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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1950

715 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 17 of 36

Flood Advice

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 July 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sun.--As further rain is expected in Northern New South Wales quick rises are likely in the rivers and…

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Heavy Rain on Nambucca

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 July 1950 · page 2

MACKSVILLE, Mon.--After six and a half inches of rain to 10 a.m. to-day. people living in the low-lying areas of…

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Radio Reception During Floods

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 11 July 1950 · page 8

Mr. G. england a member of the Urban Committee referred to the lack of radio reception from recent cyclonic weather. He…

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Flooded Creek Tails to Stop Ambulance and Police

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 11 July 1950 · page 1

Heroic work woe performed Yesterday afterrnoon by Ambulance Officer Arthur Chappell and Police Constables Black and White, in twice rowing over the heavily flooded Bucca Creek to bring a severely injured youth to the…

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R.s.l. Flood Relife Fund

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 11 July 1950 · page 4

The RSL Flood Relief Fund is steadily growing. Conteibution made yesterday included £10/10/ from Dentist Nevell…

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Sculling Champion Flood Victim; Title Race Off

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 July 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY, Mon.--Australian professional sculling champion, Dob Kemp, lost his home on the Macleay River during the…

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Flood-Control Authority Recommended

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 July 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.--Mr. Jeff Bate, M.H.R., in a report to the Commonwealth Government has recommended early establishment of an Efficient authority to…

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Troops In Japan Aid Flood Appeal

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 July 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Mon.--Australian troops serving with B.C.O.F. in Japan have opened a fund to assist New South…

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Outboard Motors Ideal For Flood Work

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 July 1950 · page 2

LISMORE.--Outboard motors purchased by Lismore City Council for flood rescue work were given an exacting…

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Preyed on Flood Victims; Men Sentenced

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 July 1950 · page 3

MAITLAND, Mon.--Two Sydney men convicted of entering the deserted home of a flood victim at Maitland,…

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Discusses Flood Grant Allocation

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 July 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.--The State-Commonwealth Flood Relief Committee sat all day to-day discussing ways and means of disposing of a cheque of £120,000…

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Flood Reflections Letters To The Editor Flood Records

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 July 1950 · page 2

Sir.--I have been asked to publish records in my possession regarding floods--culled in Dart from the "Daily…

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Flood Damage on Bellinger

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 July 1950 · page 4

BELLINGEN.--A summary of the approximate losses suffered during the flood provides a rather startling picture, 150…

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Flood Fund Further Citizens Receive Relief

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 July 1950 · page 3

Flood relief worth about £2500 was granted 70 applicants at a meeting of the joint Grafton City- Copmanhurst Shire Flood Relief Committee yesterday…

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Card Party to Aid Flood Victims' Appeal

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 July 1950 · page 4

TOWGON-GRANGE.--A card party in aid of Flood Victims' Appeal was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Winters…

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Sydney Gift To Flood Victims

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 July 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.--The Sydney City Council to-day gave £1000 to the New South Wales flood victims' appeal, the Lord…

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Suggested Meeting As Benefit For Flood Victims

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 July 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday. -- Mr. J. Geraghty. M.L.A. for North Sydney, to-day suggested to the secretary of the A.J.C. (Mr. W…

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Sunshine Dispels Flood Fears

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 July 1950 · page 2

Sunshine and lack of reports of heavy rain throughout the Clarence district until late in the afternoon dispelled fears of another flood…

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Disbursement Of Flood Relief

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 July 1950 · page 4

Of the £3750 sent to South Grafton from the "Herald" Flood Relief Fund, £2683 had been disbursed to necessitous cases, said the chairman of the Relief Committee (Ald. C. T. Schwinghammer),…

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Greater Havoc Than Minor Flood

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 July 1950 · page 5

KEMPSEY, Tuesday.--Four inches of rain in Kempsey in the past 48 hours has caused greater havoc than a minor…

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