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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1863

9 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers

Great Flood in the Bremer and Brisbane

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 3 March 1863 · page 2

THERE has been a serious flood. The Guardian of Tuesday says:—The flood has come, and that in right good earnest. It is said by those who have been many years in…

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Flood on the Richmond. [From Our Correspondent.]

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 3 March 1863 · page 2

WE have been visi[?]ed by the largest flood ever witnessed by white men. It was always said by the old residents of the Richmond, that no fresh would ever overflow the…

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The Late Flood. to the Editor of the Examiner

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 3 March 1863 · page 3

SIR,—One or two points in relation to the late flood appear to me to deserve the consideration of your readers. Some considerable distance above Grafton the…

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Original Correspondence. Our columns are open to all writers who refrain from the use of virulent language or personalities; but we are not responsible for opinions expressed. the Distress Occasioned by the Late Flood to the Editor of the Examiner

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 3 March 1863 · page 3

SIR,—I have heard with much regret of the dreadful flood and the great mischief it has done; being a heavy loser myself, I can feel for those who have seen all they possessed washed away…

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Flood Disasters

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 3 March 1863 · page 2

THE following additional disasters, occasioned by the late flood, have been reported to us since on[?] last issu[?]e:— SOUTH GRAFTON.—At South Grafton we…

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Great Flood at Armidade. (From the Express.)

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 14 April 1863 · page 4

ON Wednesday afternoon the weather at Armidale again broke, fortunately after an interval which had enabled the creeks to become low, and many of the smaller gullies to cease running. One heavy shower…

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Floods on the Darling and Western Water Courses. (From the Empire.)

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 28 April 1863 · page 4

BOURKE, April 2nd.—For the last two months the Darling has been rising, but it was not expected to rise so high as it now is —from forty to fifty feet above its ordinary…

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Original Poetry. Reminiscences Arising From Scenes Prior to and During the Late Flood on the Clarence

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 9 June 1863 · page 4

THE morn is fair, the sun shines clear, and Nature's face is gay, The feathered tribe in highest glee are carolling their joyous lay…

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The Late Fearful Gale on the South Coast of Australia

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 21 July 1863 · page 2

FROM the file of Herald's per Grafton, we take the following particulars with reference to the severe gale alluded to in our last issue:—…

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