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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1937

305 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 14 of 16

British Steamer Torn From Moorings By Flood Damage Estimated at £10,000. LISBON

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 November 1937 · page 5

Five tugs, were needed to check the runaway British steamer, Dalhanna, which was torn from its moorings by a flood at the mouth of the Tagus River,…

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Flood Victim Recovering

Daily Examiner · Friday 26 November 1937 · page 4

William Williams, the aged showman, who was rescued from drowning at Bangalow, on Monday morning, has now recovered from the effects of his…

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Eight Students Killed in Flooded Tunnel. Tokio

Daily Examiner · Monday 29 November 1937 · page 5

Eight were killed a party of 26 [?]dents from Mimakibara Experiment [?]rm were trapped in a flooded tunnel [?]le inspecting a pumping dam near…

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Old Flood Message Turns Up

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 December 1937 · page 1

A flood message placed in a bottle 24 years, ago at Singleton by Miss Myrtle Redman, of Bishopgate street, has just been found sticking in a bank in…

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Bridges Instead of Dips Storm In Parliament Kyogle Request Acceded to by Dr. Page. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 December 1937 · page 5

A storm was created in the House of Representatives debate on the estimates. when the new Country party member for the Richmond Mr…

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Storms at Coff's Heavy Rain Falls. Coff's Harbor

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 December 1937 · page 4

Several severe electrical storms, accompanied in some instances by rain, passed over Coff's Harbor on Saturday afternoon and night. Falls varied…

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The Weather Storm on Saturday Night

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 December 1937 · page 4

An electrical storm burst at Grafton on Saturday night about 8 o'clock and caused the abandonment of the greyhound racing for the night. The rain…

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Flood Danger Has Passed In Victoria Farmers' Heavy Losses. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 December 1937 · page 5

Though falls of from four to five inches of rain were recorded in northwestern Victoria yesterday morning, respiting in damage estimated at…

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Lismore Town in Darkness Trail Of Storm Severe Damage Richmond

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 December 1937 · page 4

The large panel beating works in the centre of Lismore were wrecked and a public hall at Ruthven was blown down In a cyclonic storm which…

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Hail Thick As Rain 85 Workmen In Storm Visibility Only Ten Yards

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 December 1937 · page 4

Eighty-five men employed on the Grafton and South Grafton Water Board's pipeline between the two and six-mile pegs on the Rushforth road…

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Night in Storm Sydney Men's Experience Car Stranded in Creek. Coramba

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 December 1937 · page 4

Three Sydney visitors to the district spent a most unpleasant, night in the rain with their car marooned in the middle of Sheep Station Creek near…

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Damage by Storm

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 December 1937 · page 4

It is estimated that 1500 Windows were broken by hail at South Grafton during the storm, on Wednesday after-noon.The building which suffered…

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Deep Creek Heavy Storm

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 December 1937 · page 13

Polling day for the triennial elections for 1937 will long be remembered by residents of this locality. Any tendency to an electrical atmosphere which…

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Storm Damage at Maclean

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 December 1937 · page 4

The tail-end of the storm which was so severe at South Grafton on Wednesday was experienced at Maclean on Wednesday afternoon. It was…

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Heavy Storms Pass Over Coff's Harbor Telephone Lines Cut. Coff's Harbor

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 December 1937 · page 7

Although the morning was fine, heavy, storms passed over Coff's Harbor this afternoon. The raff yell at intervals until 6 p.m. when a terrific…

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Cyclone Lifted Tank Across River

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 December 1937 · page 4

The cyclone at Coraki on Wednesday blew an empty 1000-gallon tank about 400 yards across the river, did damage at Norco's butter factory and unroofed…

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Upper Coldstream Storm Damage

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 December 1937 · page 6

The rainfall for November totalled 1530 points. A heavy storm passed over the district on Wednesday afternoon. Heavy…

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Brisbane Storm Three People Injured. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 December 1937 · page 6

Three people were injured in traffic accidents and several had narrow escapes in the severe thunderstorm Which swept Brisbane and suburbs…

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Power Lines Many Down In Storm Black-out in Streets

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 December 1937 · page 6

Flying sheets of iron in the storm wrapped themselves around the electricity power lines in scores of places within a radius of about 40 miles of…

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Worst Storm in U.S.A HISTORY Railways Washed Out Dams Burst--towns Isolated San Francisco

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 December 1937 · page 5

Cities were isolated, shipping endangered, bridges and railroads washed out, numerous houses destroyed and communications severed…

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