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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1954

549 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 25 of 28

Heavy Rain Disrupts City Tennis

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 September 1954 · page 7

THE heavy storm just after play began on Saturday afternoon washed out play in the Grafton and…

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Showers And Storms

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 September 1954 · page 4

PALMER'S ISLAND. -- With scarcely more than a few hours break showery and stormy weather has…

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Army Flood Vehicles Tested In River

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 September 1954 · page 3

The Grafton detachment of the army DUKWS, under the watchful eye of Sgt. G. Wells, have undergone their…

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Flood Relief Cheque From Apex

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 September 1954 · page 4

MR. R. A. Lipman, zone president of the Association of Apex Clubs yesterday forwarded to the…

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Near-flood Conditions

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 October 1954 · page 4

CHATSWORTH, Mon.—The rain which began two weeks ago reached almost flood conditions during the…

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Flood Grant For South

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 October 1954 · page 3

South Grafton Municipal Council last night received advice of flood grants for the municipality…

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Obituary Mrs. Flood Fish

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 October 1954 · page 2

The death occurred at her home, 85 Buckland street, Alexandria, Sydney, of Mrs. Florence…

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Freak Storms Flood Chicago

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 October 1954 · page 1

CHICAGO, Mon.—Hundreds of persons were driven from their homes in the Chicago area yesterday…

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News In Brief Flood Fears Rise In America

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 October 1954 · page 1

Chicago is "drying off" in the wake of a record rainfall, but flood fears have risen in the nearby…

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Rain Caused Heavy Sheep Losses Tamworth Storm

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 October 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday. -- Heavy rain in north and northwestern New South Wales over the week-end has killed thousands of newly shorn sheep and new-born lambs. Streams are reaching flood levels and the New England…

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No Flood Risk on Clarence

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 October 1954 · page 2

Lower river farmers' fears that river rises might force them to shift their stock were all[?]yad by reports yesterday afternoon that there were no significant rises…

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Flood Warning

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 October 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.—Asked to-day whether he would [?]nstal a radio flood warning system on the Richmond…

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Sixth Round In Floodboats To Williams' Crew

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 October 1954 · page 3

J. WILLIAMS' crew won the sixth round of the Commercial Hotel trophy, Mick Power sealed…

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Heavy Storm

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Thursday 28 October 1954 · page 1

The thunder storm last night yielded 324 points of rain in Dorrigo. Reports indicated that the…

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News In Brief: To Aid Victims Of Danube Floods

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 October 1954 · page 1

The first American flood relief shipment of barley and maize for Communist East Germany would leave…

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Heavy Rain Year

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 November 1954 · page 3

Rainfall in Grafton for October was 201 points above a 10-year average. Registration was 467…

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Heavy Rain On Upper Clarence

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 November 1954 · page 3

Torrential rain fell on areas of the Upper Clarence yesterday. Falls of more than four inches were registered in some centres…

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Delayed-action Flooding

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 November 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.--Heavy rain which fell in Queensland two months ago is now causing floods in…

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Flood Conditions On Orara River

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 November 1954 · page 4

Torrential rain on Wednesday and Thursday nights, reported in some areas to have totalled well over 12 inches,, resulted in flood condtions in the Orara…

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Storm Damage Near Mildura

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 November 1954 · page 1

MILDURA, Sun.—Damage amounting to hundreds of thousands of pounds was caused in a tornado which cut a five-mile wide path of destruction for 20 miles in the Mildura district, late this afternoon…

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