District Flood Reports (Continued from Page 2.) Palmer's Island
Terrific flood had broken on the island at the time of call at noon yesterday. From the Post Office, only the one stretch of…
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Floods & storms, 1945
194 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 3 of 10
General Review of Flood Comparisons With Old Days Indicate That Even Rivers Are Changing With The Times
The torrential rains in the great catchment area of the Clarence River and its tributaries resulted in the river overflowing its banks at many district centres. Lowlying parts of the townships of South Grafton and…
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SYDNEY, Tues.--After their home near Casino had been flooded yesterday, following the torrential rain which has fallen in the district, a mother and her four children were drowned when the boat in which they were being taken to safety capsized…
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Mr. Jock Hutton, secretary and treasurer of the Grafton Rowing Club, said last night that the club sustained a severe loss during…
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SYDNEY, Wed.--Arrangements are being made to provide cash assistance where such was necessary, said the Acting Premier, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Menace Was Grave Families Driven From Homes, Crops Heavily Damaged, Narrow Escapes From Danger
From many districts reports are coming in which give an idea of the hardships and dangers suffered by residents of the districts on the Clarence where flood waters have covered the roads, and much farm lands, with losses of small stock and crops. Cane,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Even A Flood Has Its Laughs
Grafton and South Grafton residents have a sense of humour which enables them to see a funny side even to a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →South Grafton Scene As Flood Waters Recede
A survey of the South Grafton area yesterday morning revealed that the waters had ceased to run, except in the creeks, and in most places had receded considerably. All areas which were inundated carried considerable debris…
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SYDNEY, Wed.--The floodwaters which are now receding rapidly throughout the far North Coast, are leaving in their wake…
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Considerable anxiety was caused yesterday in Grafton by a report that another cyclone was approaching the coast near…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.--The South Coast is now under water in some areas, but the scale of flooding there has to date not been nearly…
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LISMORE, Thurs.--Smashing through the high beach embankments at East Wardell, Keith Hall and Empire Vale, heavy seas to-day linked with the Richmond River water which burst the bank at Wardell in the worst flood in the history of the Lower…
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CANBERRA, Thurs.--the New South Wales floods would cause an immediate and serious decline in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Reports Grave Dangers And Heavy Loss In River Areas
With the partial reopening of telephone services throughout the Clarence district "Daily Examiner" correspondents are disclosing heavy losses, extreme hardship, grave danger to life, and great hardihood. Seelands was without food supplies for several…
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One of the facts that emerged from the flood on the Lower Clarence was that the excellent bitumen highway is useless to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →After The Flood Grafton Public Looks To Roads
Yesterday was cleaning up day for Grafton City Council employees, under the supervision of the City Engineer (Mr. Pearson)…
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CANBERRA, Thurs.--Federal Ministers to-day pledged themselves to give whatever relief was within the power of their departments to the victims of the New…
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Before Mr. G. L. Berry, Police Magistrate, at Grafton Police Court, John Gadd, 18, laborer, was charged with using indecent…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy Rain At Dorrigo
DORRIGO, Fri.--Rainfall at Dorrigo this month created a record almost equalling the mean half-yearly average. For the 13…
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CANBERRA, Fri.--Fodder should Be supplied free by the Commonwealth Government to dairy farmers who suffered in…
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