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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1951

178 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 9

Maitland Flood Might Stop School Trains

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 January 1951 · page 2

Special school trains on Friday and Saturday might have to be cancelled unless the flood position improves at Maitland…

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Local Flooding On Richmond

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 January 1951 · page 2

LISMORE, Wed. -- Many small crops were washed out and ruined by heavy rain and local flooding in parts of the…

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Flood Relief Areas Granted

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 January 1951 · page 3

The Grafton Land Board yesterday dealt with six conflicting application for an area at…

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Gales, Squalls, Floods

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 1

Heavy rain and gale force squalls have drenched and battered the district this week, immobilising industry and…

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Rivers Rise As Heavy Rain Sweeps Over Clarence Area

Daily Examiner · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 3

Falls of up to three inches for the 48 hours ending 5 p.m. yesterday resulted in rapid rises over the Clarence watershed. LATE last night rain was…

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Storms Play Havoc With Roads

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 8

Troubles never come singly! It would normally be accepted that the appalling havoc of the 1950 flood visitations and the shockingly inadequate financial aid by way of Government grants to meet damage was enough for any council to bear. At last meeting,…

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Flood Danger

Daily Examiner · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 2

Sir,--Once again I ask you to allow me space to enquire what has happened to the propaganda for the Gorge scheme of flood…

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Gale Lashes Coastline

Daily Examiner · Saturday 27 January 1951 · page 2

Yamba and the neighboring seaside resort Iluka were lashed by a gale on Thursday night and yesterday, when the…

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Gale at Coff's Harbour

Daily Examiner · Saturday 27 January 1951 · page 3

COFF'S HARBOUR, Fri.-- No rain fell in Coff's Harbour today, but gale force winds continued, and have whipped up…

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Taxation Concession For Flood Damage

Daily Examiner · Saturday 27 January 1951 · page 6

The State R.S.L. has conferred with the Federal Treasurer on the question of bringing flood damage within the provisions of…

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Two Drownings In Flooded Richmond

Daily Examiner · Saturday 27 January 1951 · page 3

LISMORE, Fri.-- A double drowning occurred in the swollen waters of the Richmond River to-day. THE victims were Anthony Priestley (23), drover,…

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Fears of Major Flood Are Dispelled

Daily Examiner · Saturday 27 January 1951 · page 3

Fears of serious flooding at Grafton were dispelled yesterday afternoon when key centres on the Clarence reported that rain had ceased, and rivers were…

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Cyclone Damage Near Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 January 1951 · page 1

BRISBANE, Mon.--All sporting fixtures, including the second day of the Eagle Farm race meeting, were abandoned in…

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Nuns Walk Rail Line To Escape Flood

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 January 1951 · page 3

KYOGLE, Mon. -- Two nuns were among six bus passengers who walked a mile along the railway line between here and…

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Five Hundred Farms Were Flooded

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 January 1951 · page 2

CORAKI, Mon. -- Flooding of the Richmond River valley reached its peak yesterday. only slightly below the level of the…

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Milk Loss Due To Floods

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 2

CASINO. -- Loss of intake of milk to Casino Co-op. Dairy Society from the Lower Richmond district has been 5000 gallons…

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Gale Uncovers Iluka Homes Long Buried

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 2

ILUKA, Thurs.--Old buildings and abandoned railway institutions, which had been buried under feet of sand for…

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Brisbane River in Flood

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 1

BRISBANE, Thurs.--After breaking its banks its Riverview, 18 miles from Brisbane, to-day, the Brisbane River is expected…

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New Flood Boat For South Grafton

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 February 1951 · page 2

South Grafton Volunteer Water Brigade at last night's meeting in the South Grafton Council Chambers, completed…

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British Sea Storm

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 1

LONDON, Mon. (AAP) .-- Sixty - miles - an - hour winds swept Britain yesterday, whipping up the worst sea storm this…

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