Sydney Hit by Storm
SYDNEY, Fri.—A violent electrical storm accompanied by torrential rain, caused widespread damage in Sydney late this…
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Floods & storms, 1949
376 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 19
First Account of Cyclone
CAIRNS, Sun.-Buildings collapsed like matchwood when a cyclone struck Cooktown on Thursday, said four eyewitnesses, who arrived here to-dayt from…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Heavy rain which hampered rescue efforts at Cooktown is easing off but floodwaters have washed cut railways and reads. It will be sortie days before communication with far northern towns is again possible…
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CAIRNS, Tues.—"A gale, which reached a velocity of 45m.p.h. and lasted for four hours, lashed Cairns from the north-east almost…
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BRISBANE, Wed.—The cyclone which wrecked Cooktown is moving out to sea. It had been feared that the cyclone would…
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BRISBANE, Thurs.—All danger of serious flooding in Queensland has now passed. Announcing this, to-day the…
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Fewer rabbits had been seen on the Upper Clarence in the past 12 months than in recent years, said the chairmen of the…
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Radio telephone communication equipment has been installed between Grafton and Copmanhurst and Copmanhurst and…
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It behoved the C.P. and A. Society to display caution in the proposal to expend £900 on floodlighting at Grafton…
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The showery conditions of the past few days continued yesterday, and heavy rain fell in Grafton last night…
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SYDNEY, Tues.—Following the recent heavy rain, more falls are predicted for the North Coast, with local flooding…
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LONDON, Wednesday (A.A.P.).—Violent gales, which yesterday swept Britain, Europe and the United States, killed many people, and left behind wrecked buildings, disrupted communications and crippled shipping…
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BRISBANE.Wed.—Queensland coastal towns have been devastated by a raging cyclone and already two deaths have been reported…
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Though difficulties are occurring from local flooding, general opinion of Clarence primary producers is that the heavy rains to this stage have heeh of considerable…
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It's a long time since Coffs streets were flooded like they were about eight o'clock last night. It reminded those…
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COFF'S HARBOUR, Thurs.—There has been no sign of a break in the weather at Coff's Harbour, where the heavy rain…
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BRISBANE, Thurs.—The cyclone, which left a trail of great damage on a 2000-mile front along the Queensland coast yesterday, is now losing its intensity and moving inland. THE Weather Bureau reports…
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LISMORE, Thurs.—Spasmodic rain over the whole of the Richmond district to-day gave no cause for fear of floods…
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Although some heavy rain howers fell over the Clarence River district yesterday, the fourth wet day this week, the rain was not enough to cause a serious flood…
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BRISBANE, Fri.—High winds and heavy seas from the cyclone have dislocated many of the navigation safeguard along the…
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