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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1907

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Cyclone at Tenterfield

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 7 October 1907 · page 2

A terrific wind-storm passed over Tenterfield on Wednesday night. The wind blew with hurricane force for about half-an-hour. Iron roofs and…

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Floods in New Zealand. Sydney, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 7 October 1907 · page 3

The Waikato (N.Z.) River continues to rise rapidly and much country is flooded, but no serious damage has been done so far…

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A Violent Storm

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 14 October 1907 · page 2

The intense heat yesterday, augmented by hot westerly winds, culminated, between 4 and 5 p.m., in a brief but violent gale, which…

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Heavy Dust Storm

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 15 October 1907 · page 4

Sunday last was most oppressive owing to a dry westerly that struck up early in the day. The thermometer registered 10d. in the shade at the post office, being the…

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Destructive Storm

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 18 October 1907 · page 5

Reports which have reached us from different centres on the North Coast show that many of these districts were visited by a ter-rific wind and dust storm on Sunday evening…

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Heavy Wind Storm

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 19 October 1907 · page 4

Another heavy wind storm passed over Grafton on Wednesday afternoon, accompanied by a light rain. This has considerably tempered the atmosphere. Our…

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Wednesday's Storm

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 21 October 1907 · page 2

The heavy storm which passed over this district on Wednesday afternoon was very severe on the Lower Clarence. At Maclean, violent gusts of…

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Disastrous Floods In Italy

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 5 November 1907 · page 5

ONDON, Saturday.—Great destruction of proporty has been caused by floods in Northern Italy. Several lives have been lost, and damage…

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Phenomenal Hail Storm

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 9 November 1907 · page 11

A hail storm, surpassing anything of the kind over known in these parts, recently passed over Bonnie Doon and adjoining stations, near Lake Bathurst, Mr…

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Wanted, a Flood

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 19 November 1907 · page 2

A writer in a Sydney paper states that there was time when a flood in the Hunter River meant calamity to that fertile district; but the dry weather has made…

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Terrific Hail Storm. Sydney, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 25 November 1907 · page 3

A terrific hailstorm, accompanied by thunder and lightning which was particularly vivid, passed over the city and suburbs at 6.45 last night…

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An Appalling Deluge

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 26 November 1907 · page 6

The great cyclone which devastated Southern Spain and Southern France six weeks ago caused vast have in Southern Sapin. Some of the rivers rose 24 feet, truning…

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Terrific Storms in Queensland

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 28 November 1907 · page 4

Information has been received from Gatton (Queensland), to the effect that a terrific hailstorm, accompanied by heavy rain and high wind, passed over…

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Flood and Famine in France and Spain

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 3 December 1907 · page 2

The latest European papers contain graphic accounts of the terrible floods in France and Spain. In the wine districts of France, where the recent…

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Floods in England. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 16 December 1907 · page 3

Heavy rains have done great damage and caused floods in many parts of England…

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Floods in Queensland. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 19 December 1907 · page 5

Cloncurry (Q.) is practically cut off from communication owing to the heavy rains. The train is unable to get through and the teams are stuck…

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Cold, Weather and Heavy Rain Sydney, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 30 December 1907 · page 3

In Victoria the weather is inteneely cold. At Digger's Rest a [?]ge [?]ber, of sheep and cattle have died from cold and exposure, and their…

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