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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1935

252 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 6 of 13

N.Z. FLOODS Large Areas Under Water Heavy Damage Stock Killed by Lightning. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Monday 18 March 1935 · page 5

Floods, almost equalling in severity those experienced in Victoria last year, are being experienced in Auckland province…

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Central and Upper Bucca Flood Rains

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 March 1935 · page 7

The continuous heavy rainfalls experienced during the whole of this month have resulted in the highest flood seen here for over two years. Warm sunny…

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Floods in W.A. Goldfields Town Isolated. Perth

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 March 1935 · page 8

Kookynie, on the eastern goldfields, has been isolated by heavy rain. Water, is running waist deep through the township and roads are impassable. Hotel cellars…

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Deaths Through Dust Form of Pneumonia Storms Continue in U.S.A. SPRINGFIELD (Col.)

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 March 1935 · page 5

A form of pneumonia, induced by the breathing of dust-laden air, claimed a heavy toll of human life and livestock to-day in Eastern…

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Luggers in Peril Cyclone in W.A. Fears for Safety of Crews. Perth

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 March 1935 · page 5

Fears are entertained for the safety of many luggers as a result of a cyclone between Broome and Wyndham last night…

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Floods in N.Z. Wellington (N.z.)

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 March 1935 · page 7

Taranaki is suffering yet another flood. Torrential rain, accompanied by high winds, fell throughout the province. Rivers are again inundating farm lands…

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Missing Pearlers Cyclone on W.A. Coast Nine Unaccounted For. Perth

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 March 1935 · page 5

It is feared that the cyclone which swept the coast on Wednesday night resulted in the crews of 13 pearling luggers losing their lives. A fleet of 20 boats…

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Coast Strewn With Wreckage Cyclone's Toll 21 Luggers Missing 150 Lives Feared Lost Pearling Fleet Sunk Off W.A. Coast. Perth

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 April 1935 · page 5

Twenty-one luggers and their crews are still missing out of about 32 comprising the pearling fleet that was struck by a cyclone on Wednesday…

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Dorrigo Shire Flood Damage Coff's Harbor-coramba Road Meeting of Council

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 April 1935 · page 3

At the March meeting of the Dorrigo Shire Council, held at Coramba, there were present:—Crs. S. Hooson (president), W. S. Scott, R. London, W. M…

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Nine Luggers Wrecked in Storm Death Roll Was 35. PERTH

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 April 1935 · page 5

A message from Broome states that an aeroplane has located 18 luggers, anchored in creeks where they sought refuge from the willy [?]lly which swept the coast…

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Two Overboard Fishing Launch Thrill Coff's Crew in a Storm Narrow Escapes From Death. Coff's Harbor

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 April 1935 · page 4

Mr. Barney Passmore, of Coff's Harbor Jetty, found himself in a terrifying predicament yesterday. He was with a party of seven men, who set…

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Grafton Regatta the Flood Boat Races

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 April 1935 · page 4

At a lengthy meeting of the Graf ton and South Grafton Regatta Committee last night the regatta time-table was amended to provide that the flood boat…

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REGATTA Programme Altered Flood Boat Race Difficulty One Nomination in State Title Race

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 April 1935 · page 7

The best attended and most enthusiastic meeting of the Grafton and South Grafton Regatta Committee, which is controlling the…

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Gale on Coast Damage In Victoria Freighter Driven Ashore Ketch Dashed to Pieces. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 15 April 1935 · page 5

A 45-mile-an-hour southerly gale which began at 8 a.m. yesterday and continued through the night and until after dawn to-day, swept the…

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Grafton Regatta Complete Time-Table Floodboat Handicaps Divisions Arranged

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 April 1935 · page 6

The committee organising the Grafton regatta has now finalised full details of the programme and the time of starting each race, particulars of which are given…

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Floods Feared Heavy Rains In Victoria Moe Settlers Leaving Homes Railway Line May Be Covered. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 April 1935 · page 5

Nearly all the rivers in Eastern Gippsland have risen 3ft. as a result of heavy continuous rain, and serious floods are again expected…

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Perfect Day Favors Regatta Thrilling Race Finishes Max Fisher Retains N.S.W. 'Rigger Title Big Outrigger Handicap To Ewart Towns Chatsworth Wins Open Butcher Boat Event Floodboat Race to Grafton in Exciting Finish

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 April 1935 · page 3

Perfect weather, which was all the more beautiful by contrast with the showery conditions and leaden skies of the day before, favored the regatta staged by the Grafton and South Grafton Regatta Committee on the Clarance River at Grafton on Saturday…

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Gippsland Floods Two Towns Isolated Maffra District Inundated No Casualties Reported Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 April 1935 · page 5

Residents in Eastern Gippsland are suffering severe hardships, due to the third flood in six months. Practically the whole of the district is covered…

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Victorian Floods Trouble Expected At Moe Snakes Invade the Towns Gippsland Water Receding. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 April 1935 · page 5

A further intensification of flood dangers is expected, north of the town of Moe, one of the centres most affected by previous rain…

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Rivers Falling Floods in Gippsland Settlers Forced From Homes Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 May 1935 · page 5

With the exception of the low-lying country between Moe and Traralgon, where further flooding is expected, the swollen rivers in the Gippsland area are…

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