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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1950

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Palmer's Island Swept by Gale

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 June 1950 · page 3

PALMER'S ISLAND, Fri. —Winds of gale force, estimated to have reached a velocity of between [?] and [?]…

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Murky Gloom Before Storm

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 June 1950 · page 3

Shortly after 3 p.m. yesterday Grafton and district was enshrouded in a murky gloom, a prelude to the…

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Heavy Storm Hits North; Rivers Rise

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 June 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—All rivers on the northern New South Wales tablelands are in full flood as the cyclonic disturbance which hit Brisbane last night moves…

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Upper Reaches Of Nambucca In Flood

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 June 1950 · page 2

MACKSVILLE, Fri.—The higher reaches of the Nambucca River were in full flood this afternoon, and widespread…

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Flood Crisis Known Early To–day

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 June 1950 · page 3

Torrential rains which swept the Clarence Valley yesterday afternoon heightened the grave fears of a serious flood following heavy downpours over the catchment area. AT midnight, the height of…

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1948 Flood

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 June 1950 · page 3

Water entered Grafton in the 1948 flood when it reached 21 feet six inches above normal at 10 p.m. on June 16…

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Services Halted By Flooded Roads

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 June 1950 · page 3

Torrential rains between Grafton and Armidale, and Grafton and Glen Innes, and also on the northern routes, blotted out all mail and bus passenger routes yesterday…

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Caught By Flood

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 June 1950 · page 3

Mr. L. C. Attwater, of Cangai, had a hectic trip from his residence to South Grafton, and back as far…

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Flood Threat At Lismore Big River Rise

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 June 1950 · page 3

LISMORE, Friday.—A cyclone centred due east from Lismore caused heavy coastal damage and record inland flooding in the Lismore district last night and…

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Biggest Flood In Kempsey History

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 June 1950 · page 3

KEMPSEY, Sunday.—Fire Brigade officers, engines and equipment are being despatched from Sydney to help residents of Kempsey in the greatest flood in the area of all times…

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Record Rains Cause Flood

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 June 1950 · page 1

The major flood which swept Grafton and South Grafton during the week-end had its immediate origin in the severe…

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Planes, Ducks Assist In Flood Areas

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 June 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun.—R.A.A.F. Dakotas and Army ducks have been made available for the assistance of more than 10,000 people rendered homeless by…

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Record Flood At Bellingen

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 June 1950 · page 3

BELLINGEN, Sunday.— Bellingen was hit by the biggest flood in living memory last night several feet higher…

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Trail Of Disaster From Record Clarence Flood

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 June 1950 · page 1

Four lives were lost, tens of thousands of pounds worth of damage suffered and many hundreds made homeless by the worst flood for the past 60 years which swept through Grafton and South Grafton on Saturday night and yesterday…

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Deluge At Dorrigo

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 June 1950 · page 3

On its performance this month, Dorrigo must rank among the wettest centres in Australia. In the 24 hours…

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Further Stories of the Cyclone Damage Extensive at Sawtell

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 27 June 1950 · page 10

Although the "Advocate" Sawtell correspondent has experienced wild storms in New Guinea and other northern…

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Cyclone Ravages Coastline Wettest Week in History Freighter Bangalow Driven Aground in Port Half Fishing Fleet Sunk or Smashed to Atoms Twenty-Three Inches of Rain in Week's Deluge

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 27 June 1950 · page 1

Coffs Harbour, in common with the rest of the Central North Coast, has just emerged from seven days of continuous battering by cyclone, gale and torrential rains. The [?]tation brought the wettest week in the history of the area. The N.C.S.N. Company's freighter Bangalow (648 tons) was driven aground on the north…

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Upper Orara's Biggest Flood in History

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 27 June 1950 · page 1

The biggest flood in the history of the Upper Orara District caused stock losses and severe damage to roads and…

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Bellinger's Worst Flood on Record

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 27 June 1950 · page 10

The Bellinger River at the week-end experienced its biggest flood on record. Waters reached points from two to…

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Floods Threaten More Towns

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 June 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—New flood threat has developed at three more towns in New South Wales and one in…

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