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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1935

252 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 5 of 13

Flooded Roads Storm in Rappville District. Rappville

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 February 1935 · page 8

Another storm, with a very heavy downpour of rain, lightning, thunder and a strong wind was experienced in the district on Tuesday after the hot and sultry…

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Lightning Horse and Cow Killed Storm's Havoc at Nana Glen. Nana Glen

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 February 1935 · page 4

Some very severe thunderstorms have passed over the district. The worst known for years occurred on Tuesday last, the lightning being most severe. It…

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Storms in Fiji Three Killed by Lightning Suva

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 February 1935 · page 5

In severe thunderstorms in the Ba district, on Saturday afternoon, an Indian dwelling was struck by lightning, and three persons were killed outright. Pour…

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Gales in Europe Snowstorms in Britain R.A.F. Planes Forced Down. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 February 1935 · page 5

Sixty mile an Lour gales and blinding snowstorms arc being experienced in many parts of Northern Europe. The snow in Northern Britain is the heaviest of the…

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Narrow Escapes Storms at Coramba Severe Lightning and Heavy Rain. Coramba

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 February 1935 · page 7

Violent storms with severe lightning have been experienced in the Coramba district lately. Countless trees have been struck and several people have…

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Four Dead Heavy Storm at Honolulu. Honolulu

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 March 1935 · page 5

Four are known to be dead and four are missing as the result of a torrential rainstorm here to-night…

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Cyclone Moving Along Q'sland Coast 24 Inches at Tully. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 March 1935 · page 5

At 3 p.m. to-day, the centre of a cyclone between Cooktown and Willis Island was apparently moving south-westward towards the coast. Tully has now…

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Towns Isolated Floods In Queensland Cyclone in North-east Panic Over Wide Area. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 5

Messages from the Far North state that the townships of Innisfail, Mossman, Mount Molloy and Julatten are now isolated owing to floods. The rail…

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Leave Homes Families In Flood Areas Queensland Deluge Washaways on Railways. Innisfail

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 March 1935 · page 5

Flood waters invaded Innisfail and Tully last night and early this morning. Between the Innisfail railway station and the town the water was…

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Flood Wedding Bridesmaid in Bathing Suit Difficulties at Innisfail. Innisfail

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 March 1935 · page 5

A wedding was set down for 1 o'clock at Innisfail to-day. The bride and her sister, who was a bridesmaid, were taken in a rowing boat from their home near the…

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IN 10 DAYS Over 63 Inches At Tully Flood Waters Falling Damage to Crops Not Known. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 March 1935 · page 5

The flood waters of North Queensland are now subsiding. The sun shone at Innisfail to-day for the first time in a week. The Johnstone River…

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REVOLUTION Crete Is Storm Centre Rebel Warships Submarines Manoeuvring to Attack. Athens

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 March 1935 · page 5

In pursuance of the Government's plans for combined naval and aerial action against the rebel fleet, in default of unconditional surrender, two…

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Q'sland Floods Rivers Are Falling. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 March 1935 · page 4

Flooded rivers are still dislocating the North Queensland railway services. In addition to the Tully, the Herbert. River to-day was almost five feet over the…

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Queensland Floods Rivers Falling. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 March 1935 · page 6

The North Queensland floods are now slowly receding. Both Herbert and Tully River bridges are still covered, and this is causing…

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Collapse of Concrete Wall Storm at Newcastle. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 March 1935 · page 5

Continually subjected to violent gusts of wind during a storm last night, the huge concrete wall of the new drive from Newcastle beach to King Edward Park…

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Floods in N.Z, Rescues in Boats. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 March 1935 · page 5

Just over one serious flood trouble the residents of the North Auckland district are again in the grip of flood waters and are being rescued from their…

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Caught in Storm at Sea

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 15 March 1935 · page 2

Two men visiting Sawtell who went to sea in a rowing boat to fish last Tuesday morning, were caught in the heavy storm that came up…

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Cyclonic Storm Bursts On Tabulam Structures Hurled Through Air 200 Trees Uprooted

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 March 1935 · page 4

Descending on Tabulam with remarkable suddenness a cyclonic storm burst about 8.30 yesterday morning. A high wind of amazing…

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Fight for Life Unhorsed in Flooded Creek Mining Party's Experience. Dorrigo

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 March 1935 · page 5

A party of miners, including Mr. J. Vale, who is supervising operations on behalf of Mining Ventures, Ltd., at the Bobo King Mine, had an eventful trip…

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Foundered in Gale French Fishing Vessel Seven Frozen to Death. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 18 March 1935 · page 5

Four exhausted men, hammering on the door of a lonely farmhouse in Iceland, brought news of the three-masted French fishing vessel, with a…

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