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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1935

252 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 13

Swept Away by Floodwaters Sequel to Domestic Quarrel Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 May 1935 · page 5

Following a quarrel with a woman whom be allegedly struck with a rolling pin and under the impression that he had inflicted serious injury, Leslie Smith, 47…

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Local and General Storm on Lower Clarence

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 May 1935 · page 4

A storm passed over the Lower Clarence on Saturday afternoon. Whilst there was only a sprinkle in Maclean, there was hail at the Tyndale punt. At…

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Historic Jubilee Scene at Westminster King to Face an Empire Gathering Floodlit Dais and Covered Maces London, April 20. (By Air Mail.)

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 May 1935 · page 6

It will be an Empire gathering on which the King and Queen will look when they enter Westminster Hall at noon on May 9 to receive…

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400 Dead Flood Rains in Brazil "State of Public Calamity." Rio De Janeiro

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 May 1935 · page 5

Torrential rains accompanied by gales which lashed the port of Bahia during the past five days have taken toll of at least 400 lives, while several hundred were…

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Seventh Day Violent Storm in Brazil 400 Believed Dead. Bahia (Brazil)

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 May 1935 · page 5

The most violent storm in Bahia's history continued for the seventh consecutive day to-day. Deaths and injuries are mounting, while floods are adding to…

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Horse Killed Tree Struck During Storm at Ulmarra

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 May 1935 · page 4

After a muggy morning a storm passed over Ulmarra district on Sunday afternoon. Although only 25 points of rain fell at Ulmarra, the registration in…

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Sugar in India Decrease in Production Weather, Floods and Pests

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 May 1935 · page 9

The total quantity of cane which will be crushed in modern factories in India during the season 1934-35 is estimated at 6850 tons as against the actual figure of…

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Floods in France Cloudburst At Amiens Residents Rescued in Boats Loss of Life and Heavy Damage. Paris

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 May 1935 · page 5

The storm which interrupted the tennis championships to-day was but one of many which did damage throughout France…

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Many Lives Lost Floods in America Seven States Affected. McCOOK (Nebraska)

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 June 1935 · page 5

Flood conditions, which caused heavy loss of life in many sections in recent days, have reached their peed in the Republican River valley, of South-western…

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65 Dead in Storm and Flood Severe Disturbances in U.S.A. DENVER (Colorado)

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 June 1935 · page 5

Floods, storms and tornadoes swept seven mid-western States to-day. Sixty-five people are dead and the damage is estimated at twelve million…

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Hundreds Dead Floods And Storms U.S.A. and Mexico Homes Washed Away. New York

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 June 1935 · page 5

Hundreds of lives have been lost as the result of storms and floods in Nebraska and other States of U.S.A., and in Mexico…

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400 Dead Mexico Valley Floods Waters Receding. Mexico City

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 June 1935 · page 5

The flood waters receded to-day in the Mexico Valley, leaving an estimated number of 400 dead. Many children are among the 255 bodies recovered from the…

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Flood-lighting Lismore Business Houses

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 June 1935 · page 4

Lismore Municipal Council on Monday night approved of a scheme to flood-light the business premises on the western said of Keen street, between Woodlark…

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More Cold Weather Cyclone Over Tasman Sea Coastal Vessels Delayed. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 June 1935 · page 5

The temperature in Sydney to-day receded to 45 degrees, but this is comparatively high compared with 13 degrees registered at Charlotte Pass…

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Missed Sydney Heavy Coastal Storm Baths and Surf Sheds Suffer Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 June 1935 · page 5

Had Sydney received the full force of the cyclonic storm along the coast, during the past two days, the worst storm in its history would have occurred according…

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In Cyclone Freighter Was Damaged Lifeboats Wrenched Away Waves Licked Name-plate Off Ship. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 June 1935 · page 5

The freighter, Nollington Court, reached Sydney to-day, after a torrid time in a cyclone. She was considerably damaged, and repairs will be…

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Special Grant Received for Whisky Creek and Upper Beilsdown Roads to Repair Flood Damage

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 21 June 1935 · page 2

The Dorrigo Shire Council has been notified that its application for a special grant for the repair of flood damage on the Whisky Creek road…

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Grant for Flood Damage in Dorrigo Shire

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 June 1935 · page 4

Mr. A. S. Henry, M.L.A., has been informed by the Minister for Local Government that he has approved of a grant of £544 to repair flood damage to roads in…

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Cyclonic Storm Laneway Cut by Wind. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 June 1935 · page 5

Lasting for a few minutes only cyclonic disturbance to-day scattered wreckage for more than half a mile. A swath a, 40 yards wide, was cut by the…

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Storm in Glasgow Lightning Strikes 20 Houses Many Narrow Escapes. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 June 1935 · page 5

Twenty houses were struck by lightning in a vielent early morning storm at Glasgow. Several roofs were torn off, and premises set on fire. Stormwater,…

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