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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1909

118 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 6 of 6

Jamaica Devastated. by Gale, Flood, and Earthquake

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 16 November 1909 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—No news has been received from Jamaica for five days, and the cables are broken. There have been great floods, and one…

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Jamaica Devastated. by Gale, Flood, and Earthquake

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 16 November 1909 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—No news has been received from Jamaica for five days, and the cables arc broken. There have been great floods, and one…

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Hail Storms in Queensland

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 16 November 1909 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—Remarkably heavy thunderstorms with hail have occurred in Queensland. The low lying parts of Brisbane were temporarily inundated…

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Hail Storms in Queensland

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 16 November 1909 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—Remarkably heavy thunderstorms with hail have occurred in Queensland. The low lying parts of Brisbane were temporarily inundated…

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Floods in Asia Minor

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 19 November 1909 · page 5

Heavy rains have fallen at Adana Asia Minor, and 500 houses have been destroyed. The damage is estimated at several hundred thousand pounds…

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Floods Stopped by Forests

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 5

A great French achievement in forestry, namely, the establishment of protective forests where much destruction has been Caused by floods, is described in…

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Gales and Shipping Disasters LONDON, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 6 December 1909 · page 3

There have been violent gales around the coasts of England. The steamer Thistlemore blew up and foundered, with a crew of 30, off…

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The Great Strike. the Coming Storm. Sydney, Friday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 6 December 1909 · page 3

The secretary of the Australian Gaslight Company states that unless a fresh supply of coal is obtained Sydney will be in darkness a fortnight…

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Disastrous Storms

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 7 December 1909 · page 5

Terrible snow storms followed the recent gales in Britain. Steamers report terrible weather between Las Palmas and England, the waves being sixty feet…

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Disastrous Storms

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 7 December 1909 · page 5

Terrible snow storms followed the recent gales in Britain. Steamers report terrible weather between Las Palmas and England, the waves being sixty feet…

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Rain and Thunderstorms

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 9 December 1909 · page 6

During parts of the years 1907 and 1908, Mr. G. C. Simpson carried out a very interesting research in the Government Meteorological Office at Simla, India…

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Rain and Thunderstorms

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 9 December 1909 · page 6

During parts of the years 1907 and 1908, Mr. G. C. Simpson carried out a very interesting research in the Government Meteorological Office at Simla, India…

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An Emporium Flooded. SYDNEY, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 13 December 1909 · page 3

The Coliseum, the well-known drapery and clothing factory and goods emporium in Rundle-street, Adelaide, was flooded out last night. Someone…

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Floods in the North. SYDNEY, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 20 December 1909 · page 3

As the result of a severe storm in Northern Queensland, a serious wash away has occurred on the Mount Morgan railway. A number of…

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Storm at Rockhampton

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 24 December 1909 · page 10

ROCKHAMPTON, Friday.—Mount Morgan was visited by one,of the f[?]rcest and most damaging storms ever experienced there. Rain fell…

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Floods in Europe

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 30 December 1909 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—Widespread damage has been caused in Switzerland owing to storms. The overflowing of the River Senne…

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Hawkesbury in Flood. Crops Swept Away

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 30 December 1909 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—At Stroud the rainfall last week totalled seven inches. Damage was done to a section of the railway line between Dungog and…

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A Violent Storm. SYDNEY

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 31 December 1909 · page 5

A violent electrical storm occurred at West Maitland, and several persons were affected by the discharges. In one case a box of matches…

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