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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1949

376 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 19 of 19

Flood Appeal By Ex-Seryicemen

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 December 1949 · page 2

The Grafton district ex-servicemen appeal for Macleay River flood victims totalled £261. The appeal was organised by a…

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Floodwaters Sweep Away Bridge

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 December 1949 · page 1

VANCOUVER, Fri. (AAP).-- Thirteen thousand residents of West Vancouver were isolated from Vancouver proper last night…

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Eight Killed in Gale

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 December 1949 · page 1

LONDON, Monday (A.A.P.)-- Eight people were killed and hundreds of others made homeless in a great gale which lashed…

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Storms at Coff's

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 December 1949 · page 2

COFF'S HARBOUR, Tues.--Following a sultry day two heavy storms struck Coff's Harbour this afternoon…

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Tamworth Storm

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 December 1949 · page 2

TAMWORTH.--During a violent electrical, storm over Tarn worth early on Wednesday morning, lightning broke a transformer at…

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Week of Storms and Hail

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 16 December 1949 · page 1

The week has been one of storms, with heavy rain, hail, wind, thunder and lightning at varying periods. Hail fell…

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Coffs Red Cross Flood Appeal

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 16 December 1949 · page 1

The appeal made by Coffs Harbour Branch of the Red Cross Society on behalf of victims of the Kempsey flood has…

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Cycling Washed Out By Heavy Rain

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 December 1949 · page 5

BUNDABERG, Sun.--Finals of the senior and junior Australian sprint cycling championships last night were washed out by heavy…

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Appreciation Of Cheque For Flood Relief

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 December 1949 · page 2

A letter of appreciation for a donation to the Kempsey Flood Relief Fund was received from State Headquarters…

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City Council Flood Committee Asked To Grafton

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 December 1949 · page 5

ON the motion of Ald. N. T. Owen and A. F. Robinson, the Grafton City Council decided on Monday night to ask the Minister for Conservation to arrange for the State Flood Warning Committee to visit Grafton as soon as possible to hear evidence…

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£25,000 Grant for Flood Damage

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 December 1949 · page 3

The Department of Works and Local Government will make an immediate grant of £25,000 towards the restoration of public…

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Flood Appeal Support From Swan Creek

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 December 1949 · page 3

In addition to the donation of several stock to the Macleay Flood Relief Committee the residents of Swan Creek…

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Reds May Storm Island

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 December 1949 · page 1

HONG KONG, Friday (A.A.P. Renter). -- Chinese Communists under General Cheng Keng have arrived at the tip of the Liu Chow…

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Storm Brings Relief After Hot Day

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 December 1949 · page 3

Heat wave conditions over Grafton and the Clarence district yesterday when the unofficial temperature reading went to 105 degrees at Grafton, culminated last night…

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Aboriginal Skeletons Uncovered In Storm

Daily Examiner · Saturday 31 December 1949 · page 3

Skeletons of two aborigines, believed to have been dead at least 50 years, were found on the coast four miles north of Red Rook on Thursday afternoon…

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Grant For Flood Damaged Roads

Daily Examiner · Saturday 31 December 1949 · page 2

The Minister for the Department of Local Government (Mr. Cahill) advised Lower Hunter Shire Council this week that his…

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