Delayed by Floods Grafton Salvation Army Band Late Return Home
Flood waters in the Hastings River prevented the punt ta Blackman's Point working yesterday morning, and the Grafton Salvation Army Band was…
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Floods & storms, 1938
249 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 6 of 13
Receding Richmond Flood Waters Bridges-- Roads Damaged Grafton-woodburn Road Lismore
The Richmond River, which rose to 26ft 10ins. following torrential rain on Saturday, night, fell to 20ft. 3ins. at 5 o'clock this afternoon. Damage to roads…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Drover Killed By Lightning Flash Storms in Queensland. Brisbane
Last night William Henry Sandford West, 55, drover, accompanied by Thomas McHugh, was driving cattle along the Gracemere-Baiool road…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maize Crops North Coast Review Prospects On Clarence Flood Damage on Tweed Sydney
Late sown maize crops on the upper North Coast, except for those damaged by flood waters, are viewed favorably by the Department of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood Rains In North Island N.Z. Two Men Drowned. Auckland
Two men were drowned, towns were isolated, cottages wrecked and thousands of acres inundated by floods in the north island of New Zealand…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →FLOODWATERS New Zealand Deluge Farming Districts Laid Waste Wellington (N.z.)
Many properties in Hawkes Bay are still covered with floodwaters. Although communication with Napier and Hastings has been restored by road…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hawkes Bay Again Faces Disaster Gales and Flood Rains. Auckland
Just as New Zealand was recovering from the flood disasters of a few days ago. torrential rain and gales again swept over a large part of the Dominion…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cyclone Costs Golfers £15 Cash
Not only did a cyclone mean the loss to Young Golf Club of Its clubhouse, but the club had to pay £15 to the council (which owns the links) to clean…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£600 Grant Offer Nymboida Shire Work Damage Done by Floods Departmental Action
At yesterday's meeting of the Nymboida Shire Council a letter was received from the Minister for Works and Local Government (Mr. E. S…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →No Revolt Mexican President Speech in Storm Centre. Mexico City
Faced with the threat of revolt, President Cardenas arrived at San Luis Potosi in a heavily-guarded train and demanded in a speech that General…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in Austria Worst Ever Experienced. Vienna
Causing the greatest flood disaster in Austrian history the river Mur burst its banks in Styria and Carinthia, stopping all traffic between Austria and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →By Three Holes Golf Course Shortened Gale Upsets Players. London
Because the wind had almost reached, gale force, the committee controlling the British amateur golf championship, at Troon, after a hurried meeting, took…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Thirty Dead Six Thousand Homeless Flood in Austria. Graz (Austria)
Thirty are dead and six thousand are homeless as the result of floods during the past few days. Motor boats from Vienna rescued 30…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Rain In Dry North-West More to Follow. Sydney
Splendid falls of rain, the heaviest being 330 points, were recorded over the dry north-west and western districts of New South Wales during the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rising Again Fresh In Richmond River Heavy Rain Continues. Lismore
Heavy rain last night and to-day resulted in a further sharp rise in the Richmond River, which, at Lismore, early to-night, was 11 feet above…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Slight Rise In Clarence River Flood Danger Not Serious District Inundated by Heavy Rain
Despite the rumors circulated in Grafton, Maclean and other centres in the district yesterday afternoon, there is no immediate likelihood of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Storm Centre of Central Europe
A map of Czecho-Slovakia, indicating the distribution of population in that country, whose affairs are causing such anxiety in international circles at the present time…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dorrigo Shire Council Time Table Coff's Bus Service Grant For Flood Damage Visiting Fruit Sellers
At the regular meeting of the Dorrigo Shire Council, held in the Council Chambers, Coramba, there were in attendance Crs. W. M. Mark (president)…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Tweed Floods Low-Lying: Portions Of Town Under Water River Subsides at Night. Murwillumrah
The second major flooding this year in the Tweed River district occurred to-day. Following on squally conditions, which had prevailed since…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood Warnings. Sydney
An official flood warning was issued by the Weather Bureau to-night, as follows:--Owing to heavy to very heavy rains during the past 24 hours, and the…
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