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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1946

231 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 12

Showery Conditions Follow Brief Storm

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 April 1946 · page 2

Humid conditions prevailed over the Clarence Valley yesterday, which culminated in the banking up of storm, clouds to the…

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Flood Damage To Cane Crops

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 April 1946 · page 4

MACLEAN, Tues.—The secretary of the Clarence River Sugar Executive (Mr. John Skinner), when interviewed…

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Transmitters For Flood News

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 April 1946 · page 2

South Grafton Council last night decided to authorise the Mayor (Ald. J. C. Lane) to confer with the Mayor of Grafton…

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Houses Collapse In Flood

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 April 1946 · page 1

MADRID, Wed.—Floodwaters from the Segura River inundated the cities of Alquerias and Santa Cruz, where 80 per cent, of the…

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The Flood

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 April 1946 · page 5

About 9 a.m. on the Tuesday morning of the flood, we had to move out of our house because the river was flowing over. We…

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South Grafton Council On Flood Damage Claims

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 April 1946 · page 4

IF there was any lack on the part of the Public Works Department, it was failure to advise that flood damage claims of £50 and under would not be subsidised, said Ald. C. T. Schwing-hammer at Tuesday night's meeting of the South Grafton Council…

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Flood Damage At Cangai

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 April 1946 · page 4

Residents of the Cangai district experienced showers early this week, reports our correspondent. Flood damaged roads are…

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Flood Aftermath At Harwood Island

Daily Examiner · Friday 26 April 1946 · page 2

A thunderstorm with vivid lightning flashes and heavy rain broke over Harwood Island on Tuesday evening. This was…

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Flood Deposit Clear-up

Daily Examiner · Saturday 27 April 1946 · page 3

The municipality of South Grafton is making a special effort to clear up hyacinth and other flood deposits. On Monday…

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Ship Capsized in Gale

Daily Examiner · Monday 29 April 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Sun.—The Dutch motorship Thea capsized when entering Bridlington Harbour, in a northerly, gale on Saturday…

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You Will Get This For Flood Damage

Daily Examiner · Monday 29 April 1946 · page 4

Financial assistance under the State Government flood relief scheme will be made available to eligible applicants at 1½ per…

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Damage By Flood To C.R.C.C. Line

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 April 1946 · page 5

Heavy damage had been caused in the central district by the March flood, reported the chief engineer (Mr. J. A. Ingles)…

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Flood Relief Committee To Visit South Grafton

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 May 1946 · page 2

REPRESENTATIVES of the Flood Relief Committee, the Premier's Department and the Department of Labour and Industry will visit South Grafton to-morrow to discuss flood relief problems…

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Flood Relief Committee At Maclean

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 May 1946 · page 2

Members of the Flood Relief Committee expect to arrive in Maclean by car to-day. They will call at the Council Chambers…

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Residents Asked To Claim Flood Damage

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 May 1946 · page 2

Members of the Flood Relief Committee, who visited South Grafton yesterday afternoon, while applauding the attitude of householders in refraining from making…

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Flood Relief For Lower Clarence Farmers

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 May 1946 · page 2

MACLEAN, Sun.—Members of the Flood Relief Committee, consisting of Messrs. L. Rath, J. H. Burkitt and W. F. Fitzgerald, secretary, visited Maclean on…

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Flood Warning By Radio

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 May 1946 · page 2

Installation of auxiliary radio services by the P.M.G. Department for use during floods when telegraph services were out of…

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Radio Links In Flood Time

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 May 1946 · page 7

The provision of a system of radio links to maintain communications when ordinary services are disrupted by floods, was…

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Weddings Norris—gale

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 May 1946 · page 5

Coral Jean Gale, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Gale, of Northmead, and Ronald Norris, youngest son of Mrs. E. Norris…

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Last Flood

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 May 1946 · page 5

It had been raining here for about seven days. The rain started to fall on Wednesday. By Thursday the creeks had all…

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