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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1934

266 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 8 of 14

Flood Waters North Coast Railway Hold-up Threatened

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 July 1934 · page 4

Throughout yesterday the flood waters were threatening the North Coast line between Wanchope and Heron's Creek and for a time there…

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South Coast Now Weather May Produce Floods. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 July 1934 · page 4

The Weather Bureau stated to-night that conditions were expected to improve in the districts north of the Clarence River, but there was danger of floods in…

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Heavy Rain Week-end Sport Spoilt

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 31 July 1934 · page 2

The rainfall at the week-end registered 467 points at Coffs Harbour Post Office up till 9 a.m. on Monday, and another 64 points this morning,…

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Flood Waters Nepean and Hawkesbury Areas. Roads and Bridges Under Water Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 31 July 1934 · page 5

Following heavy rain over the weekend serious floods are feared in the Nepean and Hawkesbury: River areas. Both rivers are now well above their…

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Flood Falls Weather Bureau Warning

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 August 1934 · page 4

A message from the Weather Bureau. Sydney, received at Grafton Post Office at 4 p.m. yesterday, read:-- A depression of tropical origin is…

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High Tide Broke Through Flood Wall Women and Children Rescued. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 August 1934 · page 4

A 100-mile an hour gale which swept South Australia yesterday, resulting in widespread havoc, caused an abnormally high tide at Port Pirie, resulting in the…

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HURRICANE Floods In Riverina Murrumbidgee Rising Blow Extended to Newcastle. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 August 1934 · page 5

Several Sydney suburbs and the greater portion of the south-west of New South Wales and north to Newcastle were caught in a violent…

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Big Dust Storm

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 17 August 1934 · page 2

Visions of the west were very evident last Wednesday in the dust that enveloped the coast, apparently driven in by the westerly winds from a…

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Storms Subside Flood Dangers Pass Murrumbidgee Falling. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 August 1934 · page 5

The exceptionally strong southerly windstorms which have been raging in parts of the State and which have caused considerable damage, particularly in the…

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Test Eve Cricket Storm Rising Woodfull's Alleged Threat 'Would Walk Off' Carr's Vitriolic Outburst London

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 August 1934 · page 5

Sir Stanley Jackson, interviewed in London to-day, described as rubbish the statement published by one newspaper, that Woodfull would walk off…

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£150,000 Damage Port Pirie Floods 300 Families Still Homeless. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 August 1934 · page 5

Three hundred families are still homeless through floods at Port Pirie. It is expected that the homeless will…

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Heavy Rain Expected Along Lower Coast. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 August 1934 · page 4

The Weather Bureau issued the following flood warning for the North Coast to-night:-- A disturbance along the N.S.W. coast…

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Storm in Sydney Elderly Man Killed Two Persons Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 August 1934 · page 5

During a storm to-night an elderly man was killed and a police constable and girl injured in street accidents. Knocked down by a motor lorry while…

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Heavy Weather Rain And Wind Sydney and Southern Districts Flood Warnings Issued. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 August 1934 · page 4

Southern New South Wales, Sydney and suburbs were again in the grip of heavy rains and southerlies accompanied by a gale of high velocity…

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Flood Conditions Improvement in South. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 August 1934 · page 5

After continuous rain since Sunday night, the weather cleared this afternoon. Reports from the southern districts state the rivers are still rising, and at…

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Position Needs Watching Rivers High Through Heavy Rain. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 August 1934 · page 5

As a result of continuous heavy rain, all rivers, coastal and inland, are high and if further rain occurs, the position will have to be closely watched…

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Boat Capsizes in Flooded Stream

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 August 1934 · page 4

A man named Smirling had a narrow escape from death at Narrandera. during the week when attempting to cross a flooded creek to dodge the floodwaters of…

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Severe Floods In India Human Bodies Washed Down River Great Bridge in Danger Villages Washed Away Inhabitants Shelter in Trees Calcutta

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 August 1934 · page 5

Although some of the floods in India are subsiding, the water in the Ganges at Pa[?]na[?]mains at an unprecedentedly high level being nearly 40 feet…

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Indian Floods Ganges Now Falling. Calcutta

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 August 1934 · page 5

Although the Ganges flood level [?] thirty inches yesterday some embankments protecting Patna were demo[?] and portions of the city in the European…

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75 Points Storm at Grafton

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 August 1934 · page 4

After a warm and almost sultry day, a storm, accompanied by a little thunder and lightning, passed over Grafton yesterday. Rain commenced to fall shortly…

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