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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1943

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Sheds and Gardens Damaged In Storm

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 October 1943 · page 2

The wind, which reached gale force for a time prior to Friday afternoon's heavy fall of hail and rain, was responsible for minor…

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Three Lives Lost In Storm When Two Vessels

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 October 1943 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wed.—With the loss of three lives, two of three vessels which left Melbourne for an operational area on Monday…

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Flood Warning for Tweed River

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 November 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wed.—The Acting Meteorologist, Mr. Newman, issued a warning to-day that floodings may be expected on…

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Flood Conditions Expected In Hunter Valley

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 November 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY, Fri.—The Acting State Meteorologist. Mr. Newman, stated to-day that local floodings were expected in places on the…

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Stock Menaced By Macintyre Flood

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 November 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.—In one of the greatest floods in the north-west tablelands towns and homesteads have been isolated and miles of…

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Terrific Hail Storm Smashes Windows Wholesale In Lismore

Daily Examiner · Friday 26 November 1943 · page 2

LISMORE, Thurs.—This afternoon Lismore experienced the worst hailstorm in many years…

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Storm Played Havoc With County Council's Supply in the North

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 November 1943 · page 4

Speaking to a special supplementary report by the manager of the Clarence River County Council at the meeting of the…

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Floods On Sherwood Creek. Cause Heavy Losses In Potato Crops

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 December 1943 · page 2

A Halfway Creek correspondent writes: One of the biggest floods ever seen in Sherwood Creek occurred on the morning…

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Ritish Strike in Italy Eighth Army Storms High Ridge to Cut Main Supply Line for Germans on Adriatic Flank

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 December 1943 · page 3

LONDON, Tues.—It is officially announced that the Eighth Army has broken deeply into the enemy's main winter line and captured Forssacessia, Santa Maria, Mozzagrogna and Romagnoli. A special communique said: "the whole high ridge…

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Phenomenal Storm Megan Suffers

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 10 December 1943 · page 2

On Friday, December 3, the village of Megan and surroundings, experienced one of the severest hailstorms for many a long day…

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Storm Damages Copmanhurst Properties

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 December 1943 · page 4

COPMANHURST, Wed.—When a terrific gale and torrential rain hit Copmanhurst on Monday night last it caused considerable…

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Storms Lifts Foundation Of Railway Station Building

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 December 1943 · page 2

So severe was a storm which passed ever the Casino district one night last week, that the railway station buildings at…

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Violent Storm Uproots Trees and Flattens Camp in Dorrigo District

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 December 1943 · page 4

On Friday last at 6 p.m. a violent storm visited the Forestry Commission's road construction camp, situated on…

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Clarence Recollections. The 'Ninety Flood At Graf ton Vividly Described

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 December 1943 · page 1

Many residents of Grafton have not seen a big flood. The last I saw was in 1890. Once caught in a Grafton flood,…

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Bellingen Severe Electrical Storm

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 December 1943 · page 1

On Monday night Bellingen experienced one of the most vivid electrical storms for many years. During the afternoon the usual…

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Cyclone Gives Dockers Chance For Valour

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 December 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.—When one of the worst cyclones in its history swept the coast of North Queensland crews of…

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