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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1946

231 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 12 of 12

Short Storms Over Clarence

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 December 1946 · page 2

A storm passed over Grafton yesterday afternoon about 2 o'clock, but little rain fell Severe lightning could be seen…

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Saved Many Lives During Gale

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 December 1946 · page 1

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--Battling against huge seas in an is lang lugger, a Darnsley islander, Harry Pitt saved the lives of many…

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Hurricane Storm Hits Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 December 1946 · page 3

BRISBANE, Tues.--Thousands of pounds worth of damage was caused in Brisbane and suburbs when the worst hurricane storm…

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Storms In Country Cause Damage

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 December 1946 · page 2

Further reports from country centres indicate that while the rain storms on Monday and Tuesday should prove particularly…

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Terrific Storm Bellinger Gets Full Blast

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 6 December 1946 · page 3

Although the wind blew with considerable force at Coffs Harbour in last Saturday afternoon's storm, we wefe apparently only on the…

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Flood Damage Compensation

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 December 1946 · page 4

Mr. S. Small moved that the society write to the Government and ascertain the possibility of receiving a grant in compensation…

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That Dog Frightens Everybody Away From The Gale

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 December 1946 · page 2

The Federal Government is unable to locate a man anxious to take the £5000 year post of Coal Commission chairman. Reasons for the shyness are "toughness" of the job and fact that more than half the salary goes in income taxation…

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Flood Protection Walls

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 December 1946 · page 2

Immediate application will be submitted to the Minister for Local Government by the Copmanhurst Shire Council for funds…

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Heavy Rain At Cangai

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 December 1946 · page 5

During a storm of two hours duration at The Hermitage, Cangai, on Thursday night, 465 points of rain fell…

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Galvanised Iron For Northern Rivers Storm Victims

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 December 1946 · page 3

The Minister for Works and Housing (Mr. Lemmon) was asked in the House of Representatives by Sir Earle Page…

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Hail Damage During Storm At Mylneford

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 December 1946 · page 2

Most buildings at Mylneford were damaged in a heavy hailstorm on Saturday afternoon. Pieces of hail were the largest…

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