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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms
11 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers
DECEMBER 28TH.—We have been visited with a flood, unknown for its severity and destructive consequences, even to that old authority, "the oldest inhabitant, even though his residence extends over…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Western Past of Tuesday says:—It rained, thundered, and lightened almost incessantly on Sunday, and although we have not yet heard of any casualties resulting, beyond a few chimneys being struck by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ONE of the most obstructive storms of hall and rain that has been witnessed in Yass for years took place on Sunday last. Before six o'clock in the morning, the rumbling sounds of thunder could be heard, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AFTER two or three days of rather sweltering heat, on Sunday, after mid-day, the heat attained the highest point yet marked this season, 127 degrees in the sun. This was about half-past two in the afternoon. But…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SINCE Saturday last the heaviest rains that have been experienced here for a considerale period have fallen and a good deal of damage has been done to the streets and buildings. On Brickfield-hill in addition to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AT a meeting of the Biblical Archeological Society on Tuesday night. Mr. George Smith read a paper on the "Cuneiform inscription describing the deluge," which he discovered a short time back among the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The rain-fall for the year, in England, is unusually beyond the average. Those that are curious about such matters may test the calculations, but I am willing to accept the results arrived at by those whose…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →AS stated in our last issue, the late heavy rains were doing considerable damage to our settlers, by inundating their land, and in some istances the late maize crop and sugar cane were partly submerged…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ONE of the largest floods that has occurred for the last nine years, and which was occasioned by the incessant rain which has fallen since Sunday, came down the Bremer on Tuesday morning, and the river…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE Walgett correspondent of the Maitland Mercury w[?]iting on the 27tli June, says:—The Barwin River is now in high flood, and the present height of the water is but eighteen inches only below the highest point…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE Darling Downs Gazette gives the following fuller details of the loss of life at Cecil Plains, and the destruction of property in other parts of the district:- On Wednesday morning last, intelligence was…
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