Jet Propelled Floodboats
If a suggestion by Ald. C. T. Schwinghammer before South Grafton Council meeting, on Monday night is adopted, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms
Floods & storms, 1950
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Floodwaters Creep Over Levees
SYDNEY. Tues.--The flooded Darling River is creeping over sandbag banks and lapping the floors of houses in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Repairs To Kempsey Flood Break
A month ago, engineers of the New South Wales Railways Department said they would have the trains running over the flood break at Kempsey by August 20…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Full Co-operation In Flood Control Centre
Full co-operation in the working of the Grafton flood control information centre, was promised at a meeting of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aftermath Of Flood Some Dairy Farms Affected For Months Yet
Although flood water throughout the Clarence district is draining off steadily, months will elapse before some dairy farms are again in normal production…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ulmarra Estimate Of Flood Damage
Estimated cost of repairing flood damage in the Ulmarra municipal area, reported to yesterday's meeting of the Ulmarra Municipal Council, was £3724…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Should Flood Basin Towns Be Shifted?
Two Sydney visitors a town planner and an economist, last night debated with a Grafton solicitor and a Lismore surveyor whether towns in flood basins should be shifted. The occasion was the first…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flood Blight on the Valley
Below is a record of some of the tragic events associated with the [?] floods occurring between the years 1839 and 1876. Despite its heroic phases, it is a depressing recital of alarm, loss and death…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Weakness In Flood Warning Set Up
A weakness m the flood warning service from Grafton Police Station was the announcement that it would not operate unless a major flood was imminent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Red-Tape" Hinders Flood Restoratian Work Sawmillers Restoring Their Men and Machinery to Full Use Back in Timber Industry
Due to the prolonged "bungling" and "red tape," sawmillers in Dorrigo area were withdrawing their men and machinery from the flood-damage repair work, and putting them to full use back in the timber mills forests, etc. This was stated at a public meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Desperate Battle Against Flood
SYDNEY, Thurs.--A virtual state of emergency has been declared in the far western town of Bourke, where men, women and children are fighting a desperate battle against rising floodwaters…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Further Grants From Flood Relief Fund
SYDNEY, Thursday.--A further allocation of £42,500 to 21 flood-affected areas was decided on by the New South Wales Flood Relief Committee today…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Air Inspection Of Flood Areas
CANBERRA, Thurs.--An aerial inspection had been arranged of flooded areas of the North Coast of New South Wales to-morrow the Minister for Health (Sir Earle Page) said to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Further Donations To Flood Fund
Additional donations to the Grafton City Council flood fund include 50 guineas from the Grafton Brewing Co. Pty…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flood Serious Blow To Dairy Industry
Never before had the dairying industry suffered such a serious blow as it had during the recent disastrous floods on the Clarence River and throughout the North…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flood Blight on the Valley
Again the dismal monotony of the story is the most conspicuous feature. Heavy rain, rapid rises in the river, overflowing of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →B.c.o.f. Contribution to Flood Fund
British Commonwealth occupation Forces contributions to the New South Wales flood relief fund already total…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Japan's Flood Losses
TOKIO, Thursday. (AAP).-- Floods caused damage totalling 21.387 million yen (21,387,000 sterling) to Japanese agriculture…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood Relief Dance At Baryulgil
PARV[?]GIL -- Alth[?] a heavy storm affected the attendance. the dance in aid of the Flood Relief Fund held in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No Weakness In Flood Setup
If details of the working of the Grafton flood control centre had been carefully read, it would be seen there…
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