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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms
15 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers
AFTER having repeatedly and fruitlessly tried to get a match on, at his own peculiar style of long distance walking, William Gale, the Cardiff here of the 1500 miles in 1000 hours and 4000 quarters in 4000 periods…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE following particulars of a fearful storm on the north-west coast of Western Australia are furnished to the Perth Inquirer by Mr. John Brockman:—On Thursday, January 6, a change in the weather…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TUESDAY and Wednesday, January 18 and 19, are never likely to be forgotten by the present generation. London and the entire country was visited by a gale and storm which for violence and extent of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE following calculation may be of interest as showing the magnitude of the forces of nature: —An inch of rain falling on an acre of land if collected would weigh over 100 tons. There…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →IT is to be noted, as a significant fact, that all over the world there is a tradition of a great Deluge, in ages long since past. The Biblical history of the Flood declares that this great…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"BOHSMIAN," in The Week, writes:—A great deal of a man's success in life depends upon his being able at critical times to take a plain common-sense and practical view of the situation, at a [?]nce, as it…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →NEW YORK, April 4,—A Herald's Madrid special states: For several days a series of gales and heavy rains have swept from the ocean coasts, causing many shipwrecks and loss…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →FAR down in the deep cold grave She lies, now silently sleeping, While friends around here on earth Are thinking of her, and weeping…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A SOUTH-EASTERLY gale blow on Friday night, and caused great damage to the shipping and small craft. Damage was also done amongst city and suburban properties. Rain commenced to fall yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AN exciting ballon adventure took place in the suburbs of Vienna the other evening. M. Godard, who has made upwards of two thousand ascents, went up, accompanied by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ON Thursday night grave fours were entertained as to the steamship Boomerang, which left Newcastle at 5.30 p.m. on the 18th, with 550 tons of coal on board, for Sydney; but yesterday morning Captain Eldred,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TUESDAY night's gale, which raged with intense violence for several hours, was the cause of much destruction of property in the city and suburbs, especially the latter. At Pyrmont, an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A SOUTH- WESTERLY gale blow last night, and caused great damage to the shipping and small craft. Damage was also done amongst city and suburban properties Rain comme need to fall yesterday morning, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ON Friday nothing had been heard of the missing steamer Balclutha, and great anxiety was expressed as to her fate, although the consensus of opinion is that she is lost. The Balclutha…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—A very heavy thunderstorm, which culminated in a flood in the lower part of the city, occurred at 8 o'clock this evening. The rain descended in torrents for nearly an hour, and the low portions of…
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