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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1868

12 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers

Heavy Gale at Newcastle

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 25 February 1868 · page 2

DURING the past few days we have experienced one of the heaviest gales that has yet visited this coast, but fortunately on this occasion we have not the usual concomitants in the shape of shipwreck and…

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Heavy Gale at Newcastle

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 25 February 1868 · page 2

DURING the past few days we have experienced one of the heaviest gales that has yet visited this coast, but fortunately on this occasion we have not the usual concomitants in the shape of shipwreck and…

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Heavy Gale on the Coast. (From Monday's Herald.)

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 25 February 1868 · page 2

ONE of the most continuous and violent gales that has been experienced for some time set in on Friday evening, and has been blowing without any lull ever since. On Friday morning the wind came on at…

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Heavy Gale on the Coast. (From Monday's Herald.)

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 25 February 1868 · page 2

ONE of the most continuous and violent gules that has been experienced for some time set in on Friday evening, and has been blowing without any lull ever since. On Friday morning the wind came on at…

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Flood at Araluen

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 25 February 1868 · page 3

MONDAY.—There is a heavy flood in the surrounding district, and several claims are filled in. No mail either way.—A young man named Jennings has sustained severe injuries from the claim falling in on…

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Flood on the Hawkesbury

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 25 February 1868 · page 3

WINDSOR, MONDAY 9 50 A.M. — The river rose a great deal last night; is now bank high, and beginning to break over in some pinces. The South Creek and low flats are already flooded. The water…

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Flood in the Hunter

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 25 February 1868 · page 3

The rise in the Hunter River was very perceptible on Saturday. The incessant rain which fell on the following night and Sunday, caused the water to rise ten feet between ten o'clock on Sunday morning and…

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The Weather—recurrence of Disastrous Floods. (From the Herald.)

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 25 February 1868 · page 3

SINCE June last, when many parts of the colony were inundated with devastating floods, we have had no weather to compare with that which has prevailed during the last two days and nights. During the…

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Flood at Araluen

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 25 February 1868 · page 3

MONDAY—There is a heavy flood in the surrounding district, and several claims are filled in. No mail either way—A young man named Jennings has sustained severe injuries from the claim falling in on…

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Flood in the Hunter

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 25 February 1868 · page 3

The rise in the Hunter River was very perceptible on Saturday. The incessant rain which fell on the following night and Sunday, caused the water to rise ten feet between ten o'clock on Sunday morning and…

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Flood on the Hawkesbury

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 25 February 1868 · page 3

WINDSON, MONDAY 9.50 A.M.— The river rose a great deal last night;is now bank high, and beginning to brenk over in some places. The South Creek and low flats are already flooded. The water…

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The Weather—recurrence of Disastrous Floods. (From the Herald.)

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 25 February 1868 · page 3

SINCE June last, when many parts of the colony were inundated with devastating floods, we have had no weather to compare with that which has prevailed during the last two days and nights. During the…

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