Further £19 For Flood Funds
A further, £19 was received yesterday for the Grafton and South Grafton Overseas Flood…
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Floods & storms, 1953
149 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 3 of 8
Flood Warning
SYDNEY, Thurs.--The Weather Bureau to-night, warned of renewed local flooding in the Tweed…
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LISMORE, Thurs.--Serious local flooding has already occurred in some parts of the Richmond…
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At midnight, the Richmond River at Lismore was just over 30 feet and rising four inches an hour…
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LISMORE, Friday. -- Lismore police to-night abandoned the search for a body of a man believed washed away in a strong flood current seven miles from Lismore…
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Serious flooding threatens the Tweed and Richmond Rivers areas, but, after almost a week's continuous rain on the Clarence, no danger was reported yesterday…
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The Weather Bureau in Sydney last night forecast danger of widespread flooding in the…
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Easing of the rain yesterday removed any immediate danger of serious flooding at Grafton. The influence of "the switchback cyclone" does not appear to have disappeared, however, and people in low parts of the Clarence Valley will continue to…
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The Bodenwieser Ballet Company has arrived in Grafton under the auspices of the Grafton Branch of the Arts Council of Australia. But their itinerary in other parts, of the North…
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MACLEAN, Sun.--When the survey of the Clarence was made in connection with the development of a…
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The condition of heavy rain and high tides [?] flooding in ports of High Street yesterday afternoon. The sides in Coffs Creek caused the surface water to back up in the…
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SYDNEY, Monday.--Officers of the Flood Relief Committee left Sydney for the North Coast to-day. The committee reported this to the…
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SYDNEY, Monday.--The British Commonwealth and countries of the world had made a tremendous…
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South Grafton Council last night decided to approach the Premier, and the Minister for Soil Erosion and Irrigation, asking for immediate steps to prevent recurring…
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COFFS HARBOUR, Monday.-- The main business section of Coffs Harbour suffered its worst flooding for many years, following heavy rain this afternoon…
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P.M.G. Department workers were busy yesterday at the Grafton Police Station stringing an aerial between…
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A motion expressing sympathy to the people on the Richmond River who had suffered during the…
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LISMORE, Wed.--The newly elected Country Party member for Casino, Mr. Ian Robinson has been…
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Flood rains over the past fortnight have prevented growers in the Brunswick, Tweed, Richmond areas from harvesting their fruit,…
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LONDON, Thurs.--Britain's east coast is in danger of further flooding tomorrow and over the…
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