Luck and the Race Track. Ii. a Lucky Storm
In one fashion the elements are kind in California. Save in the mountains, there is no thunder and lightning, and man and beast,…
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Floods & storms, 1908
73 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 4
Severe Storm at Cobar. Sydney, Wednesday Night
A severe storm occurred at Cobar yesterday, in which 114 points of rain fell. Some of the streets were like small rivers; in one street there was…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—A telegram from Cooktown (Q.) states that heavy rain and bosterous weather has been experienced. The Normanby River is 14 feet over the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Silting of the northern Rivers. Floods Wanted to Clear Bars
Mr. T. W. Keele, who is now president of the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board, was for a number of years in charge of the Government…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—A message from Rockhampton (Q.) states that the river at Yaamba is how 28ft. over summer level, and still rising…
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Wednesday week's Cobar "Leader" says:—Yesterday afternoon's rain brought back in imagination the great rain which fell on the break up of the…
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On Tuesday night the barometer began to fall .steadily! at Townsville, and at midnight. when it registered 29.83. the wind set in from the east-south-…
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Very heavy weather prevailed on the N.S.W. coast during Saturday and the early part of this week. As a result shipping, especially that of…
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During the recent southerly gale on the coast many steamers were delayed, and several had a bad time. The Kyogle, which left Sydney on Saturday aight for Grafton, was compelled to…
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Floods at St. Petersburg, Pennsylvania, have temporarily caused 20,000 workers to be idle. Many persons fled from the rising waters to…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—Floods at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, h ave rendered 20,000 men temporarily idel. When the flood-waters came down many…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The steamer Noorebar, which left here on Saturday morning for Byron Bay, had a very rough passage north…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →(From our Sydney Representative.) Floods in the Hunter
SYDNEY, Monday.—For the three days ended at 6 p.m. yesterday nine inches of rain fell in West Maitland. On Saturday afternoon the gauge at…
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Kalgoorlie (W.A.) is in almost total darkness due to a cyclone which passed over the centre of the town yesterday afternoon with disastrous…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods on the Hawkesbury. Sydney. Wednesday Night
Serious floods on the Hawkesbury River have caused extensive damage to crops and property. The Mac donald river, a tributary of the…
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The downpour reported in our last issue continued during Thursday and at brief intervals on Friday and Saturday. During Saturday night…
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The heavy rain of the past few days has been accompanied by a heavy gale on the coast, and shipping has had rather a rough time. At the smaller rivers along the…
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Serious floods have occurred in the lower Hawkesbury. Many streams overflowed their banks, and there was great damage to crops and property. The mail service…
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SYDNEY, Monday,—At Windsor last evening a terrific storm occurred. Hall as large as duck eggs did inestimable damage among the orchards, while lucerne,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in Central Australia. Sydney, Saturday Night
A flood is running a mile wide at Peake Creek (? Pekina, 177 miles due north of Adelaide). The railway bridge and telegraph line are…
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