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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1904

52 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 3 of 3

Cyclone at Maclean. Great Destruction of Property. Mr. Hugh M'swan Killed

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 7 November 1904 · page 2

Maclean was visited by a wild and destructive cyclone on Thursday afternoon. The storm gathered in the sou'-west, and struck the town with…

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Latest War Cables. Japanese Preparations. Flooding Russian Entrenchments. Only One Warship Left. London

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 8 November 1904 · page 5

The Japanese are preparing to flood Russian entrenchments with sea water, and are undermining trenches with, the view of dynamiting important positions. It is…

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Terrific Wind Storm

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 11 November 1904 · page 2

ON Wednesday of last week, when the thermometer was up to 105 at Bellingen and a hot wind blowing, a terrific gale was rasing over a considerable area of the southern and…

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Destructive Storm Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 14 November 1904 · page 3

A hailstorm, with hail as large as cricket balls, fell at Mittagong on Thursday, killing numbers of sheep, fowls and cattle…

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Cyclone at Cooma. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 21 November 1904 · page 3

Details of the cyclone at Cooma and other districts show that the damage was greater than at first thought. Many orchards were…

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Short Story. When the Greek is in Flood. I.

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 25 November 1904 · page 7

At the door of a lonely hut, built on a little eminence known as the Bald Rock, a man stood and looked down on a scene of desolation. It was the close…

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A Welcome Storm

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 28 November 1904 · page 2

After threatening for several days a heavy thunderstorm broke over the city between six and seven o'clock last night, deluging the streets and rejoicing the…

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A Sunday Storm

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 29 November 1904 · page 4

Last' Sunday'.s storm occupied most of the afternoon in getting to Grafton, and when it did arrive it was very, angry. The cannonading of the clements was startling…

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The Flood Silt of the Hunter

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 3 December 1904 · page 6

At the beginning of October, Professor David read before the Royal Society a paper prepared by himself and Professor Guthrie, of the Agricultural Department,…

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Open Column. "Keep the Storm Going!" (To the Editor of the "Argus.")

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 8 December 1904 · page 5

Sir.--At the annual meeting of the Australian Protestant Defence Association, held in Sydney last week, the Rev. P. J. Stephens is reported to have…

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Beneficial Rainfall. a Cyclonic Storm at Maitland

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 20 December 1904 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.— After an unusually, long spell of dry weather, splendid monsoonal rains have fallen over, practically the whole State. Since the middle of July…

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A Severe Storm in Brisbane. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 22 December 1904 · page 5

Great damage was done by a storm in Brisbane last night. The old Catholic School at Highgate Hill was blown down and wrecked…

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