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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1934

266 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 13 of 14

Sunday's Storm Hail Waist Deep Damage at Coaldale Mr. L. Chevalley Loses 19 CALVES

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 December 1934 · page 4

Referring to the reported loss by him of six calves in the rainstorm of Sunday last, Mr. L. Chevalley, of Coaldale, remarked yesterday: ''I wish that was the…

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Hailstorm Creeks Flooded Rappville District Conditions Rappville

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 December 1934 · page 4

On Monday afternoon, a heavy hailstorm was experienced at Kippenduff and Charrawarra, the hail being piled up in great heaps after the fall…

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£500,000 Victorian Flood Damage Minister's Estimate. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 December 1934 · page 5

Having visited all the districts affected by floods, Dr. Shields, Minister for Sustenance, stated on his return to Melbourne to-day, that he estimated the loss of stock…

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Pope's Gift of £1000 for Flood Victims

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 December 1934 · page 4

At the Melbourne Town Hall the Apostolic Delegate (Archbishop Bernardini) paid an official call upon the Lord Mayor (Councillor A. G. Wales), and…

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Cricket. Match Postponed Owing to Heavy Rain

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 14 December 1934 · page 6

North Dorrigo and Billy's Creek did not meet on Sunday owing to rain, which was falling heavily at the time the North Dorrigo men were…

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Lower Lawrence Sunday's Storm

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 December 1934 · page 8

On Sunday evening a very welcome storm accompanied by heavy rain. passed over this district. It was productive of some four and a half inches of rain,…

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Wheat Bills Both Guillotined Through Scenes in House Storms of Protest. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 December 1934 · page 5

Gui[?]otined through all stages in the House of Representatives to-day the two Wheat Bounty Bills provided the background for several scenes…

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Hail Kills Poultry Storm at Lower Lawrence Egg Supply Retarded. Maclean

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 December 1934 · page 4

Although the storm experienced at Maclean on Sunday night last was unaccompanied by hail, centres further up river were less fortunate, where the…

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Sea Drama In North Atlanic in Gale British Steamer Sinks Seventeen Lives Lost Magnificent Seamanship Courageous Rescuers Drowned. New York

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 December 1934 · page 5

Capt. J. G. P. Bissett, master of the Cunard White Star liner Ascania to-day wirelessed the "New York times" a detailed account of the…

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After Flood Swarms Of Snakes Seymour Residents Terrified Hundred Killed in Day. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 December 1934 · page 5

After having been threatened with inundation by recent floods, Seymour, 80 milds from Melbourne, is now being invaded by swarms of snakes…

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Sir Macpherson Robertson 3000 Guineas to Flood Relief Fund. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 December 1934 · page 5

Sir Ma[?]pherson Robertson, whose generosity is a byword, to-day subscribed 3000 guineas to the fund for relief of sufferers in the recent floods…

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FIREBALLS Two Fall In Sydney Severe Storms Lightning and Hail. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 December 1934 · page 5

After an oppressive night a series of violent thunderstorms broke over the metropolitan area this morning. Fireballs fell, lightning…

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In Gale Rudderless Norwegian Ship URGENT S.O.S. Six Ships Rush to Scene. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 December 1934 · page 5

Six ships of three nations, four of them great liners, to-day raced through a violent Atlantic gale to the help of the Norwegian steamer,…

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Hot! Thunderstorm Yesterday

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 December 1934 · page 4

Residents of Grafton have been congratulating themselves on the delightfully temperate weather they had been enjoying for the past few weeks. Despite the…

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Rescued Crew of Norwegian Ship Great Feat in Gale. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 December 1934 · page 5

Early this morning all sixteen member of the crew of the small Norwegian steamer, Sisto, to whose help German British and American vessels raced…

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In Gale Orford's Rough Trip Seaman Lost Overboard Crockery Smashed--barber's Shop Wrecked. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 December 1934 · page 5

The Orient liner, Orford, arrived at Plymouth to-day only half an hour late on its voyage from Australia, after battling with an eighty miles an…

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Man Electrocuted Woman Dies Of Heart Failure Violent Storm in Brisbane Damage Thousands of Pounds. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 December 1934 · page 5

The most violent storm which has swept Brisbane for many years occurred this evening. The damage in the city and suburbs will run into…

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Mullumbimby Storm

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 December 1934 · page 4

A very severe dry storm was experienced throughout the Mullumbimby district late on Thursday afternoon. One flash of lightning was responsible for…

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Sudden Storm Heavy Downpour of Rain Lawrence Plunged in Darkness

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 December 1934 · page 4

The electrical storm which burst suddenly in Grafton shortly before 7 o'clock last night and was followed by a heavy downpour of rain, causing 50 points to be…

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Desert Crash Landing During Storm Dutch Air Liner Bodies of Victims Recovered. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 December 1934 · page 5

The crash of the Dutch airliner is regarded as a national calamity, and has plunged Holland into mourning. Feeling reference was made to…

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