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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1950

715 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 33 of 36

Must Negotiate Flood Orders This Month

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 October 1950 · page 2

All orders issued for goods before October 1 by the Grafton City-Copmanhurst Shire Flood Relief Committee must…

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Huge Floods On Way

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 October 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.--Flood-harrassed New South Wales residents once more face misery,…

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Record Flood Level at Forbes

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 October 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun.--The swollen Lachlan River at Forbes has passed the April record level and is still rising. A police officer said to-day the position was…

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Big Stock Losses In Tamworth Flood

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 October 1950 · page 3

TAMWORTH, Sun.--Fifty two head of cattle are missing and 300 sheep were drowned in one of the biggest floods in the…

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Storm Sweeps Grafto[?]

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 October 1950 · page 3

A heavy storm, accompany by strong wind and light h[?] swept Grafton yesterday afternoon between 3.15 and 3.45…

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Flood Committee To Meet Next Week

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 October 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tues.--The Executive Committee of the New South Wales Flood Victims' Relief Anneal will meet late next…

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Wattle In The Flood

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 October 1950 · page 2

I wondered why the folk called the wattle brave. It seemed to me a foolish thing to do; Till in my need, a sudden vision…

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Flood Levees Totter At Warren

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 October 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.--Levees 5ft. high are tottering before the force of millions of gallons of Macquarie River floodwaters at the small township of Warren…

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£4000 Grant For Flood Damage

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 October 1950 · page 2

The Minister for Public Works and Local Government (Mr. J. J. Cahill), has approved of a grant of £4000…

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Flood Threat Eased

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 October 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.--The flood threat in Central-western N.S.W. towns, Forbes, Warren and Eugowra, had eased…

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English Club's Flood Gift

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 October 1950 · page 2

Notification of an unexpected windfall of £80 sterling for flood relief has been received by the president of the Grafton Rotary…

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Flood Threat To Small Township

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 October 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.--A big volume of water which washed through Forbes two days ago has built up near Bedgerebong,…

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Towns In Danger Of Record Floods

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 31 October 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon. -- Walgett. population 1100, and Euabalong, population 240, 230 miles apart in western N.S.W., are in…

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Flood Mitigation Engineers For Richmond

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 31 October 1950 · page 6

CASINO.-- Engineers now investigating flood mitigation schemes on the Clarence will shortly be transferred to…

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Towns Saved From Serious Flooding

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 November 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tues.--The Euabalong postmaster says the town has been saved from serious flooding, because the Lachlan…

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Freak Storm Wrecks Town

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 November 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.-- A freak storm spread destruction over a quarter-mile wide strip through the main…

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Damage By Gale

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 November 1950 · page 3

BRISBANE, Sun.--More than 200 linesmen from the City Council, the City Electric Light Company and the P.M.G's…

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Gale Plays Havoc With Sailing Fleet

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 November 1950 · page 4

A strong westerly gale on Saturday afternoon played havoc with the Clarence River Sailing Club fleet. Only six of the 14 boats which started finished the course…

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Storm And Wind Strike Grafton

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 November 1950 · page 2

Considerable damage to gardens and street trees was done by a freak storm during the early hours of Saturday morning, and by winds of gale force during the day…

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Floodboat Race To Graham's Crew

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 November 1950 · page 5

R. Graham's crew finished strongly on Saturday to win the fourth round of the Grafton Water Brigade floodboat series…

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