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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1931

223 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 10 of 12

Storm in France Damage to Crops and Railway. Paris

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 September 1931 · page 3

Storms swept Central and Southern France and caused damage, amounting; to several million francs. The railway was cut in three places near Cluny. Bridges…

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Flood Protect[?] Railway Levee Ba[?] Question of Height

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 September 1931 · page 4

The question of the height of way levee bank now being constru[?] Victoria street, Grafton, was against consideration at the meeting of the [?]…

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Cause of Floods Tweed River Investigations, Tweed Heads

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 September 1931 · page 6

With the object of minimising flood damage some months ago the Tweed District Council of the Primary Producers' Union requested the Public Works…

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Storm's Toll More Than 1200 Dead Plague and Fire Follow Destruction of City. New York

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 September 1931 · page 5

A message from Tegucigalpa (Honduras) says Belize reported on Sunday that plague had broken out in that city following upon the…

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Six Incinerated Big 'Plane Caught in Storm. Bucharest

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 September 1931 · page 5

A Fokker air liner from Paris crashed in flames at Balachica. The six occupants were incinerated. There was ominous silence after the…

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Night on Beach Smith Caught In Storm Fainting Attacks Try to Make Up Lost Time

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 September 1931 · page 5

Lost for a night during which time he sat wet to the skin in his plane on a sand beach where he landed after dark fighting his way through a…

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Wool Sheds Wrecked Violent Storm in Hill End District Hill End

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 October 1931 · page 5

A violent storm passed over the Hill End district yesterday. Woolsheds were wrecked and trees were uprooted, blocking the main road for four hours. One…

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Floods in India Damage and Loss of Life in Madras Province. Calcutta

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 October 1931 · page 5

Disastrous floods followed in the wake of the late south-west monsoon in Madras Province, and communications between many towns have been completely…

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Wedding Phipps--gale

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 October 1931 · page 3

At the Chatswood Central Methodist Church on the afternoon of September 7, the marriage took place of Doris, fourth daughter of the late Mr. A. P. Gale and…

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Rain and Hail Storm at Tweed Heads. Tweed Heads

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 October 1931 · page 4

A thunderstorm accompanied by torrential rain and lasting three-quarters of an hour was experienced late this afternoon. Hailstones the size of pigeons' eggs fell,…

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Cyclonic Storm

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 October 1931 · page 4

At Coolangatta, following on light showers in the early part of Tuesday, a severe thunderstorm developed about 4 o'clock, and heavy rain fell, at times…

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More Rain Expected. Warmer Days and Storms

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 30 October 1931 · page 4

Further rains are now expected, owing to the effect of the southern sunspot group, whose first appearance, was responded to by relief rains, in so…

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Beneficial Storms Dry Spell Breaks on Plateau Some Substantial Falls

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 30 October 1931 · page 2

Light to moderate fails of rain have been experienced over the whole plateau during the week, and as a result pastures, which were short and…

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A Severe Storm Crops Suffer Damage Hail the Size of Cricket Balls

Daily Examiner · Saturday 31 October 1931 · page 4

A particularly severe hailstorm was experienced at Jackadgery between 3.30. and 4.15 o'clock yesterday afternoon, when, according to Mr. W. J…

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Fierce Storm Circus Tent Blown Down Elephants Go to Hotel Damage at Ballina. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 November 1931 · page 5

Roofs were torn off and flying iron sheets menaced stray pedestrians, trees were uprooted and buildings lifted bodily from their foundations,…

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Violent Storm

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 3 November 1931 · page 2

A violent storm, with a hurricane of wind, struck Ballina on Saturday afternoon. Roofs of buildings were torn off and trees uprooted. Some…

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Storms Soon. Increasing Rainfall. Wet Summer Predicted

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 3 November 1931 · page 4

Storminess may now be expected, wrote Mr. Inigo Jones on Friday last owing to the progress to the storm region of the sun of the spot to which…

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Grafton Council Flood Protection Victoria Street Embankment Public Baths Improvements

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 November 1931 · page 2

The regular meeting of the Grafton City Council was held last night, there being present: The Mayor (Aid. W. T. Robinson), Aids. John Reid, C. H…

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Storm in England French Schooner Wrecked. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 November 1931 · page 5

Great Britain and surrounding coasts to-day experienced a violent gale. The French three-master schooner, St. Anne, went ashore at Port Leven, near…

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Further Storms. Lower Temperatures

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 6 November 1931 · page 2

Further storminess may yet be expected at intervals, writes Mr. lnigo Jones, and later a period of lower temperature, with further warmth and…

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