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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1884

8 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers

The Storm in Queensland

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 9 February 1884 · page 8

BRISBANE MONDAY.—At Ravenswood the Catholic chapol was levelled. The priest's house and several other buildings, were unroofed. The Anglican parsonage was blown…

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Terrible Flood at Cooktown. Sydney

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 23 February 1884 · page 5

24 inches of rain fell in 24 hours. A violent gale was raging, doing immense damage to shipping. Several [?]ooners were wreck or capsi[?]d, and others drifted on to the bar, and thence out to sea…

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The Floods. Sydney, Monday Evening

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 8 July 1884 · page 3

The floods in the Maitland districts have been very disastrous. Through the inundation the crops have suffered severely, and numerous farms are covered with water…

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Floods at Maitland

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 12 July 1884 · page 8

MAITLAND, Friday night,—The River Hunter since this morning has risen with alarming rapidity, and is now nearly 25ft above the usual level. It is still rising slowly, and large quantities of drift wood are…

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Floods in Spain

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 22 July 1884 · page 4

HEAVY rains and floods still continue in the eastern provinces, causing great distress, especially in Murcia. The crops are completely destroyed, and many families have been rendered homeless. Parties of the Guardia…

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Depended Cases. A. Koltz V. E. H. Gale

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 16 August 1884 · page 3

This was an action for breach of contract and misrepresentation. Damages were laid at £30. Mr Norrie for plaintiff, und Mr Foott for defendant. Plaintiff's case was, that he was supplying wattle…

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Heavy Hail Storm

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 25 November 1884 · page 4

ON Saturday the district below Grafton was visited with a very heavy thunderstorm accompanied by wind and hail. Our correspondents at Brushgrove and Lawrence both report these places as within the…

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Hail Storm at Lawrence

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 25 November 1884 · page 4

On Saturday evening a tremendous hail storm passed over Lawrence accompanied with vivid flashes of lightning. The hailstones, which were the largest rememb[?]red to have fallen during the last twenty…

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