Flood Escape Scheme
A public meeting at Lismore council Chambers convened by the Tuckombil Flood Escapement Committee and attended by local government…
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Floods & storms, 1936
201 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 8 of 11
King's Yacht Sheltering From Storm. London
The "Daily Mail's" Athens correspondent states that rough seas compelled the Nahlin, with King Edward aboard, and also the escort of Greek…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →1516 Dead a Terrible Storm. Seoul (Korea)
The casualties as the result of the typhoon which swept South Korea now total 1516 dead, 1183 injured, and 769 missing. No less than 33,254 houses were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →House Lifted Cyclone In New Zealand Occupants Were Unhurt. Auckland
To escape almost unhurt after a house had been lifted 20 yards through the air and then completely demolished by a cyclone was the experience of Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →60 M.P.H. Gale Damage in Melbourne Woman And Boy Killed by Falling Tree Melbourne
A young woman and a little boy met death at Lockwood, near Belgrave, to-day when an old tree crashed on them at the height of a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →French Polar Expedition Disaster Near Iceland Coast Ship Sinks In Storm 30 Bodies Washed Up Copenhagen
Dr. Charcot, leader of the French Polar expedition, aboard the vessel, Pourquoi Pas, and the crew were drowned, with one exception, when a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Strong Gale At Coff's Harbor Heavy Seas Along Coast
Coff's Harbor was lashed by a very strong gale which commenced early, this morning and continued throughout the day until sunset…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In Lead Sarazen-hatterslet Open Golf Title Play in Rain, Hail and Gale Melbourne
H. W. Hattersley (N.S.W.) and Gene Sarazen (U.S.A.) led the field in the first round of the Australian open golf championship played on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rebels Checked Engulfed in Flood Loyalists Open Dam Desperate Defence of Madrid London
The Spanish Government's troops are now making desperate efforts to check the insurgent advance on Madrid, says the Madrid…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Hail Storm
Coffs Harbour, with its young tomato crops doing so well, was fortunate to escape the severity of a had storm on Saturday afternoon last. Hail…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Thunderstorms Cause Pollution? Waters Of Mann River View of Minister for Mines Sydney
A reply to a telegram from the Copmanhurst Chamber of Commerce, protesting against the pollution of the river by mining activities at Skeleton…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →River Pollution Cause of Trouble Minister's Thunderstorm Suggestion Reply by Mr. W. M. L. Hughes "Caused by Sludge or Slurry."
The statement published yesterday relative to the pollution of the water of the Clarence River in which Mr. Henry, M.L.A., stated that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →60 Points of Rain Last Night's Storm Recording at Midnight
At midnight last night about 60 points of rain had been recorded at the Grafton Post Office in last night's thunderstorm. It was then still…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soaking Rain Sunday's Storm All Along Clarence
Good, soaking rain with falls from half an inch to an inch, were recorded along the Clarence from the Heads to the Upper Clarence, in Sunday night's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →77 M.P.H. GALE N.Z. Pedestrians Injured Blown Off Their Feet. Wellington (N.z.)
Five persons, including one man, were taken to hospital here to-day, as a result of injuries received when they were blown from their feet during a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in N.Z. Hundreds of Sheep Drowned. Auckland
Hundreds of sheep perished in floods at Greymouth, but the waters have now subsided, and the town is taking stock of itself. The streets in the business…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In Storm C. W. A. Scott's Adventurous Flight. Naples
C. W. A. Scott and Giles Guthrie, winners of the Johannesburg air race, who are making a return flight to England, arrived here from Cairo to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Morris Shares Stockbrokers Flooded with Orders. London
Stockbrokers to-day were inundated with orders to buy Morris car shares. When dealings opened one firm alone had been requested to buy more than…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Madrid Calm Before Storm Preparing For Attack Rebel Aerial Activity London
The calm before the storm continues on the Madrid front, though Government troops continue counterattacks elsewhere to prevent the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fought Storm on Wet Biscuits
A blacksmith, a printer, and a ferryman have brought the auxiliary yacht White Wings through gales from Sydney to Melbourne, in 18 days. The…
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