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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1897

10 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers

The Nevertire Cyclone

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 2 January 1897 · page 4

THE town of Nevertire was struck on Monday night by a cyclone, with the result that the town was practically wiped out of existence. The storm came from the west, and was…

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Hypnotised by a Cyclone. Extraordinary Experience

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 2 January 1897 · page 8

THE recent disastrous cyclone in Paris, which was one of the first of the kind ever experienced in that city, has opened up a discussion on the subject hitherto but little…

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What Not to Do in a Thunder Storm

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 2 February 1897 · page 3

ALTHOUGH the reply is sometimes made to a person who expresses foar of some fatal event which is likely to occur, "Yes, and you may be struck…

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Flood-Banking on the Mississippi

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 23 February 1897 · page 3

The lower part of the Mississippi runs through alluvial country, which needs careful protection from the floods in the river. For this purpose…

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The Cyclone

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 5 June 1897 · page 4

The cyclone that occurred in several of the suburbs of Sydney yesterday was a unique experience, and scores of the sufferers are hoping that it will not he repeated during…

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The Mississippi Spring Floods

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 12 June 1897 · page 3

The spring floods (says the Melbourne ARgus New York correspondent, writing on April 24) in the Mississippi River, greater this year than ever before, have already…

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A Flood of Wine in a Cask

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 27 July 1897 · page 2

What is probably the largest wine hogshead in the world has just been finished at St. George Vineyard, in Maltormoro, in California. It is…

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The Recent Storm

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 31 July 1897 · page 5

The gale and rain that prevailed here on Saturday and Sunday appear to have visited the greater part of the colony, especially the seaboard. A number of casualities have…

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A Storm on the Coast

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 20 November 1897 · page 6

It was during one of those hot spells in the month of June, when between the mosquitose and the beat life scemed unbearable, to[?] D[?]ton suggested a hasty retreat to the…

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Terrible Storm. Great Damage, Several Lives Lost

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 27 November 1897 · page 5

A violent storm swept over Melbourne of Friday, and was experienced over the greater part of Victoria. The almost total interruption of telegraphic communication,…

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