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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms
69 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 4
To cling for more than an hour to the disabled rudder of a sailing vessel pitching and tossing in the wild embrace of a Cape Horn gale; to hang to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A great storm occurred at Christchurch on Sunday. Portion of the international exhibition building was destroyed. The damage is estimated at £3000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A phenomenal storm occurred in the northern suburbs of Sydney on Thursday afternoon. After an interval of gloom there suddenly poured on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BRISBANE, Monday.—Reports received yesterday from the various stations show that splendid rains have fallen throughout the State. The Winton district has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods are reported from the Rockhampton, Longreach and Charlieville districts of Queensland…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The total damage done at Geraldton, Queensland, by the recent cyclone is estimated at from £100,000 to £150,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BRISBANE, Friday.—A report from Cunnamulla states that the town is surrounded by water, and that many families have left their homes. The mail train was…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A terrific cyclone passed over the Homebush district yesterday afternoon. Fences and trees were levelled, houses unroofed and sheds blown down in all…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ARMIDALE, Monday.—Considerable damage to property and crops was caused by a thunderstorm at Armidate on Sunday. Four business places suffered severely…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BRISBANE, Thursday.—Heavy rains are reported, ten inches having fallen in a few hours at Muttaburra, where the water is 18 feet above the bridge. A flood is…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Further heavy ram has fallen in Central Queensland and floods have occurred in the western districts…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Some months ago attention, was drawn to the need of co-operation between the various districts on the Clarence River for the purpose of issuing reliable warnings to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Friday.—Bountiful rains have fallen over the State, as the result of a monsoonal disturbance. Out west the falls have been phenomenal, while the Riverina…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →BRISBANE, Sunday.—The Warrego River is a banker at Augathelia, Ward and Langlo, very high at Monkira and Abhara. In three days at St. Albans, 10 inches of rain fell, and the flood…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Further heavy floods have occurred in Northern Queensland. Railway traffic has been blocked and bridges submerged in many places…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods still continue in portions of Queensland, rendering the situation serious. At Blackall the Royal Hotel and the Queensland National Bank were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BRISBANE, Thursday.—Mr. John Cordner, manager of Mount Margaret station, has reported that during 25 years' residence there he never saw so much general rains…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →LONDON, Tuesday,—The relaxation of the restrictions regarding the admission of aliens to Great Britain is securing the release of many Russian emigrants previously…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A tremendous downpour of rain was experienced on the Blue Mountains lase night, doing considerable damage to the railway line. A washaway of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY, Monday.—A phenomenal fall of rain, during the progress of which a violent thunderstorm tool place, occurred ot midnight on Saturday, and continued until…
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