Rough Passage Steamers in Cyclone. Brisbane
The freighter, Hororata, from Liverpool ran into the cyclone off Cape Moreton on Saturday afternoon. All hands were on duty for 12 hours to…
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Floods & storms, 1939
216 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 4 of 11
Gale at Coff's Breakwater Damaged Launches in Danger. Coff's Harbor
Torrential rain fell in Coff's Harbor on Sunday night. At 9 a.m. to-day 775 points had fallen during 48 hours, making the total since Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods Feared South Of Clarence Warning Issued Yesterday. Sydney
The State Meteorologist, Mr. Mares, forecasts further heavy rain for the North Coast, south of Clarence Heads, and has issued flood warning for this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shipping Delayed by North Coast Cyclone. Sydney
Encountering high seas and cyclonic winds practically all the way from Brisbane, the A.U.S.N. liner, Orungal, arrived in Sydney this morning, a day…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Missing Woman Body Found In River After Flood Waters Subsided. Lismore
The body of Mrs. Vera Ruby Schick (52), who disappeared from her home in Dawson street, Lismore, on Saturday night, was found floating in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Upper Fine Flower Heavy Rain
Good rain set in on Saturday last and continued throughout the night and on Sunday increased to heavy falls. All watercourses, lagoons, creeks, etc., are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cyclone at Armidale
Wind of cyclonic force cut a swathe half a mile long and approximately 20 yards wide through tall, thick standing timber, five miles north -west of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Upper Orara Fierce Rain Storm
"One of the worst ever experienced in the history of the district," was the verdict of everyone regarding the rainstorm which occurred here last…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Drowned in Flooded Creek Two Women And Child Car Overturned by Torrent Molong
Two women and an infant were drowned when a motor car was swept away in a flooded creek near Manildra last night. A party of 100…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →More Rain and a Cool Change Flood Falls Likely in Some N.S.W. Areas Sydney
High humidity, which has prevailed over the State since the passing of the centre of the cyclonic disturbance, will be dispelled within a day or two…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Central and Upper Bucca Damage by Storms
As a result of last week's flood the bridge on the Eastbank road at Williamson's collapsed on the western side and no traffic is able to pass,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Storm Camping Ground Wrecked. Newcastle
Torrential rain, accompanied by wind of cyclonic force, wrecked the camping ground at South Belmont Park this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Aintree Racecourse Danger Of Flooding When Canal Bank Gave Wax. London
Liverpool police are investigating the flooding of the Grand National racecourse at Aintree. The bank of the Leeds-Liverpool…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Swept Under Flooded Bridge
Mr. Ernest Johnson, a married man residing at Yangan, near Warwick, has cause to remember the flood that submerged a bridge over a creek late on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CLOUDBURST Heavy Rain At Nymboida Four Inches in an Hour
The heaviest rain experienced for many years fell at Nymboida during a storm which occurred between 4.30 and 5.30 on Monday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →880 Points Deluge in Brisbane Suburb. Brisbane
In the heaviest storm in the metropolitan area for two years, 880 points of rain were received at the suburb of Wynnum to-day. Streets, gutters and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Torrential Rain Storm at Coff's Harbor. Coff's Harbor
A heavy storm passed over Coff's Harbor from the sea, shortly after 3 p.m. to-day, breaking with great suddenness, and torrential rain fell for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Palmer's Island Heavy Rain
Commencing shortly after dusk on Tuesday last, rain fell almost incessantly throughout the night, and at times was very heavy. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dorrigo Shire Suffers By Heavy Rain Damage in C Riding. Coff's Harbor
In his report at to-day's meeting of the Dorrigo Shire Council, the engineer (Mr. H. G. Bond) stated that excessive damage in every Riding had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floodboat Race Bank Officers Compete Bank of N.S.W. VICTORIOUS
Four crews competed in the Clarence River bank officers annual floodboat race, which was rowed over a distance of a quarter of a mile on the Clarence…
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