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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1933

281 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 10 of 15

60 Dead Tropical Storm in Cuba. Havana (Cuba)

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 September 1933 · page 5

The death roll from a tropical storm which swept ports of Cuba on Friday mounted [?] on Saturday night as communications were…

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Drought and Flood Relief for Crown Tenants

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 September 1933 · page 4

The Minister for Lands (Mr. Buttenshaw) stated yesterday that all applications by Crown settlers for relief on account of losses incurred prior to…

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Hurricane and Floods Deaths May Exceed 130. Mexico City

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 September 1933 · page 5

Floods which resulted in over thirty deaths at Tampico continued in various parts of Northern Mexico following tin hurricane. It is estimated that the…

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'Disheartening' Explanation Wanted Bellingen Shire and Flood Relief. Bellingen

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 September 1933 · page 3

When shown an intimation from Mr. R. S. Vincent, M.L.A., that the Local Government Department had declined to grant Bellingen any assistance in…

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Great Flood Recalled Five Lives Lost In 1863 Rescues From Trees

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 September 1933 · page 6

With the passing of 70 years what was known as "the great flood of February 15, 1863" when five persons lost their lives at Tabulam, is now but a faint memory and it is becoming increasingly difficult to trace the full facts of this tragic event in the early carrying days of the North…

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Thunderstorm Welcome Rain Yesterday 115 Points at Ulmarra

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 September 1933 · page 4

Light and scattered showers fell at Grafton on Saturday and a heavy thunderstorm experienced shortly after 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon provided a welcome…

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Hail in Ulmarra District Sunday's Storm Falls. Ulmarra

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 September 1933 · page 4

The storm which passed over Ulmarra district on Sunday seemed to be of a general nature and extended as far as Wooli Heavy falls of hail, were experienced in…

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Talkies Garden and Prince Edward Theatres. "Tess of the Storm Country."

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 September 1933 · page 3

The Fox Films drama, "Tess of the Storm Country," which will commence this evening at the Garden Theatre and Wednesday at the Prince Edward Theatre,…

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Talkies Garden and Prince Edward Theatres. "Tess of the Storm Country."

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 September 1933 · page 8

Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell will be seen at the Garden and Prince Edward Theatres to-night and to-morrow night, in their latest Fox romance, "Tess…

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Talkies Garden and Prince Edward Theatres. "Tess of the Storm Country."

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 September 1933 · page 2

The romantic Pox drama, "Tess of the Storm Country," featuring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell, will be seen this evening at the Garden and Prince…

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Destructive Hail Sunday's Storm at Calliope Crops and Vegetables Damaged Calliope

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 September 1933 · page 4

A very destructive storm passed over here last Sunday afternoon. It was accompanied by terrific wind and hail. Although only 58 points of rain were…

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FLOODS 50,000 Lives Lost Tremendous Toll in China Earthquake Disaster--7000 Dead Shanghai

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 September 1933 · page 5

When it's not war, it's famine, floods, or earthquakes, which annually take tremendous toll of China, as shown in the official reports issued at…

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Randwick Soaked Heavy Rain in Sydney Track Will Be Heavy. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 October 1933 · page 3

Heavy rain which commenced to fall about 3 a.m., is still sweeping Sydney to-night. The prospects for to-morrow are from rosy. Parts of the…

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FLOODS Threaten In Q'sland Torrential Rains Reported Twenty Inches in Burnett District Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 October 1933 · page 4

A greater portion of Queensland, including the south-west, central west and the whole of the southern portion, received a drenching over the…

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Train Delayed by Gale

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 October 1933 · page 5

The fruit train, loaded with 500 tons of fruit, struck a gale the other side of the border on Wednesday, and coming up the gradient took half an hour to cover two…

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In Storm Mast Carried Away Sails Badly Damaged Ketch Limps Into Port. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 October 1933 · page 5

With the mainmast broken off a few feet from the deck and her sails torn almost to pieces, the auxiliary ketch, The Hawk, of 85 tons gross,…

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More Rain Heavy Downpours Thunderstorms in Places Rivers Rising

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 October 1933 · page 4

After a particularly wet week-end, culminating in a torrential downpour between 1 a.m. to 3 a.m., the weather was fine for several hours at Grafton yesterday…

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Rivers Rising Flood Conditions in Q'sland. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 October 1933 · page 4

Flood conditions in several rivers in the interior continue to disrupt the mail services and transport which are unable to [?]roach Thargomindah in the south-west…

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Floods in North-west Namoi and Macintyre Over Banks. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 October 1933 · page 4

Several rivers in the far north-western portion of New South Wales rose to dangerous heights during the night, and fears are expressed to-day of the…

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Floods at Narrabri Six Feet to Reach the Town. Narrabri

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 October 1933 · page 2

The flood position at Narrabri, where the Namoi River is steadily rising, is reported to be serious to-day, and residents on the outskirts of the town have been…

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