Aerial View of Woodburn Flood
Daily Examiner · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 3
Traffic on the highway between Grafton and Lismore encountered difficulty in the recent floods and wet weather. This aerial picture of Woodburn, .taken earlier in the week, gives an idea of conditions on at least one…
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Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 February 1953 · page 6
LONDON, Friday.--The Australian Ambassador to the Netherlands. Mr. Alfred Stirling,…
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Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 February 1953 · page 3
SYDNEY, Fri.--The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) today advised the Lord Mayor of Sydney (Ald. Hills) that…
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Daily Examiner · Monday 2 March 1953 · page 5
LONDON, Sun.--An Arctic kale plucked an Iceland village schoolhouse from its foundations, and tossed it…
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Daily Examiner · Monday 2 March 1953 · page 1
SOUTHGATE. -- During the recent rains memories of previous floods, caused several farmers to move…
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Daily Examiner · Monday 2 March 1953 · page 2
SYDNEY, Sun.--The Barwon River to-day flooded all streets of the town of Mungindi, before…
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Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 March 1953 · page 1
LONDON, Tues.--The Australian High Commissioner in London, Sir Thomas White, to-day…
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Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 March 1953 · page 4
BONN, Wed.--It was announced here that Germans have contributed about £1670 sterling tp the British…
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Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 March 1953 · page 2
CANBERRA, Fri.--The Commonwealth Government has agreed to provide relief funds for N.S.W. North…
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Daily Examiner · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 3
Heavy soaking rain was experienced at Dorrigo yesterday. Registration at 2 p.m. was 317 points…
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Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 1
The deluge of rain which fell on Wednesday night and early on Thursday morning yielded over three inches…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Passing Storm Improves Scores
Daily Examiner · Monday 23 March 1953 · page 5
Improved shooting followed a rain storm which passed oyer the Grafton Rifle Club's range on…
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Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 March 1953 · page 4
Mr Nehru, India's Prime Minister, vigorously defended Lady Mountbatten, former Vicerine…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood Swept Bridge Away
Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 March 1953 · page 3
LISMORE, Mon.--An 80ft. span, bridge on the main Bonalbo road was swept away by a wall of water…
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Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 March 1953 · page 3
SYDNEY, Mon. -- The Weather Bureau to-night Warned that flooding was likely on all coastal rivers…
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Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 March 1953 · page 1
PERTH, Tuesday. -- The township of Onslow, mainland port for the recent atomic experiments at the Monte Bello Islands, on the north-west coast, to-day…
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Daily Examiner · Monday 30 March 1953 · page 7
A determined finishing burst starting from the North Coast wharf gave E. O'Brien's floodboat crew…
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Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 2
A Clarence Flood Warning Committee on the pattern adopted in other parts of the State was established…
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Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 April 1953 · page 6
Nymbodia Shire Council will provide a new flat bottom flood boat and make a man available, for the…
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Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 April 1953 · page 7
The entire floodboat fleet of the Grafton and South Grafton Volunteer Water Brigades will be in use at…
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