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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms
63 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 4
THE waters have receded except from the very lowest localities, and have left in their train a thick coating of mud, which will to some extent compensate farmers for their heavy losses by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE disastrous flood which has so large an extent submerged the valley of the Clarence and caused such vast destruction of property, is one of those visitations with which the art of man is scarcely…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THERE has been some sort of tradition derived from ancient aboriginal inhabitants, that once upon a time the whole of the present site of Grafton (North and South) was submerged—with the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A TELEGRAPH was received from the Member for Grafton yesterday, stating that he had already urged on the Minister for Works to push on all public works possible, and this he had promised to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →EXTENSIVE landslips have occurred along the bank of the river for some distance below the Factory. The channels cut through the farms at this spot have been widened by the rush of water, and if not…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →IN my last I referred to the very unsettled state of the weather, which was most disadvantageous to both pasturists and agriculturists. But since then a more serious occurrence has taken place, and we…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE following graphic description of the recent flood appears in the Daily Telegraph, over the signature of Mr. W. A. Manning, a gentleman who has recently settled down in Grafton…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR.—In your issue of the 18th instant, appears a report from a correspondent at Palmer's Island, which contains a distorted statement about the effects of the late flood. The writer gives it as his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE following are some of the particulars respecting the relief dispensed at Grafton. Between the 11th and 21st instant, when the flood waters were high, and till people could return to their homes,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, MARCH 28.—There has been a tremendous cyclone in KentuCky. Over 8000 lives were lost, 300 being under one roof. The town of Louis is in flames, and 4000 houses…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE river at Grafton rose till Friday about 5 p.m., reaching a height of 20ft, 2in. The backwaters did not reach their highest till the following day, when they covered the low-lying portions of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A TREMENDOUS hurricane has occurred at Townsville. The spray broke over the jetty 30 feet high, and it is believed the structure is wrecked, 110 people took refuge in the depot, 40 on Ross Island,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IN the absence of the Minister for Works, and the case being one of urgency, the Colonial Treasurer (Mr. M'Millan) on Friday received a deputation of residents of the Clarence district, who desired to bring under the notice of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR.—The late flood on the Clarence will, no doubt, bring home to the minds of the thoughtful of the community, the conviction that there is no limit to the height flood waters may attain under existing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A CORRESPONDENT writes:—Will you, do me the favour to allow me to supplement the information given by your own correspondent, of some events of public interest that happened during the recent…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AN old resident of the Clarence, and one who has a large interest in the district, writing about the recent floods, says:—"No doubt the destruction has been great; but most districts in the colony have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THAT afternoon the whole vicarage party walked up to the farm to impect another litter of young pigs. It struck Geoffrey, remembering former editions, that the reproductive powers of Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A TELEGRAM from Bourke on Monday a stated that Bourke to night is only threatened by floods; so far the is safe, but how long this safety may continue, is a mystery. The town itself looks as if it is in a state of siege. Around nearly every…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THESE enormous floods, of which the latest is only the second known since white men settled on the Darling, require peculiar conditions for their creation. Fewer people, than could be imagined are aware of the extent of the watershed of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →DESPITE all precautions, the dam that protected the town of Bourke succumbed on Friday afternoon to the pressure of water, and a gap was made near the hospital, through which the waters soon…
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