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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1910

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Gales and Wrecks. LONDON

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 21 February 1910 · page 3

Heavy gales have swept over great Britain. A train in Ireland was blown over an embankment but the couplings held…

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Flood and Famine

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 22 February 1910 · page 5

VANCOUVER, Feb. 19.—The steamer Teucer arrived at Victoria (B.C.) last night, bringing news of heavy loss of life at Shasi (Shari? Japan), due to famine…

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The Recent Gales. Heavy Death Roll. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 3

Reports from various points along the south-east coast of England indicate that 100 lives were lost through the storms during the last 48 hours…

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Fires and Floods. SYDNEY

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 25 February 1910 · page 5

Bush fires and floods are causing serious losses in South Australia. The floods are the biggest experienced since 1889. Great damage has been done…

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Floods in Europe

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 1 March 1910 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—Terrible weather is being experienced on the coast of England. Torrential rains have fallen in Paris for…

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Floods in America. LONDON, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 2 March 1910 · page 3

Reports from New York indicate that a large area of country has been inundated by floods, equal to the worst experienced. Many villages are in…

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Floods in America. Great Loss of Life

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 3 March 1910 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—Disastrous floods have occurred in Cleveland (U.S.), where at least two hundred persons are dead, and many hundreds are homeless…

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Disastrous Floods

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 5 March 1910 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday.—Messages received from Spokane, East Washington, report the most devastating floods ever known in the history of that region…

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Floods in South Austrlia. SYDNEY

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 9 March 1910 · page 3

Through a monsoonal disturbance in South Australia, the country is flooded, in many parts and the rivers are running bakers…

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Floods Feared at Lismore

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 12 March 1910 · page 9

The heavy southerly gale of the last two days culminated in a heavy downpour of rain in the north-eastern portion of the State. Last night heavy rain…

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Richmond River Flooded. SYDNEY, Sunday Night

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

Reports from Coraki state that the Richmond River is in flood, the water being almost level with the Government wharf. It is a foot over…

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Dredge Ulysses and Punt. Driven Ashore in a Gale. Both Crews Safe

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 15 March 1910 · page 4

News was received in Grafton on Saturday of the stranding of the dredge Ulysses, at Evans' River, some miles south of the Richmond River entrance…

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Rhonda Valley Flooded. Loss of-Life and Property

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

LONDON, Sunday.—Owing to heavy rains a dam at Rhonda Valley, Wales, burst and caused very heavy loss, flooding many houses and much country…

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Latest Telegrams. More Floods. SYDNEY, Tuesday Night

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

Heavy rain has fallen in many parts of the State. At Coraki the Richmond River waters are still rising. All the ferry punts have stopped running…

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Dredge Ulysses and Punt. Driven Ashore in a Gale. Both Crews Safe

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 18 March 1910 · page 4

News was received on Saturday (says the "Examiner") of the stranding of the dredge Ulysses at Evans' River, some miles south of the…

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North-West Floods. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

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

Owing to heavy rains and washa-aways in the north-west, the mails in that direction are being seriously delayed…

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Floods in the North-West

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 19 March 1910 · page 9

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Extraordinary rain has fallen in the Moree district, and the rivers are already in flood. A big flood is expected at Boggabilla. The river at…

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Floods in Queensland. Coach Passengers' Plight. Sydney, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 21 March 1910 · page 3

Owing to the floods between [?] and Gladstone, North Queensland, there have been several wash-[?]ays on the railway and traffic is…

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Floods in Queensland

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 22 March 1910 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—Owing to floods between Rockhampton and Gladstone no mail train reached Brisbane to-day, but a train ran from Gladstone to Brisbane,…

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The Queensland Floods. One Fatality. Numerous Narrow Escapes. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 23 March 1910 · page 3

Owing to the floods at Rockhampton (Q.), all railway communication with the south and west of the State has been interrupted. The low-lying…

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