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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1908

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Fierce Gales in England. London, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 3 September 1908 · page 5

Great, gales are raging in England and much damage has been done to shipping and telegraph lines…

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A Cyclonic Storm. Sydney, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 3 September 1908 · page 5

A serious cyclonic storm broke over the Riverina district last evening. The telegraph wires were brown down and the service generally interrupted…

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Through Rain and Flood

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 5 September 1908 · page 10

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Rough, rainy weather interfered with the Melbourne festivities yesterday. Notwithstanding these discomforts the business portions of the city…

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Floods at Narrabri. Sydney, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 10 September 1908 · page 5

The Namoi River at Narrabri over flowed its bank last night, and at present it is 18 feet above summer level and still rising. Narrabri Creek…

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Floods in India. Heroic Christian Workers

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 3 October 1908 · page 9

LONDON, Wedenesday.—Although the Government warned dwellers on the banks of the Musi to escape from the flood 1000 were drowned, chiefly women and children…

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Floods in India

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 3 October 1908 · page 10

LONDON, Wednesday.—Disastrous floods have occurred at Haiderabad and the Deccan, India, causing heavy loss of life. Fifteen inches of rain fell in 36 hours…

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Floods in India

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 6 October 1908 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—A special correspondent, who visited the scene of the recent floods in India, describes Hyderabad as [?] black grave. Six hundred corpses were…

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Latest Cables. the Indian Floods. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 8 October 1908 · page 5

Seven thousand bodies have been recovered at Hyderabad, and the death roll is likely to exceed all estimates…

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A New Storm Centre. Franco-german Friction

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 12 November 1908 · page 3

Germany demands that France shall express regret for the violence offered at Casablanca recently by French soldiers to German consular officials, and…

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Latest Telegrams. Terrific Hail Storm. Sydney, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 30 November 1908 · page 5

A terrific hail storm occurred at Carron Brook, near Singleton, yesterday, the damage done being considerable. The rushing sound of the hail…

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Cyclone in Victoria. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 10 December 1908 · page 5

A cyclone of unusual violence passed over Queenscliff (Vic.) last evening. The "wind broke down a number of telegraph poles and badly…

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A Terrible Storm. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 10 December 1908 · page 5

A terrible storm struck Murrumburrah yesterday. The wind reached the force of a tornado, and stables, outhouses, and verandahs were unroofed…

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Another Severe Storm. Sydney, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 10 December 1908 · page 5

During a terrific dust storm, lightning struck an unoccupied house, while the wind took the roof off another house. No one, however, was injured…

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