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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1951

178 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 5 of 9

Very Little Done Since The Floods

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 May 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.--Very little had been done in the long time since the floods, a Kempsey delegate (Mrs J. Hickson) told…

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Heavy Rain

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 May 1951 · page 1

Heavy rain fell in Western Korea to-day, but it did not halt the Allies from pursuit of a Chinese force in screening…

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Macleay Flood Damage Mentioned

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 May 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.--Flood damage in the Macleay River district was mentioned briefly twice in the Legislative…

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Big Cloudburst Floods City

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 May 1951 · page 1

HAYS (Kansas), Wed (AAP).--A massive cloud burst turned a quiet river into a raging stream that…

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Report On Macleay Flood Problems

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 June 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thurs.-- The Minister for Conservation (Mr. Weir) to-day announced the constitution of a committee to example the problem of floods in the Macleay River Valley…

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Heavy Rain On Dower Clarence

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 June 1951 · page 3

Registrations of between one and two inches of rain were recorded at several centres on the Lower Clarence on Monday night, with light showers yesterday…

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C.w.a. Flood Relief for South Guides

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 June 1951 · page 5

South Grafton branch of the C.W.A. will support South Grafton Girl Guide Association in it is efforts to replace…

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Heavy Rain At Coff's Harbour

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 June 1951 · page 3

COFF'S HARBOUR, Thurs. -- Torrential rain fell in Coff's Harbour to-day, and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., 285 points…

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General Heavy Rain But Rivers Not Affected

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 June 1951 · page 3

Although heavy rain was falling at key Clarence flood points late last night, river rises were insignificant. Further substantial falls are needed before major…

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Reds Opened Floodgates Aim To Hinder Allied Advance

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 June 1951 · page 1

TOKIO, Fri. (AAP-Reuter).--Chinese Communists opened the floodgates of Chorwon reservoir to-day, in an apparent attempt to flood the Hantan River, and…

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Danger of Flood Soon Passed

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 June 1951 · page 3

Any danger of flood in the Clarence River disappeared yesterday with fine weather at key up-river centres and no appreciable rise in river levels…

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Bureau Issues Flood Warning

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 June 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.--The Sydney Weather Bureau tonight warned Central and North Coast residents to…

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Gales Lash South Coast

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 June 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.-- Gale force winds, at times reaching up to 58 miles per hour, swept Sydney and parts of the…

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Flood Fears Ease

Daily Examiner · Monday 18 June 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.--Danger of flooding in the coastal districts eased considerably to-day. Only light scattered showers fell over…

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Aid Move to Alleviate Flooding of Highway

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 June 1951 · page 2

Ulmarra Municipal Council will co-operate with Grafton and South Grafton Chamber of Commerce in…

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Flood Moscow With Peace Demands

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 June 1951 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Friday (A.A.P.).--The Voice of America Broadcast has asked overseas listeners to flood…

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Flood Warning For South Coast

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 June 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--For the second time within a week the Weather Bureau has issued a flood warning for the…

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Efforts to Stop Highway Flooding

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 June 1951 · page 2

The importance of preventing the persistent flooding of the Pacific Highway, near South Grafton, will be…

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Township Isolated by Flood

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 June 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.--Floodwaters this afternoon isolated the Warragamba dam township. Several areas in the…

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Deluge Upsets Golfers' Form

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 July 1951 · page 5

LONDON, Friday (AAP).--A midday storm, which deluged players, caused an upset of form and threw the British…

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