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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1951

178 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 6 of 9

N.Z. Dam Burst By Floodwaters

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 July 1951 · page 1

AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Friday (A.A.P.-Reuter), --Flood waters from the Waikato River have burst the upper coffer dam on the Maraetai hydro-electric construction project…

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Letters To The Editor Erosion And Flood

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 July 1951 · page 2

Sir,--I have noticed letters of late in the "Daily Examiner" on the reasons for river bank erosion and siltation…

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Flood Loft Wanted by Grafton C.w.a

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 July 1951 · page 2

Grafton branch of the C.W.A. will ask the Grafton City Council to have a loft built in the new baby health…

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Landslide, Flood Causes Many Deaths

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 July 1951 · page 1

TOKIO, Sun. (AAP-Reuter). --A total of 232 people were killed. 594 were injured and 267 are missing after a…

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New Devastation Threatens Flooded Cities

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 July 1951 · page 1

NEW YORK, Sun. (AAP). -- New devastation threatens the twin cities of Kansas City (Kansas) and Kansas City (Missouri), following the collapse of a dyke on the bank of the Missouri River…

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Serious Floods Likely In Victoria

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 July 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sun. -- Serious flooding is expected at the townships of Wangaratta and Benalla to-morrow, if the King…

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Crashed Into Sea During Heavy Rain

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 July 1951 · page 1

LAE, Mon. (A.A.P.-Reuter).--All seven persons on board were killed when a Qantas Drover plane crashed into the sea, during heavy rain near Lae to- day…

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Flood Danger Now Past

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 July 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.--Flood danger which existed yesterday in the western and North west New South Wales river systems…

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St. Louis Prepares For Worst Flood

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 July 1951 · page 1

NEW YORK, Thursday (AAP).--St. Louis braced itself for the beginning of the worst flood in 100…

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Atom Bomb Damage From Floods

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 July 1951 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Friday (A.A.P.).--Floods in the American mid-west represent a blow at production…

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Thunderstorms Kill 11 Persons In U.S.

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 July 1951 · page 1

NEW YORK, Fri. (A.A.P.).-- Violent thunderstorms with winds reaching 82 miles, an hour sweeping north-eastern…

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Victorian Flooding

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 July 1951 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sun.--Local flooding of all rivers in the north-east, north, and central districts, and in Gippsland, are…

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Three Killed in Storm

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 July 1951 · page 3

LONDON, Mon. (AAP)-- Two men and a woman were killed in a violent thunderstorm, which swept Southern…

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Homes Flooded in Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 August 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.--Heavy rain flooded homes, roads and markets in Sydney to-day. The Weather Bureau reported…

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Flood Waters Expected To Split Forbes

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 August 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.--Floodwaters from the rising Lachlan River are excepted to split the township of Forbes into three…

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Regular Reports On Flood Banks

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 August 1951 · page 3

Grafton City Council last night agreed to a proposal by Aid. C. E. B. Ferguson that flood embankments be inspected at least every two months, with reports submitted by the engineer…

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Two Lives Lost in Deluge

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 August 1951 · page 7

GENEVA, Thurs. (AAP).--Two lives have been lost in the great havoc caused by serious floods. The floods followed a…

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Snowstorms, Gales Lash Four States

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 August 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.--Snowstorms and gale force winds lashed towns in New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania to-day…

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Westerly Gale Sweeps Clarence

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 August 1951 · page 4

Westerly winds, at times blowing at gale force, which have swept the Clarence since Tuesday last continued yesterday and brought about conditions generally described as "particularly miserable."…

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26 Missing in Floods in Nothern Italy

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 August 1951 · page 1

HOME, Fri., (AAP).--Latest reports say that 26 are missing and believed killed last night in North Italy after 36 hours of…

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