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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1953

149 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 8 of 8

Little Rain From Storm

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 December 1953 · page 4

Only a few points of rain were registered in Grafton at about nine o'clock last night after a…

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Coffs Misses Storm

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 December 1953 · page 3

COFFS HARBOUR, Fri.--Coffs Harbour did not participate in the rain that fell in some North Coast…

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Campers Busy During Storm

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 December 1953 · page 3

Campers at local seaside resorts spent a hectic Christmas Eve lashing down tent flys and digging drains around tent blocks as sudden gale force winds…

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Cyclonic Storm Drenched Shoppers

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 December 1953 · page 2

A severe storm which broke over Grafton and South Grafton on Christmas Eve, drenched shoppers, uprooted trees, played havoc with gardens and littered…

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Dry Up-River; Severe Storms Downstream

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 December 1953 · page 3

Lightning lit the sky over the Clarence on Christmas Eve. At COPMANHURST, the…

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Hail Storm Damage at Border Towns

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 December 1953 · page 1

BRISBANE, Friday.--A violent hail storm struck the twin towns of Coolangatta and Tweed Heads to-day, causing thousands of pounds damage to homes, business houses and camp sites…

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Train Plunged Into Flooded River New Zealand's Worst Disaster; 166 Dead

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 December 1953 · page 1

WELLINGTON, Friday.--A record deathroll of 165 is now feared in the worst train disaster in New Zealand's history. The disaster occurred last night when an express carrying…

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Cyclonic Storm Caused Much Damage

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 December 1953 · page 6

TYNDALE.--The cyclonic storm on Christmas Eve was one of the, worst for some years. The wind blew with…

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Flood From Break In Crater Lake

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 December 1953 · page 1

WELLINGTON, SunTorrents of water pouring through a break in the volcanic crater lake…

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