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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1934

266 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 4 of 14

Grafton Council Main Road Maintenance Local Government Loans Flood Embankment Land Resumption

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 March 1934 · page 3

The ordinary meeting of the Grafton City Council was held last night, there being present the Mayor (Ald. B. C. Eggins), Aids. W. B. King, Joseph…

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Sentenced Seven German Storm Troopers Imitating American Kidnappers Berlin

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 March 1934 · page 5

Seven storm troopers were sentenced to terms of imprisonment ranging from three to six years for kidnapping in order to extort money on the pretence of…

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Century at Melb. Severe Storm at Dandenong.' Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 March 1934 · page 4

The temperature to-day was 103. At Dandenong this afternoon there was a severe electrical storm during which electric overhead wires were struck. A…

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Northern Cyclone Train Services Held Up Water Over Railway Bridges. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 March 1934 · page 5

Railway services between Townsville and Cairns are held up by flooded rivers, the result of heavy rains from a cyclonic disturbance…

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Treason Threat Secrecy of German Storm Troops' Activities. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 March 1934 · page 5

The British United Press Munich cor respondent says a decree recalling the case of Noel Panter has been issued by Captain Roehm, commander of the storm…

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Toll Of Cyclone 10 Lives Lost On N. Q'sland Coast Ten Others Are Missing Wreckage Found No Trace of Fishing Launches Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 March 1934 · page 5

Ten lives are known to have been lost and it is believed that ten others have been drowned, as the result of fishing launches on the…

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Floods Falling in Queensland Rivers. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 March 1934 · page 5

The Herbert and Tully Rivers are still in flood and the possibility of the resumption of the train services north before Friday or Saturday is very…

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N. Qsland Cyclone's Fury 50 DEAD Two More Luggers Lost 40 Men Drowned Three Other Launches Missing Death Roll May Be Increased. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 March 1934 · page 5

The cyclone at Cairns on Monday was probably the most disastrous in the history of North Queensland so far as the fishing fleet is concerned…

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Storm Over Tea Cup Strike of Relief Workers. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 March 1934 · page 5

The strike of relief workers at Homebush, Alexandria and Mascot took a turn to-day when it was reported that the men who did not desire to cease…

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Death Roll 79 Queensland Cyclone Missing Boats and Crews Wreckage at Enterprise Mine. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 March 1934 · page 4

The latest death roll as a result of the cyclone in Northern Queensland shows a total of 79. The list of boats lost, and the number…

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Cyclone. Deaths May Be 64 One. Lugger Believed Safe. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 March 1934 · page 5

The total deaths as the result of the North Queensland eye. one may be reduced to- 64, following a. report that the lugger. Lotus, with 35 aboard, is safe…

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May Be 121 Toll Of Cyclone Police Report Six Boats Still Missing. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 March 1934 · page 4

In a message to the Queensland Commissioner for Police, Mr. W. H. Byrn, concerning the havoc of the cyclone which swept the northern…

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Vivid Pictures Ships the Storm Took the Men Who Manned Them

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 March 1934 · page 8

What manner of ships were the Waipa, the Bimi Bim, and the Mossman, which figured in the recent cyclone?…

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REMINISCENCES Old-Time School Teachers Early Days of Grafton the Flood of 1876

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 March 1934 · page 7

A photo of old-time schoolteachers which appeared in a recent issue of the "Daily Examiner" brings back recollectons of my schoolboy days. I knew all…

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Hundreds Dead. Over 90,000 Homeless Gale Spreads Fire Everywhere. Thousands Gold and Hungry. Tokio

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 March 1934 · page 5

An official announcement by the Home Office regarding the Hakodate fire states that '650 were burnt to death and died in emergency…

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Thunderstorm at Coff's. Coff's Harbor

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 March 1934 · page 4

A thunderstorm, accompanied by rain, passed over Coff's Harbor at about 8 o'clock to-night. It was still raining steadily at 9 o'clock…

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Heavy Rain at Randwick. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 March 1934 · page 1

Heavy rain interfered with tr[?]ning operations at Randwick this morning, but as it was an "off" day, trainers' arrangements were not seriously interrupted…

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Two Planes Crash Fierce Cyclone On W.A. Coast Town of Onslow Partly Demolished Pood Supplies Cut Off. Perth

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 April 1934 · page 5

Caught in a fierce cyclone which ravaged the coastal town of Onslow during the week two aeroplanes owned by the West Australian…

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EXTRA 1400 Miles a Long Detour Owing to Flooded River. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 April 1934 · page 5

Because the Diamantina River is in flood, two Brisbane nurses on their way to Birdsville, in the south-western corner of Queensland, will have to travel there by…

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Kyogle Flood Damage

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 April 1934 · page 4

Declaring that he would give the matter sympathetic consideration, the Minister for Local Government(Mr. Spooner) told a deputation from Kyogle Shire—…

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