Vast Lake No Man's Land In West Rivers and Streams Flooded London
No man's land on the West front is a vast lake of mud and water owing to all rivers and streams being in high flood. Military activity is confined to…
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Floods & storms, 1939
216 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 9 of 11
District Deluge Further Heavy Rain 431 Points at Grafton Downpour on Thursday Night
Grafton had received 431 points of rain up to 6 o'clock last night as a result of the drenching showers which have fallen since Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tomatoes Suffer Heavy Rain at Coff's Harbor. Coff's Harbor
Rain continued to fall practically without ceasing in Coff's Harbor throughout Thursday night, and for the 24 hours ended. 9 a.m. on Friday,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cyclonic Storm Woolgoolga Deluged. Woolgoolga
Steady rain commenced to fall yesterday afternoon. It increased in volume during the day, accompanied by a south to south-east wind. After…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floodboats Win for H. Hastings
The fourth round of the Sam See trophy was run at Grafton on Saturday afternoon. The river was a little choppy and made rowing a little heavy, but the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Murray Flood Large Areas Under Water Adelaide
Floodwaters from the River Murray have now inundated a vast area, washing out fishermen from their homes, practically marooning hamlets and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood Prevention
Byron Bay improvement Association, at a meeting this week, recorded its appreciation of the action of the Byron shire engineer (Mr. M. Smith) in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CHINA Japs Flood Huge Area Five Million Homeless. Chungking
The Chinese Government charges that the Japanese rendered homeless 5,000,000 peasants by cutting the dykes in Hopsi Province to flood out Chinese…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Larger Festival Trees Should Be Floodlit Mr. Neville Cayley's Comments
"The Jacaranda Festival in the avenue was a glorious sight, but I think much more could be made of it," stated Mr. Neville Cayley,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Holland Fears Invasion Frontier Lines Made Ready For Flooding
The Dutch are under no illusions about the vulnerability of their country and while neutrality continues to be their policy, they are perfectly aware…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →35 Points From Storm
Grafton received 35 points oi ram as a result of the storm which took place early on Saturday night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floodboats Win for Eric See
The fifth round of the Sam See trophy was rowed on Saturday afternoon at South Grafton. Four crews faced the starter, and put up some gooo…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tanks Bogged In Flooded Country Tests in Netherlands. London
The Netherlands military authorities have been testing how far flooding part of the frontier territory can be relied upon to stop mechanised forces. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murray Flood Thousands of Sandbags Used To Hold Water Back Best Rain for Years Adelaide
The best November rains for five years have fallen throughout most of the agricultural and pastoral areas of South Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Over Banks Murray Floodwaters £9030 Damage at Toora. a Delaide
Causing damage estimated at £9000 the River Murray floodwaters broke throught the banks guarding Toora settlement, about three miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Woolgoolga Heavy Storm
At 7.40 p.m. on Saturday a severe storm broke over the town and for about 15 minutes rain fell in torrents. The storm was accompanied by a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Storm at Grafton
A thunderstorm broke over Grafton last night between 9 and 9.30 and very heavy rain fell. It was still raining heavily at 2 o'clock this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Severe Hail Storm At Towgon Grange 1½ Inches of Rain in Half an Hour. Towgon Grange
A severe hailstorm, stated to be the heaviest for 25 years, broke over the Towgon Grange district this afternoon between 1.30 and 2 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy Rain On Thursday Night Grafton Receives 237 POINTS
Following a heavy storm which originated on the Upper Clarence on Thursday afternoon, heavy rain commenced to fall on all parts of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rowing Floodboat Flutters
The final of the Grafton and South Grafton Water Brigades' floodboat flutters was held on the Clarence River on Saturday afternoon and resulted in…
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