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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1909

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Floods in Victoria

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 17 August 1909 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—The flood at Wangaratta reached a height of 15ft. 7ins. on Saturday morning. James Kearney, aged 90 years, had a…

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Victorian Floods. SYDNEY

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 18 August 1909 · page 3

The Kotupua (Vic.) settlers have been obliged to leave their homes through floods. Nearly all the crops are under water, and it is considered…

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Namoi River Flooded. SYDNEY

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 18 August 1909 · page 3

The Namoi River rose to 17 feet yesterday, owing to the recent rains, and in places overloaded its banks. A few cultivated areas were…

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Floods in Victoria. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 20 August 1909 · page 5

Heavy thunderstorms and disastrous floods have occurred in the northern districts of Victoria. Portion of the Inglewood railway was…

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Floods in Victoria. Two Women Drowned

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 21 August 1909 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—Reports received from Melbourne state that heavy rain has fallen in almost every part of the State. The Government Meteorologist…

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Floods in Victoria

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 21 August 1909 · page 10

The condition of the floods at Kotupna is regarded as very serious. Owing to the action of the Public Works Department, in repairing levees on the western side of…

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The Victorian Floods. Another Life Lost. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 23 August 1909 · page 3

The news from the flood-Swept zones in Victoria is more re-assuring. The water is receding with few exceptions. Unhappily there has been another…

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Floods in Victoria. Death and Destruction

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 24 August 1909 · page 2

The torrential rains that have fallen during the last few days have resulted in widespread destruction in Victoria. The storm was exceptionally severe at…

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Fire and Floods. a Victorian Disaster

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 24 August 1909 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—News to hand regarding the flood is much more reassuring. With a few exceptions the water is receding, and the worst danger…

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The Victorian Floods. SYDNEY

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 25 August 1909 · page 3

The flood waters at Jeparit (Victoria are three miles wide and are approaching the main-street. About fifty people have already been…

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Floods in Victoria

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 27 August 1909 · page 4

Victoria has been visited by very heavy rains, causing floods in various parts. There was a terrific thunderstorm at Ballarat, on Friday last, and…

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The Floods

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 28 August 1909 · page 2

Latest reports regarding the floods are of a reassuring nature, and at the majority cf places the waters are slowly subsiding. The Avoca River was six miles wide in…

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Latest Cables. Floods in Mexico. Appalling Damage Done. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 1 September 1909 · page 3

The overflow of rivers has caused enormous damage in northern Mexico, Eight hundred have perished in Monterey alone, and 15,000 are homeless…

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The Victorian Floods. SYDNEY, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 1 September 1909 · page 3

In Melbourne rain fell heavily all this morning, and further reports of floods in the northern districts of Victoria have been received…

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Floods in Mexico

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 2 September 1909 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—Later reports regarding the floods in North Mexico state that 1500 persons perished at Monterey. One-fourth of the city was destroyed…

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Correspondence. Alumny Creek Flood Boat

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 14 September 1909 · page 2

Mr. Editor.—In your issue of the 7th a report appeared of the Great Marlow Progress Association stating it is the wish of a few to have the flood boat…

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Heavy Storm

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 16 September 1909 · page 4

A windstorm of unusual severity swept over portion of the Lower Clarence on Tuesday afternoon. The storm appears to have originated at the west of King's…

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Heavy Storms. Considerable Damage Done

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 17 September 1909 · page 4

Grafton has had the soaking it has been looking for for so long, but not quite in the way it desired. The rain was very welcome, but the wind and…

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Alumny Creek Flood Boat. (To the Editor of the " Argus.")

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 17 September 1909 · page 4

Sirs, -- I note a communication in your contemporary the "Examiner," of 14th instant, re above, and signed G. A. Gray. In that article he…

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Cyclone Storms. School Building Unroofed

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 18 September 1909 · page 4

On Thursday afternoon a heavy storm passed over Grafton, accompanied by rain and hail. It burst over the city from the west, and for a few minutes…

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