Four Killed in Gale
TOKIO, Sun. (A.A.P.-Reuter)--Gale force winds killed four, destroyed houses and tore up roads in southern Japan to-day…
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Floods & storms, 1951
178 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 9
Floods In Victoria
MELBOURNE, Monday.--Two Army ducks manned by soldiers and police worked for five hours to-day to rescue five…
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MELBOURNE, Tues.--Swirling floodwaters of the Barwon River this morning caused Geelong people to take to the…
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The State Housing Commission would build houses at Grafton only on flood-free land, said the chairman of the commission, Mr. E. R. C. Gallop, at…
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MELBOURNE, Wed.--The flood danger in southern Victoria is over. To-day, reports from…
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MELBOURNE, Thurs. -- The Victorian flood position eased to-day, but threats of further flooding were contained in a…
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MEXICO CITY, Tues. (AAP).--Health authorities fear a plague of malaria and dysentery will spread among thousands…
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SYDNEY, Wed.--Firemen battled for five hours to-day to control a cargo of blazing copra aboard the £1,000,000 liner, Bulolo, at Walsh Bay. Several fire fighters, overcome by fumes, collapsed, and…
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The Grafton Volunteer Water Brigade will start the summer rowing season to-morrow afternoon in a competition which will last until the end…
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MIAMI, Wed. (AAP).--Jamaica was spared a second disastrous storm yesterday when a hurricane…
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In reply to representations from Upper Orara PPU regarding repairs to the Upper Orara roads, the following letter has been…
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SOUTH Grafton Council will ask Orara Shire Council, the Minister for Public Works, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Obituary Mrs. M. E. A. Gale
MACLAEN.--The death occurred in Sydney on Monday, of Mrs. M. E. A. Gale, widow of the late A…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday--Torrential rains which to-day swept the southern half of New South Wales are expected to cause flooding in the Upper Murrumbidgee basin, including the…
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LONDON, Thursday (A.A.P.).--Britain's Comet jet airliners are to be fitted with super sensitive…
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LISMORE. The extremely vital and urgent problems of control of flooding and erosion were dealt with in the annual report at a meeting of the Northern Rivers and Tablelands…
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The Clarence Gorge scheme of flood control will be discussed at a Jubilee Convention of the New…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Advisory Committee At Grafton Flood Control, Power From Gorge Dam
The committee of engineers was quite definite that the construction of the Gorge dam would reduce floods in Grafton to a maximum level of 13 to 15 feet at the gauge at Prince…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Letters To The Editor Get Busy For Flood Protection
Sir.—The visit to Grafton on Monday last of the Clarence Advisory Committee was of much more…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Speak Up For Flood Protection Letter to the Editor
Sir,--In to-day's "Examiner" appears a letter signed "B.A.M.," South Grafton, under the heading "River…
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