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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1935

252 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 10 of 13

Under Flood Debris Skeleton and Motor Car. Hobart

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 September 1935 · page 5

While operations were being carried out yesterday to reopen the Briseis mine, which was Hooded during 1929, the skeleton of a man who lost his life was…

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THE '90 FLOOD Experiences In Grafton Devastation in Home a Night of Anxiety

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 September 1935 · page 1

Although, when I first arrived in Grafton, in June 1888, I heard a deal about the flood that had occurred in the early part of the previous year, it was…

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FLOODS May Accompany Rain cyclonic conditions feared Torrential Falls Probable Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 September 1935 · page 4

Further heavy falls of rain are indicated in the eastern half of the continent during the next 24 hours, with the possibility of rivers,…

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Vivid Storm Story Bridges on Main Road Submerged Between Kempsey and Macksville

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 September 1935 · page 4

A vivid story of the intensity with which the monsoonal rainstorm on Thursday burst upon the area between Kempsey and Macksville was told by…

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Town Flooded Families Rescued on Lorries Torrential Rain in S.A. ADELAIDE

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 September 1935 · page 5

Following torrential rain last night, the township of Noarlunga, 20 miles from Adelaide, was inundated to-day to a depth of several feet, and two and a half miles…

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S.A. Floods Fifty Families Homeless. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 September 1935 · page 5

The flood danger has now passed at Noarlunga and Pt. Noarlunga. The Onkaparinga River is subsiding almost as quickly as it rose. Fifty families,…

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GALE Over Southern England Four Lives Lost Much Damage to Property London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 September 1935 · page 5

Four lives have been lost two by drowning at sea and two injury from falling objects, during a gale which has been raging over the…

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Melbourne Show Affected by Floods and Drought. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 September 1935 · page 2

The unfavorable weather conditions which have been experienced in the State during the last few months-- floods in some portions and drought in others…

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Steeple Struck Lightning At Newcastle Man and Woman Stunned Severe Electrical Storm. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 September 1935 · page 5

The steeple of St. Peter's Church, Hamilton, was shattered, a man and a woman were stunned, and the lighting of the city was disorganised by…

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CHANGTE Struck By Huge Wave Cabins Flooded Windows and Walls Smashed. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 September 1935 · page 5

The steamer Changte was literacy flooded by a great wave which broke over her while the vessel was off Newcastle on Saturday night. Cabin…

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Cyclonic Storm Damage in Auckland District. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 September 1935 · page 5

Torrential rain, accompanied by cyclonic wind, swept North Auckland today, and the countryside was quickly flooded…

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Cyclone Loss of Life in Japan Thousands of Homes Flooded. Tokio

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 September 1935 · page 5

Eighty were killed, including 50 fishermen, in a typhoon which swept over Kiousiou Island and the Tokio region. Many others are reported to be missing…

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Storm Clouds on the Dorrigo

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 September 1935 · page 10

Clouds over the mountains.--A study of low- hanging cloud and high peak at Dorrigo…

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TRAWLER Wrecked In Gale Crew of Seven Drowned Coastguards' Heroic Rescue Efforts., London

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 September 1935 · page 5

All eleven members of the crew of the trawler Skegness were drowned to-day when coastguards from Scarborough and Flamborough…

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Flood Gauges at Lismore

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 September 1935 · page 4

Following an agitation extending over two years, Lismore Municipal Council employees have commenced the work of erecting flood gauges at the Lismore…

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Drunkenness How to Decide the Question Flood Tests the Best Guide

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 September 1935 · page 8

Mr. W. McAdam Eeecles, a well-known London surgeon, in an address before the B.M.A. congress on the problem of drink in relation to road accidents, advocated…

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Flew Through Storm

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 October 1935 · page 4

Pilot. J. Small, of the W.A.S.P. Airlines, flew through a storm raging over the Blue Mountains so that a sick child in his plane could receive special…

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Thunderstorm at Maclean

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 October 1935 · page 4

During a thunderstorm that passed over Lower Clarence on Friday afternoon about 4 o'clock, 35 points were registered at Maclean. Showery…

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Millions Homeless Floods in China. Nanking

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 October 1935 · page 5

Five and a half million people are homeless, as the result of recent floods. The damage in Hopei, Honan and Shantung provinces is estimated at…

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Floods and Famine Thousands More Die Terrible Conditions in China. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 October 1935 · page 5

"The Times" Peking correspondent says thousands more lives have been lost in the floods in Northern Kiangsu. The entire town of Machengan is…

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