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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1905

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Latest Cables. Floods and Earthquakes. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 15 June 1905 · page 5

Enormous damage has been wrought by floods in the lower Missippi. Severe earthquake shocks occur…

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The Second Test Match. Abandoned Owing to Heavy Rain

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 20 June 1905 · page 3

The second test match commenced at Lord's on Thursday, when there was an enormous attendance. England was represented by the strongest team the Mother country could command, while the…

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Deforestration, Floods and Erosion

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 20 June 1905 · page 4

The following are extracts from an article by Mr. Maiden, in the 'Agricultural Gazette:'—If one's knowledge of Australian…

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Gales and Floods in N.Z. SYDNEY, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 26 June 1905 · page 3

Fierce gales are raging throughout New Zealand. A 12 hours' deluge at Greymouth has caused a flood, and the people are being…

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Floods in New Zealand. Great Destruction of Property. (By Telegram.)

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 27 June 1905 · page 5

WELLINGTON.Sunday.—A gale swept over Wellington, and reached hurricane velocity. It was accompanied by torrents of rain. Traffic was interrupted…

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Wrecked in a Cyclone

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 8 July 1905 · page 3

A terrific cyclone which burst over Durban (South Africa) last month, was responsible for the loss of the Swedish barque Trichera, with six lives. The barque arrived…

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Floods in Other States. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 13 July 1905 · page 4

Floods are reported from South Australia. The Torrens River overflowed last night, and the Adelaide racecourse and all the…

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The Floods and the Telegraphs

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 15 July 1905 · page 4

The Murray and the Murrumbidgee rivers are in flood, and in some places a good deal of damage has been done in consequence. One would have thought that under such conditions…

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Floods in the West. (By. Telegram.)

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 15 July 1905 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday— Reports from Gundagal regarding the floods are reassuring, but the position of Albury is worse the waters reaching the highest flood point, lt is feared that…

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Floods Subsiding. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 17 July 1905 · page 3

The Murray flood is subsiding at Albury…

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Reading the Elements. Heralds of Storm and Flood. the American Weather Bureau

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 18 July 1905 · page 4

There are many advocates in Austra-lia for a Federal weather bureau, which, being a concentrated body, shall be fed by and have a purview of…

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Narrow Escape Fron Flood Disaster

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 22 July 1905 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday— The danger which threatened a large area of country between Cobram and Tocumwal has passed, and the homes and crops of the farmers…

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Sank Notes in a Gale

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 4 August 1905 · page 3

"LOST, Wednesday morning, envelope, containing three £10 bank notes. Return to Manager, Government Savings Bank, Moore-street."…

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The Frank Guy in a Gale

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 8 August 1905 · page 5

BRISBANE,s Sunday— The barquentine Frank Guy, bound from Napier to Sydney, with pine, put into Brishbane for repairs, having encountered a succession of gales…

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Thunderstorms

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 15 August 1905 · page 4

What may be termed the first thunderstorms of the season passed over the district on Saturday night, which were accompanied by a welcome rainfall. At…

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Appalling Floods. Hundreds of Persons Swept Away in the Streets. a Thousand Lives Lost

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 26 August 1905 · page 3

A dispatch from Mexieo City reports a terrible disaster at the Mexican town of Guahto juato,which 'has been overwhelmed by a flood. The…

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Heavy Gales and Wrecks

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 1 September 1905 · page 5

SYDNEY, THURSDAY.— The schooner Jones Brothers foundered off the southern breakwater at Newcastle early this morning during a heavy gale. A quantity of wreckage has been washed…

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Nothing but a Flood

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 4 September 1905 · page 2

An old Clarence River farmer, who has seen forty winters on the Clarence, remarked on Thursday that nothing but a flood can do any good now…

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Gale in Sydney. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 7 September 1905 · page 5

The most violent gale that has occurred in Sydney for the past five years, struck the city yesterday, the wind at one time being 82 miles no…

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General Telegrams. Gales and Snow Storms. Snow in Sydney

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 9 September 1905 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—The Government Meteorologist says that the fall of snow in the city, on Wednesday was not unprecedented. In past years falls generally…

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