Heavy Rain On Upper Clarence
Heavy rain fell on the Upper Clarence yesterday. It fell in intermittent downpours from early morning until late afternoon…
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Floods & storms, 1947
161 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 3 of 9
Severe Floods Threaten Northern Area
SYDNEY, Thurs.—Severe floods are now threatened in all northern New South Wales rivers. Where a few days ago there was nothing but dust and flies and dying stock in the north-west gullies are running bankers,…
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SYDNEY, Fri.—An easterly gale lashed the entire coast of New South Wales to-day, battering ships at sea and playing havoc with small craft and ferries on Sydney Harbour. Gale warnings have caused…
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WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Sun.— The Tasman liner Wanganella was again gravely endangered yesterday, after her bowlines…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Danger Of Floods Has Passed
SYDNEY, Sunday.—With little rain reported throughout the State to-day, the danger of flooding in areas where heavy falls were received last week has passed. Some New South Wales rivers…
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SYDNEY, Mon.—The township of Mogil Mogil has been cut off by floods for more than a week, and packhorses are being used to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Gauges Sought At Glenreagh
Rains drenched the district during last week, and the Orara River rose to 19 feet above normal. Several families in the…
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BRISBANE, Tues.—As flood waters recede in the Boyne Valley area, west of Gladstone, a trail of devastation is revealed…
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Sir,—We all heard after the last flood what would be done as protection against further floods, by haying the flood walls beyond…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Copmanhurst Shire Council Requests Expedition Of Flood Wall Grant
IT was decided at yesterday's meeting of the Copmanhurst Shire Council, held in Graf ton, that the authorities be asked to expedite the grant for the work to be carried out on the Great Marlow wall…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Violent Storm On Upper Clarence
A violent storm raged for two hours over Towgon Grange ,and Winegrove early yesterday afternoon…
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SYDNEY, Mon.—Flood waters yesterday swept away two main road bridges in the Coonabarabran district. The bridges were on the…
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SYDNEY, Wed.—Fairly heavy rain fell in many parts of the State during the past 24 hours. During the day further falls…
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LA PAZ (Bolivia), Sun.—It is estimated that 50 per cent. of the city of Trinidad, Bolivia, which maintains a population of 8000 persons, will be destroyed by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Waters Slowly Receding As Danger Passes ?i t Local Floodings Reported
With the river at Copmanhurst 34 feet seven inches late yesterday afternoon, and the countryside saturated as a result of continuous rain over the past few days, apprehension that the Clarence district was about to experience a flood was general…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flood Danger Passes As River Falls
Reports from key centres such as Copmanhurst, Nymboida and Tabulam late yesterday afternoon indicated that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Canada Swept by Severe Storm
MONTREAL, Tuesday.—One of the winter's most intense storms swept Eastern Canada on Sunday and Monday and there were at least two deaths in the Montreal district. The storm deprived Quebec…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Quit India" Storm in Britain
Britain's decision to quit India not later than June, 1918, has produced a storm which already exceeds any in the long series associated with India. Since Mr. Attlee's bombshell in the Commons recently, there has been a rising tide of indignation at the method…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rappville District Flooded
Sixty-six points of rain were registered at Rappville for the 48 hours' ending 9 a.m. Monday, and all road communication from the…
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LA PAZ (Bolivia), Tues.—Fourteen United States, Bolivian, Chilean and Peruvian rescue planes continued to evacuate…
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