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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1932

152 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 8

"Viktoria and Her Hussar" New Musical Show Takes Europe by Storm

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 January 1932 · page 4

Perhaps once or twice in a decade, a musical show makes its appearance and achieves world-wide success. In all such cases it must be obvious that the secret…

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Warm Days Q'sland Floods This Year Forecast for 1932. Wet Summer and Winter

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 January 1932 · page 3

Rising temperatures may be expected during the week-end, with a light tendency to thunder and rain, but not very pronounced (writes Mr. l[?]go Jones on…

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Crops Levelled Storm in Western Australia. Perth

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 January 1932 · page 5

As the result of a violent storm at South Bulyalbin and Mount Hampton, six thousand acres of wheat on more than twelve farms were levelled. Only a…

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Severe Thunderstorm Crops Suffer at Karangi. Karangi

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 January 1932 · page 4

Saturday was one of the hottest days of the season, and a very severe thunderstorm came over in the evening. In the vicinity of O'Neil's, Cochrane's and…

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Kingsford Smith Start Delated by Gale. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 5

A gale, which also affected the regular cross-Channel air services, prevented Kingsford Smith leaving Hamble aerodrome with 700lbs. of mail for Australia…

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Storm Swept South Of England Shipping Severely Buffeted Lifeboats to the Rescue. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 5

The first of a series of storms, which, according to forecasts, are approaching from the Atlantic swept Southern England to-day…

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Copmanhurst Shire Meeting Of The Council Yulgilbar Flood Boat Proposed Lilydale Bridge

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 January 1932 · page 3

The January meeting of the Copmanhurst Shire Council was held at the Shire Chambers, Victoria street, Grafton, yesterday morning. There were present:…

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A Close Call During Thunderstorm Shock for Milkers. Ulmarra

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 4

Mr. C. Wilkinson, of Ulmarra, and his son, Frank, had a narrow escape from being struck by lightning during the storm on Wednesday afternoon. Whilst…

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Political Storm Early Election In Ireland President Cosgrave's Anxiety De Valera Active . LONDON

Daily Examiner · Monday 18 January 1932 · page 3

Behind the recent conferences of Ministers of the Irish Free State with the President of the Board of Trade, Mr. Walter Runcinman, lies the…

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In Flood Q'sland Coastal Rivers Main Traffic Held Up. Cairns

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 January 1932 · page 5

All the coastal rivers are in flood as the result of torrential downpours over the week-end. Some" centres have received no less than 30 inches since Friday…

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Cyclone Coming Working Down Queensland Coast Due at Week-end. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 January 1932 · page 5

The Weather Bureau advised today that an extensive cyclone system is working down the coast from Queensland to New South Wales and…

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Floods Falling Danger Past at Cairns. Cairns

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 January 1932 · page 5

Danger of further flooding is now past. The rain ceased to-day, and the flood waters are subsiding. Thousands of pounds worth of damage was sustained by…

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Floods in Southern Mississippi Thousands in Distress. Mobile (Alabama)

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 January 1932 · page 5

Reports from many towns in Southern Mississippi, particularly in the Tippo basin territory, indicate that floods have caused much suffering among the…

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Swept Away Q'sland Railway Bridge Townsville Floods Eighteen Inches in One Night. Townsville

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 January 1932 · page 5

The flood menace is still serious in many northern centres. The big railway bridge over the Elliott River was washed away,…

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Q'sland Floods Debris In Tree Tops All Records Eclipsed Railways Damaged. Townsville

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 January 1932 · page 5

An inspection of the Elliott River bridge made by the general manager of the Northern Division of the Railways shows that the flood in that area…

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Storm Period Widespread Rain Expected Forecast for Queensland

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 January 1932 · page 4

A new eruptive spot has appeared on the southern side of the sun's equator, writes Mr. Inigo Jones, in Brisbane "Daily Mail." This generally indicates…

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Caused by a Thunderstorm

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 January 1932 · page 3

A medical practitioner, who specialises in nervous diseases, informed a representative of the Brisbane "Courier" on Wednesday that as a consequence of a severe…

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Labor Movement "Will Weather the Storm." Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 February 1932 · page 5

Addressing the annual conference of the Victorian Labor party, the president, Mr. A. A. Calwell, said in Australia there were about 700,000 unemployed. Wages, he said,…

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Violent Storm Vivid Lightning Display Fire at Power Station

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 3

Vivid streaks of lightning shooting across the sky in various shapes, with repeated sharp, loud and sudden crashes of thunder, kept up a violent…

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Good Storm on Lower Clarence 1 12 Inches at Maclean. Maclean

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 4

A splendid storm of rain passed over the Lower Clarence after midnight on Sunday night. The storm, which was accompanied by vivid lightning, was…

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