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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1950

715 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 8 of 36

Little Change In Flood Position

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 June 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.—The position at the flood menaced towns of Condobolin and Eubalong, on the Lachlan River, has changed very little in the past 24 hours…

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Flood Relief

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 June 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed. — The Premier (Mr. McGirr) said to-day that a further grant would be made for the relief…

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Standing By To Evacuate In Flood Areas

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 June 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—For the second time within a week airmen from Richmond R.A.A.F. Station, near Sydney, are standing by to evacuate North Richmond residents. THE Hawkesbury River, at…

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Floods Interfere With Voting

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 June 1950 · page 6

SYDNEY, Fri.—To-morrow's State election will be short of at least 50,000 votes. FLOOD rains over the last four days have made it…

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Vagaries Of Weather; Flood And Sunshine

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 June 1950 · page 3

The vagaries of the weather were manifest this week when torrential rains in the central and southern parts of N.S.W. brought flood conditions, while in the north ideal early winter conditions…

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Gale And Rain At Coff's Harbour

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 June 1950 · page 2

COFF'S HARBOUR Sun. Heavy rain, accompanied by near gale force winds, has swept the entire Coff's…

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Maitland Floods Delay Trains

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 June 1950 · page 2

The break in railway communication between Grafton and Sydney at the flood danger spot at Maitland, feared…

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Floodboat Purchase

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 June 1950 · page 3

GUNNEDAH.—The danger of Gunnedah experiencing a flood without a "seaworthy" floodboat was stressed at the last meeting…

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Aid for Flood Victims

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 June 1950 · page 3

MONTREAL, Mon. (AAP.).— The first sea shipment of relief supplies for Manitoba flood victims arrived on Saturday…

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Minor Floodings On Bellinger

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 June 1950 · page 2

BELLINGEN, Mon.—Heavy rains since Saturday caused minor floodings and a rise of 12 feet in the river…

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Serious Flooding Not Likely

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 June 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—A strong cyclone caused heavy rain in the north-eastern part of New South Wales to-day, and the State Weather Bureau has renewed a storm warning to shipping off the coast…

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Hopes to Avert Floods

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 June 1950 · page 3

VANCOUVER, Mon. (AAP). —Hopes increased last night that serious flooding of the rich Fraser Valley by the swollen…

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Rush Food to Flood Areas

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 June 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Many of the 3000 flood refugees in the waterlogged Hunter Valley are running short of food. AMPHIBIOUS Army ducks…

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Many Die in Indian Floods

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 June 1950 · page 4

CALCUTTA, Tues. (AAP).— Storms and floods have killed at least 130 people and injured many more in two northern…

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Danger Of Macleay Flood Still Present

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 June 1950 · page 3

KEMPSEY, Tuesday.—The Macleay is still not in the clear as far as a flood threat is concerned, although there…

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Heavy Rain at Coff's Harbour

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 June 1950 · page 2

COFF'S HARBOUR, Wed. —Except for a brief fine break at midday heavy rain has fallen in Coff's Harbour…

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Beans Diverted Because Of Floods

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 June 1950 · page 4

BRISBANE, Wed. — Beans from northern New South Wales usually sent to Sydney, have been diverted to Brisbane…

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The Rifle Heavy Rain Causes Club to Postpone Shoot

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 23 June 1950 · page 1

The Dorrigo Rifle Club's weekly shoot was postponed last Saturday owing to the inclement weather. Hwever, the final of the monthly…

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Storms Lash District in Relentless Fury

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 23 June 1950 · page 1

Incessantly for a full week now storms of cyclonic and gale force have lashed the whole district in a relentless fury. It is believed to be one of the worst "wet" weeks at Coffs Harbour for a decade. Last week-end seas…

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Floods Dislocate Communications

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 June 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.—Floods and rain have seriously dislocated rail and road communications throughout the State. FLOODS still menace…

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