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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1934

266 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 14

Clarence River Historical Society More Of W. A. B. Greaves' Memoranda Incidents of the '57 FLOOD Surveying Road To Tenterfield First Publication of the Examiner' (No. 57)

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 May 1934 · page 7

"1857, March.—Cave fencing section 55." NOte:—The late John Cave, afterwards of the Coldstream River, came to the…

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Ten Days in Bush Abduction Charge Fails Held Up by Floods. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 May 1934 · page 2

On a charge of abducting a girl, Eileen Hooker, 13, from Camooweal, on February 17, Charles William Logan was found not guilty by a jury at Cloncurry Circuit…

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Cyclone at Fremantle Man Killed by Plying Iron. Perth

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 June 1934 · page 4

A man was killed in a terrific cyclone, which swept Fremantle and the surrounding districts to-day. Much damage was done to property, roofs being lifted…

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Clarence River Historical Society The Flood Of 1861 Constable and a Boy Drowned Continuation! of W. A, B. Greaves Memoranda (No. 58). Race Clubs

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 June 1934 · page 8

"1859. First meeting of Race Club in Grafton." Note.—The late C.-G. Tindal wrote on June 5, 1850: "Our grand races came off…

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Latest Flood Lighting System

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 June 1934 · page 4

A system of flood lighting, equal to any similar scheme anywhere in the world, and superior to that in use at the White City, London, is to be installed…

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Chilian Disaster Desert Area Flooded Thousands Are Homeless Many Reported Dead. Valparaiso

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 June 1934 · page 5

Many are dead and tens of thousands homeless following a week of storms and Hoods in Central Chile. Torrents that swept down from the…

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German Minister Attacked by Youthful Storm Trooper. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 June 1934 · page 5

The "Daily Express" Berlin correspondent says when Major Seldte, Lader of the Steel Helmets, and Hitler's Minister for Labor, was returning from a meeting…

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Earthquakes and Violent Storms Disturbances in Argentine. New York

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 June 1934 · page 5

The "New York Times" Buenos Aires correspondent says the abnormal climatic condition in which the Argentine has suffered in the past fortnight reached a…

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DOWN 2/ CWT. London Butter Price Foreign Imports Flooding the English Market. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 June 1934 · page 5

The recent improvement in butter was not maintained. Prices relapsed about two shillings and the reason is not far to seek. Imports for May…

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Both Afraid Tiger and Flood Refugees on Flood Raft. Calcutta

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 July 1934 · page 3

The floods in Assam are receding, but many thousands of people are homeless and starving, and there is a grave danger of cholera and smallpox epidemics in…

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REVOLUTION Was Nipped In Bud Ten More Executions Story of Plot How Storm Troopers Died. Berlin

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 July 1934 · page 5

Ten more leaders of the storm troopers were executed to-day. Their names have been withheld. The press wholeheartedly supports…

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OVER 400 DROWNED 40 Families Perish in Floods. Calcutta

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 July 1934 · page 5

Heavy floods are being experienced in the north-west frontier and southeastern provinces of Afghanistan. Reports from the latter state that 40 families,…

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Crime Magazines Flood From America May Be Prohibited. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 July 1934 · page 6

In his pending overhaul of the proclamation that prohibits the importation into Australia of seditious and revolutionary literature, the Minister for…

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Melting Snows Cause Floods in N.Z. Wellington (N.z.)

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 July 1934 · page 4

Severe snowstorms throughout the Dominion have now ceased and thawing has commenced, causing floodings in some localities. Hundreds of motor cars were…

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£5,000,000 Japan's Flood Damage 129 DROWNED, 99 Missing. Tokio

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 July 1934 · page 5

It is officially stated that 127 persons were drowned in the recent floods and 99 are missing. The rivers are now subsiding, but the…

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Villages Destroyed Carpathian Calamity 100 Drowned in Floods. Warsaw

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 July 1934 · page 5

At least 100 people were drowned in floods over a vast area of the Carpathians extending to Cracow. following 23 hours of torrential rain…

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Floods in Poland Nearly 200 Lives Lost Warsaw Now in Danger. Warsaw

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 July 1934 · page 5

Floods which devastated a vast area of Poland, involving the loss of nearly 200 lives, now threaten the capital. The lowlying portions of the city were…

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600 DEAD Floods In Poland Fifty Million Damage Thousands of Farmers Ruined. Warsaw

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 July 1934 · page 5

The River Vistula is 19 feet above normal and still rising. No abatement is expected until Tuesday. The evacuation of the lowlying Warsaw…

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London Deluged Bridge Set on Fire Violent Thunderstorm. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 July 1934 · page 5

Dozens of houses were struck by lightning and a fire was started on Hammersmith bridge in London to-day during violent thunderstorms which…

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RAIN-GALE Severe On Richmond Up to Seven Inches Fishing Launches Battered. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 July 1934 · page 4

Rain of a torrential nature fell yesterday and last night, some falls for the 24 hours ended this morning exceeding seven inches…

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