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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1931

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

Strange Death Electrocuted by Earphones During a Thunderstorm. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 December 1931 · page 5

Terrified twins, aged six crept from their cots and smuggled into their parents bed unaware that a thunderstorm had just electrocuted them…

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Houses Flooded Sewer Pipe Breaks. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 December 1931 · page 6

There was an extraordinary occurrence in the densely populated area of Miller's Point during the week-end when a large number of houses were partially flooded…

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Telegrams Severe Thunderstorm. Perth

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 December 1931 · page 3

During a severe thunderstorm, lightning struck the bush at the mouth of the Greenough River, and two men and a girl, who were fishing some distance…

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