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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1941

103 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 4 of 6

Government Grant Copmanhurst Roads Damage Caused by Floods Success of Application

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 June 1941 · page 2

Assistance in the form of a grant will be made by the Government to the Copmanhurst Shire Council for repairing roads in the shire which were damaged by…

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Storm of Interjections Follows Conscription Plea Scene in House of Reps. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 June 1941 · page 4

Straight-out advocacy of conscription for oversea service by two Government members, Messrs. Duncan-Hughes (U.A.P., S.A.), and Cameron (U.A.p.,…

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Inquiry Held James Creek Drainage "Floodgate Not Effective."

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 June 1941 · page 6

An inquiry was conducted, at the Maclean Courthouse on Tuesday, in connection with the James' Greek Drainage Trust near Maclean, to…

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War Supplies U.S.A. Flood to Middle East Washington

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 June 1941 · page 5

The Associated Press learns that lend and lease cargoes in enormous amount are moving into the Red Sea for General Wavell's army…

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Tuckombil Flood Scheme

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 June 1941 · page 4

The Minister for Local Government (Mr. McGirr) is to visit the Woodbu[?]shire for the purpose of examining the Tuckombil flood escape scheme,…

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Floods in Japan Serious Damage Done Fifty Thousand Homes Flooded. Tokio

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 June 1941 · page 5

The Home Office reported to-day that 100 persons were killed. 50,000 homes flooded extensive damage done to the rice fields, and all transport disrupted…

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Serious Hold-up Cable, Beam, Wireless Severe Magnetic Storm Aurora Australis Blamed Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 July 1941 · page 4

Cable, beam and wireless transmission services to Australia and many other countries were seriously delayed by a meteorological…

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Mid-winter Thunderstorm

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 July 1941 · page 4

Grafton had the unusual experience of a mid-winter thunderstorm yesterday morning. Rain commenced to fall early in the morning, and about…

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Floods in Japan Homes Inundated. Tokio

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 July 1941 · page 5

At least 19 are dead and many missing and over 20,000 homes inundated in Tokio and vicinity, as a result of 72 hours of rain…

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Heavy Rain in Melbourne. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 July 1941 · page 1

So heavy was the rain in the metropolitan area during the night that all racecourse tracks were unsuitable for galloping None was recorded on any of the courses…

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Storm Centre of the Far East

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 July 1941 · page 5

Department of Information map showing Indo-China and its strategic relationship to British and American bases and possessions. The occupation of Indo-Cliina by Japanese troops is proceeding…

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Giant Bombs on Nazi War Plants R.A.F. Out In Gale Widespread Damage Inflicted London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 August 1941 · page 5

An Air Ministry communique says that in a gale of wind last night large forces of planes attacked objectives at Mannheim, Frankfurt and…

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Tuckombil Flood Escape Scheme

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 August 1941 · page 4

Damage by major floods will not be relieved by the additional work being carried out on the Tuckombil escape scheme by the Public Works…

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Murwillumbah Flood Problem

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 August 1941 · page 4

On Thursday, Mr. A. E. Budd, M.L.A., expressed the opinion that the removal of the promontory jutting into the Tweed River near the Murwillumbah…

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Mullet Length Maclean Opposes Change Decrease Due to Flood

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 August 1941 · page 4

Maclean licensed fishermen decided at a special meeting on Friday to inform the Fisheries Department that Maclean fishermen were opposed to…

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Forty Killed Severe Storm In Chili Traffic Held Up. Santiago (Chile)

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 August 1941 · page 5

A severe storm which raged in Cen[?]ral Chile for seven days killed 40 persons and seriously disrupted traffic. Thousands of railway passengers are…

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Storm at Coff's Harbor

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 August 1941 · page 4

Heavy rain and hail, accompanied by thunder and lightning, was experienced at Coff's Harbor at about 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The electric light…

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Heavy Storm Hail in Some Places

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 19 August 1941 · page 2

During the thunderstorm yesterday afternoon, shortly before five o'clock, heavy rain fell at Karangi and Upper Orara. Our Upper Orara correspond…

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Wild Storm Heavy Fall Of Hail 49 Points of Rain in 20 MINUTES

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 August 1941 · page 4

Last night Grafton was swept by a storm which reached tropical intensity as torrents of rain poured down, accompanied by vicious flashes of…

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Another Storm Strong Wind And Hail Unusual August Weather

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 August 1941 · page 4

After a dry winter, Grafton yesterday experienced its second thunderstorm within 18 hours a most unusual occurrence for August…

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