Flood Boats. Seventh Round To Hastings' Crew
The seventh round of the Grafton Volunteer Water Brigade's Merv Mulligan rowers' trophy, and the E. Strauss…
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Floods & storms, 1949
376 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 16 of 19
Flooded Page River Back To Normal
MURRURUNDI, Sunday.--The flooded Page River, which yesterday broke its banks and surged down the main street of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Macleay Flood Appeal Continues to Grow
The fund being collected by the Clarence River Appeal Committee in aid of distressed farmers and graziers of the…
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MURRURUNDI, Mon.--It will take many months, and lots of money to recover from damage caused in Murrurundi's first flood…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →117 Killed by Storm
GUATEMALA CITY, Tuesday (AAP).--Police reports reveal that 117 persons were killed and 21 injured by a storm which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →State Governments Responsible For Flood Relief
W[?]iting, through Sir Earle Page, the Commonwealth Treasurer (Mr. J. B. Chifley) asked that the Bishop of Grafton be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Relief Cheque For Macleay Victims
THE president (Mr. O. S. Howley) and three members of the Rotary Club of Grafton journeyed to Kempsey last week-end to hand to the Kempsey Rotary Club a cheque for £1339169, the result of appeals conducted on the Clarence River for Kempsey…
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A letter from Tafee Municipal Council requesting co-operation in an effort to have War Damage Insurance Funds, held by the…
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GUATEMALA CITY, Thursday (AAP).--The death toll in the Gueatemalan floods is now officially estimated at 4000, with…
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Grafton and district postal officers raised over £110 at a relief appeal for Kempsey residents, said the Grafton…
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BRISBANE, Sun.-- Five people were injured and damage estimated at £30,000 was caused by a storm which struck the…
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MELBOURNE, Sun.-- Soaking rains which have been falling throughout Victoria during the past 24 hours, have caused minor…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Council Not Solely To Blame For Flood Boat Position
South Grafton Council was not solely to blame for the suggested negligence regarding the care of the flood boats of…
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BRISBANE,, Tuesday.--After isolating townships throughout Central and South- western Queensland by flooding, storm…
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ALTHOUGH the rain has cleared and river levels are dropping, people throughout northern New South Wales have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Break ln Weather Allays Flood Fears
DISTRICT inquiries yesterday revealed that definite breaks in the weather had allayed fears of flooding on the Clarence and tributaries. Most centres reported fine weather. Crops and pastures will benefit by the rain, but it came at…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.--Surging floodwaters, 26 miles wide, are threatening Boomi and neighbouring towns in the far northwest of New South Wales with the worst floods since 1890. Rises in the Barwon and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gales Lash Britain
LONDON, Wed.--After a night of howling gales and heavy rain Britain was still being lashed by storms early to- day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Would Supply Ducks In Flood Times
CANBERRA, Wed.--Assurances that the Army would promptly supply ducks for relief work in the event of serious floods in any…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Kempsey Flood Cost Railways £184,528
SYDNEY, Wednesday.--Disorganisation to services and repairs made necessary by the recent Kempsey floods cost the New South Wales Railways Department £184,528, the Minister for Transport (Mr. O'Sullivan) said to- day…
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