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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1942

67 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 4

Japs First Major Impasse Tide Passed Its Full Flood Lull In Air Activity Over N. Guinea Allied Planes Make Attack on Lae Much Damage Despite Bad Weather

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 April 1942 · page 3

PORT MORESBY. Tues.— With the news of the retreat of the Japanese forces from the Markham Valley to the narrow coastal fringe from Finschafen to Salamana, coupled with the undoubted full in Japanese air activity over the New Guinea area for the…

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Steady Flow U. S. Equipment Arrival in Australia Flood Proportions Soon

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 April 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sun.— The steady flow of war equipment to Australia from the United States is expected to reach flood…

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Heroic Malta Deluge of Bombs 2000 Tons In March Axis Air Armada's Losses

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 April 1942 · page 3

LONDON, Sat.— Malta's clim to be the most bombed area in the world is reinforced by the disclosure that during the four…

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To Put Out Fires Collieries to Be Flooded

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 May 1942 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Sun.—The whole of Belmont number one colliery, which employs between 70 and 80 men, is to be flooded…

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Great Strides in Nation's Defences Flood Of Equipment Army Minister Pleased

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 May 1942 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tues.—The Minister for the Army, Mr. Forde, saidt to-day that almost revolutionary changes in the…

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Part of R.A.N. Delaying The Flood Last Fight of Yarra Like Gallantry of Jervis Bay

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 May 1942 · page 4

CANBERRA, Thurs.—By their contribution to the delaying of the flood from the north, ships and men of the Royal Australian…

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Editorial. an Emotional Storm

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 May 1942 · page 2

Concern is being expressed in London und Washington at the wave of undue elation that is sweeping across the United…

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Thirteen Killed Flood in Pennsylvania Town Under Eight Feet of Water

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 May 1942 · page 3

NEW YORK, Sat.—Mountain floodwaters struck Central and Eastern Pennsylvania, killing 13 persons. Nine are missing, and…

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32 DEATHS In Big Floods 24 Lives Lost in One Town

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 May 1942 · page 3

HOMESDALE (Pennsylvania), Sun.—In this debris-covered area have been counted at least 32 dead and many others believed…

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Abandoned by Rommel Attempt To Storm Bir Hakheim Effort to Escape Westward German Losses Have Been Heavy

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 June 1942 · page 3

CAIRO, Fri.—Latest despatches indicate that Rommel has abandoned the attempt to storm Bir Hakheim, and is attempting to escape westward, covered by a panzer rearguard. LONDON, Thurs.—The German's are bringing up…

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Sebastopol Savage Attacks Fortress Stands Storm Offensive At Kharkov

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 June 1942 · page 3

LONDON, Wed.—The Germans are trumpeting that they have assembled 100,000 men and 2000 planes and the greatest…

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Libyan Sand Storm Made In England to Test Middle East Railway Engines

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 June 1942 · page 3

Sand from the Libyan desert has been specially sent to the Research Laboratory of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway for…

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Struck by Gale Building Collapsed Two Men Killed Workers Flung to Ground

Daily Examiner · Saturday 27 June 1942 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Fri.—Two men were fatally injured and eight others injured, while 12 received minor hurts, when a…

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Heavy Floods Damage In Victoria Families Left Homeless

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 July 1942 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Mon.--The north-eastern and upper Goulburn valley have suffered extensively through heavy floods. Rivers and…

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Vic. Floods Subside Slightly Goulburn Overflows

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 July 1942 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tues.--The floods have subsided slightly in north-eastern Victoria and the Goulburn valley. No further…

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Vic. News Flooding Continues Women Porters Start Training

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 July 1942 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wed. — Iron founders and moulders are on strike at Richmond foundry as a protest against the transfer of an…

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Floods Extend Murray Rising Swollen by Waters From Alps

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 July 1942 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thurs.--The Weather Bureau expects that low-lying country between Albury and Echuca may soon be…

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Vic. News Stole To Live Damage In Hotel Youth Drowned in Flood

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 July 1942 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Fri.--John Nash, a 20-year-old tailor, who stole £350 worth of goods from three houses in Toorak recently,…

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Damage Caused Floods Follow Rain Many Homeless Serviceman Missing

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 July 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sun.--Widespread damage has been caused and many families rendered homeless, by floods which have…

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Body Found Airman Drowned in Flood Waters

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 July 1942 · page 3

TAMWORTH, Mon.--The body of Corporal Godfrey Morris, 34, a member of the R.A.A.F., was discovered in the Peel River, 4½ miles…

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