Sewer Main Flooding
The health inspector (Mr. J. G. Kay[?]ock), reported that sewer mains were flooded recently during heavy rains, and…
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Floods & storms, 1948
279 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 3 of 14
Storm by Night
I HEARD by night the sudden rain Spring like a creature wild, To dash against the window pane Like nightmares of a child,…
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DARWIN, Sun.--Heavy monsoonal rains at the end of the wet season have caused the worst flooding in living memory in the…
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WOODFORD LEIGH. -- The Wondford Leigh P. and C. Association has decided to approach he Harwood Shire With a view…
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BRISBANE, Fri.--Up to 1452 points of rain fell imparts of the Queensland coast from Mackay to the southern border in the…
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COFF'S HARBOUR, Friday.--Torrential rain which fell during the early hours of this morning, and Heavy showers which followed until shortly before midday, completely marred the first day of the Coff's Harbour 1948 Show…
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Torrential rains, accompanied by winds of gale force swept the Clarence valley late Saturday night and early Sunday morning, and residents became…
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SYDNEY, Sun.--Floods in Southern Queensland and Northern, New South Wales- are subsiding. The cyclonic…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coffs Stages Show in Semi-cyclone Triumh of Courage and Determination Grand Display Despite Conditions
Coffs 1948 Slow—the first post war exhibition—was staged on Friday and'Saturday last in shocking and extremely difficult weather conditions. Torential rains which lashed die district throughout both days marked the culmination of a week of intermittent showers, and brought the committee face to face…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coffs Stages Show in Semi-cyclone Triumph of Courage and Determination Grand Display Despite Commtions
Coffs 1948 Showâthe first post war exhibitionâwas staged on Friday and Saturday last in shocking and extremely difficult weather conditions. Torential rains which lashed the district throughout both days marked the culmination of a week of intermittent showers, and brought the committee face to face…
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CANBERRA, Mon.--With the Murrumbidgee River at Canberra rising at a rate of 20 inches an hour, Canberra police…
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SYDNEY, Monday.--Heavy flooding is occurring in most ports of the southern coastal and inland regions of N.S.W…
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CORAMBA.--Owing to flooded conditions in the countryside it was not possible to play the opening matches in Orara League's 1948 competition on…
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LONDON, Tuesday (A.A.P.).--Heavy rain delayed the resumption of the cricket match Australia v. Leicester for almost four hours to-day. Australia won by an innings and 171 runs…
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LISMORE, Tues.-- A 10-foot break in the Bungawallyn Creek levee bank last night poured huge volumes of water over a wide…
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SYDNEY, Wed.--Hundreds of tents were blown away and buildings were unroofed when a 40 m.p.h. gale hit the Eureka…
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SYDNEY, Wed.--Floods prevented 14 delegates from attending the C.W.A. annual conference being held this week…
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MELBOURNE, Thurs.--Severe floods are threatening towns and farms in the Gippsland, following heavy rain last night…
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SIDNEY, Friday.-- There was no "flood of beer" when the first deliveries of beer to Sydneys 600 hotels in 10 weeks…
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Recent storms have occasioned damage to such an extent on the Copmanhurst and Lawrence main roads that…
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