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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1935

252 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 9 of 13

On Right Lines Australian Butter Trade 'Danish Is No' Better' Mr. T. Flood Plunkett's View. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 July 1935 · page 5

Mr. T. Flood Plunkett, the butter expert, who sails for Australia on Saturday, said that the Australian butter trade is on the right lines…

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Gale Force Wind Sweeps Victoria Shipping Seriously Hampered Alps Residents Weatherbound Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 July 1935 · page 5

Shipping was seriously hampered by a gale which struck Victoria yesterday and reached a velocity at 50 miles per hour…

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Floods in China 50,000 People Drowned Huge Areas Inundated. Shanghai

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 July 1935 · page 5

It is estimated that 2000 square miles of Shantung Province is inundated by flood waters. Fourteen thousand bodies have…

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Lightning Kills Four Freak Storm in New York a Score of Others Hurt. New York

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 July 1935 · page 5

The hottest Saturday afternoon in summer was broken by a freak electrical storm at 3 o'clock to-day, which killed four persons and injured a score…

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Through Storm in Sled to Hospital

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 July 1935 · page 4

Suffering acutely and needing immediate surgical attention, Mrs. Bryan Radaughan, of Stalker, was sledged two miles through the mud of the Otway Ranges…

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ENGLAND 'Finest Country In World' Schoolgirls Essay Storm Expected in Commons. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 August 1935 · page 5

A storm is expected in the House of Commons to-morrow when Sir Gerald Hurst will again raise the question of thirteen-year-old Maud…

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60 M.P.H. Squalls Severe Gale in Sydney. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 August 1935 · page 5

Three men were thrown into the harbor this afternoon, when their sailing skiff capsized off Bradley's Head, in strong gale that swept Sydney, and were…

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Gales Abating Ships Make Port Buffeting Off Victorian Coast. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 August 1935 · page 5

With the abatement of the cyclonic conditions along the coast, a number of ships which had been sheltering, made port to-day…

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Counterfeit Coins Factory at Shanghai Plans to Flood the World. Paris, July 20

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 August 1935 · page 2

Following the arrest in Paris of two Chinese accused of passing spurious silver pieces, the police claim to have unearthed a vast plot on the…

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Gippsland Floods Farms Under Water 20 Homesteads Abandoned. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 August 1935 · page 5

The Gippsland district, which was inundated last Easter, is again in the grip of floods. As a result of the heavy snow water which has commenced to pour…

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The Weather Summer-like Storm

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 August 1935 · page 4

A warm day, heralding the summer, was experienced at Grafton yesterday and in the afternoon a summer-like storm blew up. Light showers of rain fell, the…

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Disaster In Northern Italy Dam Bursts 1000 Believed Drowned Trapped in Homes Flood Horror in Darkness Turin

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 August 1935 · page 5

It is believed that more than 1000 people were drowned at Ovada, when a dam burst at night, following torrential rains, which also demolished…

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Scenes of Horror Italian Dam Disaster. Farmers Watch Homes Destroyed Floods Engulf Villages. Turin

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 August 1935 · page 5

Families marooned on roots, in trees or trapped within their homes, are still being rescued to-night from the frightful avalanche of water…

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Fisherman Drowned? Yacht Capsizes in Gale Terrific Blow in Victoria. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 August 1935 · page 5

In the worst gale within the memory of fishermen at Corimella, a 20 feet yacht capsized in Westernport Bay, yesterday, and Malcolm Albon, 20,…

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Fatal Floods at Naples. Naples

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 August 1935 · page 5

Eleven were drowned in floods, following five hours of torrential rain…

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Floods in Japan Lives and Homes Lost. Tokio

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 August 1935 · page 5

Fifty-two people have been killed and 75 injured, while 1200 houses and 20,000 acres of ricefields and apple orchards have been seriously damaged in a series of…

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Death Roll After Fierce Storm Newfoundland Fishermen. Boats and Homes Wrecked. St. John's (Newfoundland)

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 August 1935 · page 5

Reports of deaths and destruction from a violent 60 mile an hour gale on the south-eastern coast of Newfoundland yesterday were received…

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17 Dead in Newfoundland Storm

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 August 1935 · page 5

ST. JOHN'S (Newfoundland), Tuesday. It is estimated that the number drowned in the week-end hurricane will total 17 men from four schooners. Four derelict…

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Collision Warship and Liner Storm in British Channel Four German Sailors Dead. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 September 1935 · page 5

In heavy weather, with a storm of wind and rain sweeping up the Channel, and very poor visibility, H.M.S. Ramillies and the…

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The Weather Thunderstorm

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 September 1935 · page 4

There was a thunderstorm of brief duration at Grafton last night, about 6.30, but only a few points of rain fell. There was another shower about 10 o'clock. The…

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