Swept Overboard. Townsville

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 June 1930 · page 5

The American tramp steamer Beulals had a narrow escape from being overwhelmed by huge waves during a heavy gale 100 miles east of Townsville…

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Heavy Weather Gales and Torrential Rains Coastal Aula Suffers. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 June 1930 · page 4

Torrential rains swept the coastal area yesterday, between four and six incites being reported at all centres as far as Raymond Terrace, while stations north of…

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Deluge Will Contiue. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 June 1930 · page 5

The Acting Meteorologist, Mr. Camm, stated to-night that latest reports showed heavy rain was falling on the North Coast this evening, accompanied by high winds…

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Dalmorton Heavy Storm

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 June 1930 · page 6

The weather for the past week has been very unsettled, with the four seasons blended into one. A very severe frost --practically the only one of this winter…

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Storm Missed Macleay Only Slight Rise Expected

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 June 1930 · page 5

A message from Kempsey last night stated that 120 points of rain had fallen there for the 24 hours to nine o'clock yesterday morning. Nothing more than a…

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Disastrous Floods Hastings, Manning and Hunter Rivers Enormous Area of Country Under Water Rail and Road Traffic at Standstill All Sydney-north Coast Trains Cancelled Fourteen Inches of Rain--deluge Continues

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 June 1930 · page 5

Flood conditions--the worst for very many years--obtain over the Lower North Coast from the Hastings to the Hunter. All the rivers have broken their banks and disastrous inundations are occurring. For the 48 hours ending yesterday afternoon nearly 14 inches fell on…

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Hastings Up Disastrous Flood Feared River Over Banks Over 13 Inches of Rain Road and Rail Traffic Blocked Wauchope

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 June 1930 · page 5

The Hastings River district has been deluged with rain, unprecedented in the history of the district. Nearly 14 inches have fallen at Wauchope…

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Over Banks Manning In Flood People Leaving Homes Two Punts Adrift

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 June 1930 · page 5

A report from Taree last night stated that six and a half inches of rain fell there for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday, and rain continued…

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Rough Trip Pulganbar in Gale. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 June 1930 · page 7

The steamer Pulganbar encountered terrible weather on the voyage from Byron Bay to Sydney with a cargo of cattle. Many of the animals were…

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Wild Weather Lower Mid-rivers Deluged Heavy Damage by Floods

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 20 June 1930 · page 2

Torrential rains caused heavy floodings in the Hunter, Manning and Hastings rivers during the week. Considerable damage was done,…

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Serious Floods. All Mails Dislocated

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 20 June 1930 · page 2

Some of the heaviest floods on record, from, the Hastings to Maitland during the early part of this week, have caused a tremendous dislocation…

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M's.l.a. Delayed by Floods Thirty-six Hours in Train. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 June 1930 · page 4

The absence of several members of Parliament, due to their inability to roach Sydney owing to the floods, resulted in the adjournment of the Legislative Assembly…

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Packing Up People On Macleay River in Flood Farmers Shifting Stock. Kempsey

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 June 1930 · page 5

Heavy rain all last night and throughout to-day over the Macleay River valley and watershed has flooded the Macleay, and it is now…

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Flood Waters Receding In the Hunter, Manning and Hastings Macleay River Now in Flood Sydney-North Coast Trains Again Cancelled Record Flood in Hunter Valley

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 June 1930 · page 5

With the except ion of the Macleay River, where heavy rain on Wednesday night and yesterday has caused flooding, flood waters in Lower Coast rivers are receding and the weather is again line. The Sydney Weather Bureau has Issued a statement that the Hood in the…

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Flood Waters Receding in Manning Two Men Rescued by Police Boat. Taree

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 June 1930 · page 5

The Manning River early this morning reached its maximum height, only 29 inches below the great flood of February of last year, and is now…

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Clarence Watershed Rivers Rising Slowly No Immediate Flood Danger

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 June 1930 · page 5

Although the weather conditions yesterday, in the Mid-Clarence district, between Grafton and the seaboard, suggested the possibility of…

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