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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1907

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Gales and Snow Storms. Japanese Liner Wrecked

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—Thrilling scenes occurried at Redcar in Yorkshire, in the rescue of men from the Japanese liner Awa Maru, which went ashore at night. Seventy…

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The Floods in China

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 3

Owing to the unprecedentedly heavy rains during the months of June, July, August and September, a large part of the northern district of Kaing[?]su and Anhuei…

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Latest Telegrams. a Fatal Storm. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 3 January 1907 · page 5

Five persons at [?] (Blue Mountains yesterday took shelter under a tree during a [?] The tree was struck by lightning and the shock…

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Violent Storms Abroad. SYDNEY

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 5

Several trains were snowed up between Carlisle and Edinburgh. The passengers on one train were without food all night. Many telegraph lines…

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Destructive Storm. Some Sensational Experiences

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 5

A heavy storm swept over the city and district on Sunday afternoon, causing considerable damage to gardens and crops. The day had been excessively hot the…

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Cloud-turrets and Storms

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 3

A scientific explanation of the connection between the imposing masses of cumulus clouds, piled up in aspiring white turrets, which are popularly called "thunder…

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Results of a Storm. Lightning Does Great Damage. Lives of Two Families Jeopardised. Trees Struck and Cattle Killed

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 2

The storm which passed over these districts on Thursday last did a considerable amount of damage to property and in several instances damage done…

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A Destructive Storm. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 17 January 1907 · page 5

A fierce gale, accompanied by torrential rain, has occurred in Auckland The rivers overflowed, bridges were carried away, railways blocked by…

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Sign of a Flood

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 17 January 1907 · page 4

Some huge earthworms nearly an inch in diameter and a yard in length have been in evidence on the Newrybar road within the last few…

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The Coming Deluge. the Safest Place on Earth

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 22 January 1907 · page 3

Prophets of evil have been many ever since the world began, but probably the most alarming and sensational prediction ever made has just been published by Professor…

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The Cooktown Cyclone

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—Many persons, whose residences in Cooktown were destroyed by the recent hurricane, lost everything they possessed. Numbers of the people received…

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The Cooktown Cyclone

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 10

Later detalis regarding the cyclone at Cooktown state that a terrible and protracted "blow" began on Friday. The burometer began to fall about 3 o'clock, and the wind and…

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Lost in the Cyclone. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 31 January 1907 · page 5

The steamer Seymour, which was recently despatched to search for the pilot schooner, has reported the loss of the vessel off Cape Flattery. The…

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Heavy Storm at Katoomba. Sydney

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 8 February 1907 · page 5

A severe storm passed over Katoomba yesterday afternoon. and caused a great deal of damage. The water cascades at Le[?]ra Falls…

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The Cooktown Cyclone

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 9 February 1907 · page 9

COOKTOWN, Friday.—Further details regarding the voyage of the steamer Meldois, which went in search of the missing pilot ketch Pilot, show that the sea must…

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Disastrous Storm. At Tully morgan

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 12 February 1907 · page 2

On Friday afternoon one of those rainstorms which have been of almost daily occurrence of late, gathered over the district. The appearance of the sky was…

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A Terrific Storm

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 14 February 1907 · page 4

Last Friday's storm though 115 points of rain fell, did not present any unusual features locally. It was however, very server in places and…

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Cyclone's Terrific Power

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 15 February 1907 · page 2

The Melbidri returned to Cooktown on Wednesday from the search for the crew of the Government ketch Pilot, which was wrecked during the late cyclone. No…

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The Recent Storm

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 15 February 1907 · page 5

Later details of the storm at Tullymorgan showed that the occupants of Mr. Jones' house had a narrow escape, having just made their way from the house before it…

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The Recent Storm Damage on the Richmond

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 15 February 1907 · page 8

Reports from the Lower Richmond show that the storm of last Friday extended over the entire district from…

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