Joint Report On Flood Damage
MACLEAN. Thurs.--Harwood Shire and the Maclean Municipality have prepared a comprehensive joint report…
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Floods & storms, 1952
247 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 5 of 13
Heavy Rain Last Night
SYDNEY Sunday.-- Wyangla Dam authorities reported to-night it Was raining heavily over…
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SYDNEY, Sun.--A 60 m.p.h. gale which swept Riverina early to-night blacked out the district,…
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The westerly gale which swept the Clarence on Saturday made conditions unpleasant…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.--Surging floodwaters of the swollen Lachlan River threaten to plunge riverside towns into the worst flood in history. Police at Forbes think the town will be flooded worse than in the record disaster of October, 1950, when the town was cut into three…
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SYDNEY, Monday-- The flood danger from the swollen Lachlan River at Forbes is still acute, although towns further upstream reported drops in the river level to-night. The danger of flooding to towns on the Murrumbidgee River…
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ADELAIDE, Monday. -- Floodwaters in the Barossa Valley, Australia's largest vineyard district, which…
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The Clarence River to a certain extent was unique in so far as the State of New South Wales was concerned, because it was a river on which they knew from expert investigation, the…
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A loss of £lm. per flood was a conservative estimate of losses sustained by the people of the City of Grafton, said the Mayor, Aid. W. R. Weiley, addressing the Clarence Advisory…
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A poignant story of the anguish and suffering of women and children in town and country areas in flood time was related by representatives of Grafton, South Grafton and Maclean…
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Instances of the plight of women and children in isolated homesteads away from closely settled parts…
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Grafton City Council last night agreed to ask the Mayor (Ald. Weiley) to open a fund from pubic…
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No one hut those who actually witnessed floods could have any realisation of the devestation which…
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The terrifying experiences of the women and children of the Clarence district during a flood could not be estimated in £.s.d., but the mental and physical effects were very real and…
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Cr. V. D. Jones, speaking for the Orara Shire Council, said that while the shire did not have such a…
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Mr. J. D. Kirby, president of the P.P.U. at Woodford Dale, also a representative of the Duckpond…
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TOKIO, Wednesday.-- American troops, using flame throwers and tear gas, stormed into three compounds at Koje Island prison camp to-day to destroy Commun st banners…
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SYDNEY, Wed.-- The State Government would do all in its power to assist householders who had…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.-- Floodwaters from the Lachlan River at Forbes are now dropping, and danger of further serious flooding has passed. However, towns farther downstream are preparing…
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Arrangements have been completed for the installation of emergency radio equipment at Bellbrook on the Macleay…
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