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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1950

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Heavy Rain At Boambee

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 4

Since the beginning of the present month. Boambee has experienced particularly heavy falls of rain. To date 1448 points have…

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Our Latest Near Flood

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 1

On Thursday of last week, this newspaper wrote in an editorial: "Floods have become…

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Flood Isolates Southern Town

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.-- Floodwaters, in some parts eight feet deep, have isolated the small township of Booroorban, 25…

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Floods In South Of Queensland

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 February 1950 · page 1

BRISBANE, Sun. -- Floods and rains which deluged the southern coastal district of Queensland over the week-end are expected to continue for another two or three days…

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Heavy Rain Forecast For Northern Area

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Mon. -- Heavy falls of rain are forecast for the north-east corner of N.S.W., but fine conditions should continue…

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Ship Rides Storm Near Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 3

BRISBANE, Mon. -- The 8500 ton freighter Gloucester is lying in the open ocean outside the entrance to Moreton Bay without…

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South Grafton Council Emergency Wireless For Flood Warnings

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 3

The implementation of emergency wireless facilities to the Upper Clarence by the P.M.G.'s Department, to deal with flood warnings, was something for which the people of the district must be thankful, said…

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Liner Rides Through Gale Unharmed

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 March 1950 · page 1

LONDON. Tues. (AAP).--Although battered for 18 hours on Saturday by a 60 m.p.h. gale, the liner Orcades yesterday reached…

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Seek Investigation Of Floodings At South Grafton

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 March 1950 · page 5

South Grafton Municipal Council will request the Public Works Department to place an engineer at the disposal of…

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To Examine Flood Danger On Tweed

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 March 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.--The Minister for Local Government (Mr. Cahill) will have investigations made into the…

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Seeks Grant For Flood Victims

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thurs.--Senator Amour (Lab., N.S.W.) to-day asked the Government to allocate £100,000 to the people of…

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Advocates Flood Control Scheme

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 3

CANBERRA, Thurs.--A national scheme for flood control on Australia's coastal rivers and for the harnessing of waterways for electricity and irrigation Purposes should he devised, Mr. E. J. Eggins (C.P.,…

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Violent Storm Sweeps Orange

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 March 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.-- When a violent thunderstorm swept Orange for an hour and a half to-day:…

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Flood Warnings In Queensland

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 March 1950 · page 1

BRISBANE, Tues.--Flood warnings have been issued for north-eastern Queensland where a cyclone is raging. The Weather Bureau reported to-day that the tropical depression over the far north of the State…

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Many Homeless After Floods In Turkey

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 1

ANKARA, Wed. (AAP).--More, than 2000 houses have been destroyed and 35,000 have been driven from their homes by floods…

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Townsville Suburbs Flooded

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 1

BRISBANE, Wed.--Record floods have submerged five suburbs of Townsville and isolated the nearby small…

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Would Consider More Aid for Flood-hit Farmers

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY. Wed.--The N.S.W. (Premier (Mr. McGirr) said in the N.S.W. Legislative Assembly to-day that the…

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Expect Floods On Inland Streams

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.--Flooding is expected in inland streams in northern New South Wales near the Queensland border…

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Storm Warnings in Queensland

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 March 1950 · page 1

BRISBANE, Friday.--Flood arid storm warnings for the whole Queensland south coast were issued by the State Weather Bureau…

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Flood Warning System Letter to the Editor

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 March 1950 · page 2

Sir.--In that part of your report of the South Grafton Municipal Council's meeting dealing with the question of flood…

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