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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1933

281 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 9 of 15

Karangi Severe Storm

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 July 1933 · page 5

The district has received another drenching and all creeks and the river were well over their banks. About eight or nine inches of rain fell during the…

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Jews Beaten Nazis Raid Berlin School One Victim Dies Desecration of Synagogue Vandalism by Storm Troops. Berlin

Daily Examiner · Monday 31 July 1933 · page 5

A Jewish telegraph agency circulates a report that Nazi Storm Troops on Monday last carried off 16 Jewish students, with their teacher,…

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War on 'Reds' Alleged Plot In Germany general round up Discoveries by Storm Troops Many Suspects Arrested. Berlin

Daily Examiner · Monday 31 July 1933 · page 5

Despite the authorities ferocious measures to suppress Communism, the secret police declare that the movement has only been driven…

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On River Bank Flood Victim's Body Found. Kempsey

Daily Examiner · Monday 31 July 1933 · page 4

The body of the young man, Gordon Supple, who was drowned at Toorooka. Upper Macleay, on Wednesday afternoon was found his morning on the bank of…

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Gale Stops Regatta First Time in Club's History. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 August 1933 · page 5

High winds and heavy seas around the English coast caused some interference with shipping services to-day. Owing to the gale the regatta of the Royal Yacht…

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Prospects Bright Dairying On The Clarence Report by Instructor Crops Damaged by Floods. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 August 1933 · page 5

Mr. G. Rowe, senior dairy instructor in charge of the Dairy Branch district, the Clarence to the Bellinger, in his July report to the Director…

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Three Man Power Pushed Car Through Flood Laides Stand on Seat. Copmanhurst

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 August 1933 · page 4

During the recent rapid rise in the Clarence and tributaries, Mr. Arthur Davey and party on the night of July 25, while returning from Grafton about…

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Thunderstorms a Few Hints

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 August 1933 · page 6

The question of safe and unsafe places during thunderstorms is often debated. The following hints on the subject were supplied by Dr. Humphreys, of the…

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Thunderstorm

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 11 August 1933 · page 2

The first thunderstorm of the season in Dorrigo occurred on Wednesday about midday. There was not much thunder and lightning, but a couple of…

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On the Horizon 'Storms Hang Over Us' Winston Churchill Great Anxiety in Europe. Stronger Defences! Advocated. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 August 1933 · page 5

"We look at the tragic confusion of the world and see many countries a prey to anarchy and tyranny and devoured by race, class and faction…

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Flood Damage £1167 in Bellingen Shire. Belltngen

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 August 1933 · page 5

A special report was submitted by the shire engineer, Mr. P. Funda. to the August meeting of Bellingen Shire Council, setting out the damage occasioned to…

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70 People Drowned 2,000,000 Dollars Damage Six Hours' Storm in Jamaica Kingston (Jamaica)

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 August 1933 · page 5

Seventy persons were drowned to-day, in floods in the city and parishes of St. Thomas, St. Catherine and St. Mary, following a storm…

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The Gathering Storm

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 August 1933 · page 4

Stung by the recent criticism of the Government's policy of high tariffs the Prime Minister, Mr. J. A. Lyons, could not refrain from a public display of ostensible indignation when requested by the Tariff Reform Organisation of Australia to modify his tariff policy, in the interests of primary producers…

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"Tess of the Storm Country"

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 25 August 1933 · page 2

Following the excellent series of films that the management of the Metro Talkies has secured of late comes the announcement that "Tess…

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Chinese Floods 300,000 People Homeless River Changes Its Course. Shanghai

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 August 1933 · page 5

Reports of terrible suffering and considerable loss pf life are reaching here from many interior districts, as the result of the Yellow River changing its course…

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Furious Storm Strikes Atlantic Seaboard Many Deaths; Millions Damage Train Crashes Thorugh Bridge Steamer Passengers' Night of Terror. New York

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 August 1933 · page 5

Death, terror and destruction rode with the most furious storm to strike the Atlantic seaboard for many years. Continuing with yesterday's fury…

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Glimpses Of The Kangaroos Henry Denny Stars As High Diver Incidents At Ceylon And Cairo Jack Little Averse to Cobras Plans for Floodlight Games Harry Sunderland's' Exclusive Letter to the "Daily Examiner."

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 September 1933 · page 6

Australia's Rugby League Kangaroos crammed more sightseeing and sporting ad venture into their twelve hours' stay in Colombo than most tourists would do in two or three days and the whole outing is likely to be a treasured memory of the touring footballers for many years to come…

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Riverina and South-west Rain and Flood Warning. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 September 1933 · page 5

Welcome rain fell in the Riverina to-day, and in the south-west, where dry conditions have prevailed for some time. The State Meterologist said to-day the…

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Flood in Jumna Heavy Loss of Life in India Calcutta

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 September 1933 · page 5

Bursting its banks in many places, the waters of the River Jumna, in the United Provinces, inundated thousands of acres and swept a number of villages out…

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Flooded River Tragedy Two Boys Drowned Parents Rescued From Submerged Car. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 September 1933 · page 5

Two boys, Colin Langridge, 4, and George Langridge, 10, of Stanley Flat, near Clare, were drowned and their parents had to be rescued when a…

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