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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1910

233 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 10 of 12

Floods in Victoria a Serious Outlook. Sydney, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 12 September 1910 · page 3

Heavy rams have fallen in Victoria and floods are imminent. At Jingellec and Tintaldra the farmers are removing, their families, goods…

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Floods in Victoria. River Murray Rising. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 14 September 1910 · page 3

The River Murray at Echuca is 25ft. above summer level and still rising…

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Thunderstorms. and Earthquakes

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 16 September 1910 · page 4

Two weeks ago my friends interested me with queries about the possibility of a relationship between earthquakes and a comet. After their experiences this…

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Floods in Victoria. Railway Line Closed. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 16 September 1910 · page 5

The flood waters have advanced so rapidly in the Goroke district of Victoria that it has been decided to close the railway between Mitre…

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Latest Cables Floods in Punjaub Widespread Desolation. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 23 September 1910 · page 5

Three-fourths of the town of Dera Dera Ghazikhan (India), with a population of 30,000, is under water, and 200 are reported drowned, whilst the damage…

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Floods in the Punjaub

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 24 September 1910 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday.—Three-fourths of the town of Dera Ghazikhan, numbering a population of 30,000, is under water. Two hundred are reported to be…

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Last Night's Storm. a Horse Killed

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 3 October 1910 · page 2

Mr. McGowen (representing Post Mason) had the misfortune last night to lose a valuable horse, which fell a victim to one of the shafts of lightning…

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The Deutschland Smasha. Fight With a Gale

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 13 October 1910 · page 7

G. Ward-Price, who was a passenger in the airship Deutschland, when she was wrecked tells his story of his experience:— "All the afternoon it had been a struggle…

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Storms in England Wrecks and Loss of Life. London, Friday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 17 October 1910 · page 3

In the recent storm the steamer Cranford, 2293 tons, was lost off Hartlepool. Her crew numbering 20 was drowned…

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Another Terrible Gale. Heavy Loss of Life. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 19 October 1910 · page 3

Havana (Cuba) has again been swept by a tornado, resulting in heavy loss of life. Great damage was done to property. Telegraph…

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World's Greatest Flood

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 27 October 1910 · page 6

Professor Herman V. Hilprecht, of the Department of Archaeology, of the University of Pennsylvania, has found among the tablets from the "Temple Library,"…

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Heavy Rain. Floods Expected. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 4 November 1910 · page 5

Two hundred and twenty points of rain fell in the Thargomindah (Q.) district, and as a result, the Bulloo River is rising rapidly…

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A Fierce Cyclone. Richmond (Q.) Damaged Badly. Sydney, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 7 November 1910 · page 3

A cyclone swept over Richmond, North Queensland, demolishing or seriously damaging most of the buildings in the town. At the railway…

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Cyclone in Queensland

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 8 November 1910 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—A cyclones swept over Richmond, North Queensland, on Friday, demolishing, or seriously damaging, most of the buildings in the town…

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Severe Storms. Thirty Lives Lost. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 14 November 1910 · page 3

Severe storms, which raged in the English Channel, are responsible for the loss of 30 lives…

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The Welsh Strike. Ming Almost Flooded. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 14 November 1910 · page 3

The strikers in South Wales to-day partially blocked the water supply at the Llwynypia Colliery, causing a stoppage of the pumps, and the mine…

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Floods in France. 50,000 People Homeless. London, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 14 November 1910 · page 3

Though it has been raining in France for over a week it continues unabated. The Seine at Pontoroyal has…

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Floods in France

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 15 November 1910 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—Serious floods have occurred in Easterbn "France the Minerthe and its tributaries have overflowed their blinks, and many illages have been…

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The French Floods. Rain Still Falling. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 16 November 1910 · page 3

Rain continues in France. The garden de Plaints and subterranean passages in Paris and the Australitz station are flooded…

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The French Floods. Danger Point Passed. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 18 November 1910 · page 5

The Seine rose 15 feet yesterday, a great volume of water is heading towards Paris. Later…

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