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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms
34 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 2
BRISBANE, SUNDAY.—Disastrous floods have occurred all over the southern part of the colony. The lower parts of Brisbane and of Woolloongabba are submitted, and all traffic by road stopped. On…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At Casino on Saturday the river was up 26 feet, and rising at the rate of 10 inches per hour. Telegrams received in town on Saturday morning state…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE year has commenced very disastrously for the Clarence, and the flood which swept the river on Sunday last has left a scene of destruction never before witnessed in our district. Something of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The loss in this parish above South Grafton is principally confined to crops. In its upper part it was not so great, and the patches of early maize have in many instances escaped. The late, as in all…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Clarence has been visited by the greatest flood that has ever been witnessed by the oldest resident within the limits of the district. The visitation was quite unexpected, for though the river was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE recent inundation has revived a tradition told by the aboriginals of a great flood which happened long before the advent of Europeans. The story of the blacks when analysed contains nothing very…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Now that the flood is subsiding in the main water channels, more of the damage can be seen. The maize crops which showed a few feet uncovered is withering under the rays of the sun, while the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Government has agreed to give five hundred pounds towards finding work for the unemployed and repairing of streets, and the money will be sent to the Mayor on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE river in flood! The river in flood! Tearing along in remorseless mood; Whirling, eddying, surging down With a force and a fury all its own…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →IN all 62 families have been afforded relief by the Government, having represented that they were in need of the same. 30 of these are in North Grafton, 23 in South Grafton, 4 on Southgate Road, 1…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LISMORE, JANUABY 24TH.—The downpour of rain which seb in on Thursday night, and continued with little intermission on Friday and Saturday, caused a very rapid rise in this arm of the river,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Echo referring to the floods on the Clarence says:—We may rest assured that this calamity will have its aspect of generous sympathy and practical help, when the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE terrible floods which have visited the south-eastern part of the colony of Queensland have proved even more disastrous than was at first supposed. It has been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE prospects of a heavy yield of maize, so promising two or three weeks since, are now blasted by the unprecedented visitation recently experienced. Various estimates are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IT is computed that the farmers alone on the South Arm have suffered losses to the extent of over £50,000 by the recent flood, and in several cases real distress exists. At…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AT Yulgilbar we learn that the river rose within about 4 feet of the house occupied by the main tenance man (Gidley). It attained its greatest height there on Saturday about 6 p.m., and is…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SIR.—The recent flood would serve to show many residents of this district the necessity of making some move towards securing suitable boats for use in times of flood, and the organisation of a body of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE threatened visitation of a second flood has brought vividly before the minds of our citizens, as it will also have done to all those within the reach of flood waters between…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE great flood of three weeks since has already been followed by another rise in the river, which, though not resulting in any material damage to property, was sufficient…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR.âWill you allow me space to maka a suggestion which would possibly be of utility in cases of future flood visitation. At present the majority of residents are entirely ignorant of what height the…
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