Ambulance Service Continues Although Flooded Out
During Tuesday and Wednesday 26 cases were treated by the Grafton District Ambulance. Floodwaters entered the…
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Floods & storms, 1946
231 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 4 of 12
Great Marlow Area Ten Miles Of Flooded Land Make Awesome Sight
In the four days of Grafton's flood week I saw no more awesome sight than the inundated Great Marlow area, as it appeared yesterday—a deep lake covering several square miles of the most fertile land in the Clarence Valley, land which last week was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Officials Survey Flood Damage Change In Army Representatives
Yesterday, Mr. W. F. Fitzgerald, an officer of the Premier's Department, and Mr. J. E. Elkin, of the Department of Labour and Industry and Social Services, CANBERRA, Fri.—The Minister for the Army (Mr. Forde) tonight announced the appointment, of Major General John Chapman…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Investigator Knows North Coast Floods
North Coast floorings are no novelty to Mr. W. F. Fitzgerald of the State Premier's rural staff, who, since Friday, has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Swan Creek Flood Report
Flood waters at Swan Creek are slowly receding. The water varies in depths to that of the June flood, 1945…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood Waters Make Change On Susan Island
It is often said that each flood has a different character to its predecessor. This certainly can be said of last week's visitation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Effects In Chatsworth District
Although the flood waters reached a record height at the top of the river, nearly every resident in the Chatsworth…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Report On Flood For Premier
Messrs. W. F. Fitzgerald, and J. E. Elkin, State Government departmental officials investigating the effect of last week's flood…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Speak Your Mind Letters To The Editor Ratepayers and the Flood
Sir,—It is noted, from the report in to-day's "Daily Examiner" that Mr. A. F. Robinson has sponsored a "heresy" hunt by the Grafton…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Higher Flood Levels At Brushgrove
Although the recent flood exceeded the levels of the preceding one by approximately eight inches, less mud has been left…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Clarence Flood. March, 1946—May It Be The Last South Grafton Taken From The Air
This magnificent aerial picture taken by a "Sydney Morning Herald" photographer on Tuesday, March 26, shows the parlous plight of South Grafton during the flood. The town is completely surrounded with water. Authoritative comments that a repetition of such floods will be disastrous to the lower parts of the town are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →City Council Overall Flood Control Scheme Urged
A COMPREHENSIVE scheme of flood control for coastal rivers, in preference to" sectional flood protection, was urged by the Mayor of Graf ton. (Aid. J. C. O'Brien) at a meeting of the Grafton City Council last night. He said the Regional Committee…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lower Clarence Flood Damage
MACLEAN, Mon.—Although the height of the floodwaters was not as great as during the June flood last year the damage this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grafton Chamber Of Commerce Criticises Communications During Flood Time
THE Grafton and South Grafton Chamber of Commerce last night decided to convey to the Prime Minister, through the Federal member, that it deplored the failure of the P.M.G.'s Department twice in nine months to maintain communications in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Appeal for Help To Flood Victims
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Appeal to the Premier (Mr. McKell) was made in the Legislative Assembly to-night for the most sympathetic…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Application For Flood Relief
SYDNEY, Tues.-Application for flood relief, particularly on the North Coast, has been very consistent, the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Speak Your Mind Letters To The Editor Flood Funds
Sir,—We are particularly concerned about those poorer people who lost heavily in the flood, and who have few, if any, resources…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →State Observers At Meeting On Flood Damage
MACLEAN, Tues.—Messrs. W. F. Fitzgerald, of the Premier's Department, and J. E. Elkin, of the Department of Labor and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Real Danger Of Further Floodings
SYDNEY, Wed.—The North Coast of New South Wales is facing a danger of flood recurrence. Heavy rain was reported to-night along…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Show At Kempsey In Spite Of Flood And Rain
KEMPSEY, Wed.—Showery weather and the flood aftermath did not prevent the Kempsey Show of 1946…
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