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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1934

266 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 14

Floods Drown Rabbits

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 4

"The recent floods have accounted for the destruction of large numbers of rabbits in the creeks and low, lands, while numbers of landholders have carried out…

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Heavy Losses Farmers in South Coast Floods. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 January 1934 · page 5

According to Mr. A. C. Orman, an inspector of the Agricultural Department, farmers on the South Coast suffered very heavily as the result of the floods. In…

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FLOODS In South America More Than 60 Lives Lost Enormous Damage Reported Buenos Aires

Daily Examiner · Monday 15 January 1934 · page 5

More than 60 lives have definitely been lost, probably many more deaths will be reported, and damage exceeding £20,000,000 has been caused by the…

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Trees Uprooted Severe Storm in W.A. PERTH

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 January 1934 · page 5

A severe storm which caused extensive damage marked the breaking of the heat wave at Arrino. Trees up to 90ft. high were snapped Off and torn up by the roots…

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Storm, Now Blamed for Air Disaster Pilot Lost Control. Paris

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 5

An Air Ministry communique declares that it may provisionally be stated that the disaster to the air liner Emerald was due to the violence of the storm and in…

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Earthquake In India Thousands Dead All Communications Cut Aeroplanes the Only Link Enormous Damage Reported Earth Oozes Floods of Mud and Water. Calcutta

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 5

The death roll as the result of the earthquake is now reaching terrifying proportions, as aeroplanes are reaching districts, communications with…

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Severe Gale British Isles Swept. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 5

A severe north-westerly gale swept over the British Isles this afternoon. In parts of Scotland considerable damage was done. The River Clyde overflowed its…

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Damage in Tomki Shire Caused by Rain and Floods

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 4

Considerable damage was done to roads and bridges in Tomki shire by the recent rains and floods, according to the report of the engineer (Mr. T. H. Kirkpatrick)…

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Gale Wrecks Warehouse Five Men Killed Nine Seriously Injured Buried in Wheat and Masonry Tragedy at Hull Wharfside. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 January 1934 · page 5

Dragged unconscious from the ruins, nine workmen were admitted to the hospital seriously injured, while five more are believed to be…

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Cyclone in Q'sland Railway Bridges Submerged Fears for Safety of Launch. Townsville

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 January 1934 · page 5

As the result of a cyclone heavy rain has fallen and the Tully River has risen rapidly and submerged the railway bridge, while Saltwater Creek, on the…

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21 Inches of Rain High Floods in Queensland Man Drowned. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 January 1934 · page 5

The Herbert River is in high flood and in Ingham and Cordelia the flood waters are within two inches of the 1927 flood level…

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Dam Bursts A. African Town Flooded Another Dam May Break. Capetown

Daily Examiner · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 5

Walvis Bay dam burst, turning the town into a vast lake to-day. Tugs are now bringing foodstuffs to the residents, while aeroplanes are engaged in…

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Waters Receding Floods in Queensland. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 5

The flood waters in the north were receding to-day, but were pot down sufficiently to allow the railway services to be resigned. Mails and passengers, who…

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Northern Floods Trains Still Held Up. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 5

The Herbert and Tully Rivers, North Queensland, are still in flood, the result of heavy rains following the cyclone which recently struck the tropical coast, and…

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Fire in Shop Building Struck by Lightning Storm at Charleville. Charleville

Daily Examiner · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 5

The worst thunderstorm in the history of Charleville struck the district to-day. Lightning did considerable damage, and in one instance set fire to a shop…

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Talkies Garden and Prince Edward Theatres. "Deluge."

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 7

Realistic scenes of the destruction of modern civilisation by a complete inundation of the world by a mammoth tidal wave, and views of majestic structures…

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Talkies Garden and Prince Edward Theatres. "Deluge" and "Bureau of Missing Persons."

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 31 January 1934 · page 7

Sidney Blackmer, Peggy Shannon and Lais Wilson play the Fading rales in the R.K.O. Radio picture. "Deluge." which will be screened again this evening, at the…

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Talkies Garden and Prince Edward Theatres. "Deluge."

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 February 1934 · page 7

For final screening to-night at the Garden and Prince Edward Theatres is "Deluge" and "Bureau of Missing Persons'' with latest newsreels…

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Rain in Queensland Big Floods Feared Ingham Has 46 Inches in Monte Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 February 1934 · page 4

General rain is falling and the railway bridges in the north are still under water Ingham has had 24 wet days this month, and 46 inches of rain have been…

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Heavy Rain In Clarence District Registrations Range From Two to Seven Inches Big Falls on Upper River

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 February 1934 · page 4

Following the recent brief spell of hot weather the rain which was experienced in all parts of the Clarence River district on Wednesday was very…

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