The Cyclone. Excitement in Coff's Harbor. Catholic Church Wrecked. Clergyman's Narrow Escape
Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 1 January 1909 · page 2
Coff's Harbor and the district for miles round was devastated on Xmas afternoon, about [?]5'o clock, by a cyclone unparalleled in the history of the place. Great damage…
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Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 9 January 1909 · page 3
A windstorm of a cyclonic character was responsible on Tuesday for considerable destruction of town property. damage amounting at a rough guess to £750 in…
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Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 9 January 1909 · page 3
A windstorm of a cyclonic character was responsible on Tuesday for considerable, destruction of town property, damage amounting at a rough guess to £750 in…
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Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 3
Defying the Federal Government, the citizens of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, on 7th December, deflected the course of the Arkansas River by dynamiting a ridge of…
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Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 3
Defying the Federal Government, the citizens of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, on 7th December, deflected the course of the Arkansas Uiver by dynamiting a ridge of…
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Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 2
Mr. Tom Lawson, commercial traveller, who carried out the contract of building the Coff's Harbor jetty, says that 18 years ago a cyclone occurred. It washed away…
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Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 9
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The greatest flood known for many years was experienced at Bathurst on Wednesday. The total rainfall for the last few days was 200 points. The…
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The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 25 January 1909 · page 5
The wind in Sydney attained the force of a gale this afternoon. It is reported that several dwellings were damaged…
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The Raleigh Sun · Friday 29 January 1909 · page 3
During the floods in the Bathurst district last week, Mr. Joseph Bell, of Limekilns, had a strangs experience. About 3 o'clock on…
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The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 1 February 1909 · page 5
The position at Broken Hill saws no change. Something is pending but what that is has not been disclosed. The labor leaders know the…
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The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 1 February 1909 · page 5
During a cyclonic storm at Maitland yesterday, 310 points of rain fell in 40 minutes. The storm raged with great fury and the hail played…
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The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 4 February 1909 · page 8
Mr. Briner introduced Mr. E. D. Munro, as representing the Bowing Club, to ask for a flood boat for Maclean. The matter came before Mr…
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The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 8 February 1909 · page 5
Floods have occurred in Saxony, Thuringia, Bavaria, Germany and the Austrian Tyrol owing to the sudden melting of snow. Whole towns are…
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Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 9 February 1909 · page 5
LONDON, Saturday.—Extraordinary floods have occurred in Saxony, Thuringa, Bavaria, and The Tyrol, owing to the sudden melting of the snows…
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The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 18 February 1909 · page 5
A serious gale raged over the Nemingha district last night, doing much damage. Roofs were carried away, and in one instance a house was…
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Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 2
A terrific cyclone has swept the New Ca[?] clonian coast, with disastrous results to [?] shipping. The French ship Joilette, while loading…
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Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 27 February 1909 · page 11
The country districts in Fiji have sustained serious losses to crops through very heavy floods. A planter on the Rewa reported that the river rose on his place 22…
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The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 5
At Goulburn, a very serious storm occurred on Monday night, between 6 and 7 o'clock, chiefly on the west and south of the city. The lightning and…
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The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 5
A deluge occurred at Northam and York (W.A.) last evening. Four inches of rain fell at Northam in 20 minutes and the low lying portion of the…
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Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 9 March 1909 · page 5
LONDON, Sunday. — While preparations were being made to admit, the water to the almost finished Victoria Dock at Birkenhead. a serious accident occurred…
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