Magnificent Response To Flood Appeal
Sufficient food, fruit and clothing to load to capacity a 14-ton louvred railway van and £176 in cash donations, were received in last night's Kempsey flood appeal…
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Floods & storms, 1949
376 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 9 of 19
Flood Prevention Wanted On Tweed
A Murwillumbah Progress Association has drawn the attention of the Tweed Shire Council to the calamitous floods on the Macleay…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Reception Cancelled; Guest In Flood Area
A civic reception, to be tendered the president of the Methodist Conference, Rev. R. B. Lew, at Maclean to-night, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Daily Telegraph" On Flood Control
SYDNEY, Tuesday.--In a special article in the "Daily Telegraph" to-day the attention of the Government is drawn to the long standing proposals of Sir Earle Page for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Viaduct Collapsed in Kempsey Flood
THE dislocation in North Coast rail services can be clearly understood from this picture. It shows the long length of viaduct of the main railway bridge at Kempsey which collapsed under the pressure of the swirling floodwaters of the Macleay…
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KEMPSEY, Wed.--The Prime Minister has advised Sir Earle Page. M.H.R. that if grants already approved for flood relief…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gratified At Flood Appeal Response
KEMPSEY, Wed.--The Town Clerk of Kempsey (Mr. H. D. Pittendrigh) to-night expressed to the Mayor (Ald. J. A…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Caring For Children From Flood Area
COFF'S HARBOUR, Wed.-- Homes in Coff's Harbour district are being thrown open to children from flooded Kempsey…
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THE Clarence the Richmond, the Hunter, and now the Macleay Rivers had again and again demonstrated the urgent necessity of some sort of river control, said the president of the Grafton and South Grafton Chamber of Commerce. (Mr. L. J…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Goods For Flood Victims
The response to the appeal for the Macleay flood victims has been magnificent. In the house-to-house visit made in Grafton and South Grafton on Tuesday night a huge quantity of goods was collected…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Relief Appeal Nearing £500
The treasurer of the Grafton Rotary Club (Mr. V. Hopper) stated last night that the Kempsey Flood Relief Appeal had reached £46388…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cyclonic Storm at Upper Orara
The cyclonic storm which passed over the district on Thursday night of last week was the severest felt for many…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bananas Wanted for Flood Victims
Coffs Red Cross Society is appealing to banana growers in the district for supplies to help the Macleay flood victims…
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Splendid assistance was rendered by Coffs Scout Cubs to the Jetty Branch of the Red Cross on Monday and Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Pathetic. Flood Story
Capt. George Wilson, of the North Coast steamer Arakoon, which visited Coffs Harbour during the week, tells a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Help for Macleay Flood Victims
The response from Coffs Harbour and district to the append for clothing and other assistance for the victims of…
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COFF'S HARBOUR, Thurs.-- Substantial aid to the Kempsey flood victims is likely to result from action taken this week by…
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KEMPSEY, Thursday.--More than 2000 people are being fed in Kempsey as a result of last week-end's disastrous flood,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£2 Million Flood Damage Estimate
SYDNEY, Friday.--Flood damage in the Kempsey area is now conservatively estimated at £2 million Irreplaceable possessions have been lost by hundreds of victims, but they are unanimous in stating that money is now the…
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SYDNEY, Friday.--The Premier (Mr. McGirr) left Sydney this morning accompanied by a member of his personal staff, on tour of inspection of the flood-devaststed areas in the Kempsey district…
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