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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1910

233 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 12

Great Storm in Sydney

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 7 May 1910 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—During a violent storm in the city last night torrents of rain fell. In George-street West, between the railway and Broadway, a small lake formed,…

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Cyclone in Loyalty Group

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 12 May 1910 · page 6

Advices received from the Loyalty Group bring news of a ferrific cyclone which devostated the islands towards the latter end of March. The report states that all…

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Barque in a Storm

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 12 May 1910 · page 2

The Norwegian barque Hala, which left Smoky Bay on the 27th April for the English Channel, came into Sydney on Monday in a crippled, and battered condition,…

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Warship in aGale

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 17 May 1910 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—H.M.S Cambria arrived in port on Saturday in a dillapidated condition. She encountered a torrific sto[?] in Bass. Straits On Friday night…

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Flood Mitigation

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 19 May 1910 · page 7

The Member for Maitland (Mr. JohN Gillies) is in receipt of a letter from the Public Works Department, with reference to a letter, dated 29th January last, presented…

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Storms and Earthquakes. Heavy Loss of Life and Property. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 25 May 1910 · page 3

Heavy loss of life and property has been the result of the violent storms which swept over Larger Pont, Fiance, yesterday…

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Floods in Norway. a Critical Situation. London, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 27 May 1910 · page 5

Excessive heat has been experienced in Christiania (Norway) during the spring months and has melted the snow on the mountains, flooding the…

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Apalling Catastrophe. Mozambique' Destroyed by Cyclone

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 2 June 1910 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—A message from Mozambique states that the East Coast of Africa has been destroyed by a cyclone, which swept the whole coast line with…

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An Easterly Gale. Rough Conditions. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 3 June 1910 · page 5

An easterly gale was raging on the North Coast yesterday afternoon and conditions at the different bar harbor entrances were extremely rough…

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Rain and Gales

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 4 June 1910 · page 4

The rain that commenced on Tuesday evening has continued, and was accompanied with S.E. and E. gales and heavy sea on the coast. The fall has been very heavy…

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Storm at Bombay. Five Drowned

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 6 June 1910 · page 3

LONDON, Friday Night. A sudden storm at Bombay cause 113 native cargo boats in the harbor to founder. Five people were drowned…

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A Rough Voyage. Ulimaroa in a Cyclone. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 8 June 1910 · page 3

The Union S.S. Co's. steamer Ultmaroa arrived at Auckland (N.Z.) from Tasmania this morning. During the voyage the steamer encountered a…

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Unhappy Italy. Earthquakes and Cyclone. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 10 June 1910 · page 5

Latest advices from Naples state that there were five deaths on the Sauselle village in the province of Polenza. Ten are said to have met…

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Great Floods in Germany. Appalling Loss of Life. London, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 15 June 1910 · page 3

Great floods have occurred in Germany. The clams in the Aar Valley, Rhine Province, burst and 159 persons in the Valley were drowned…

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Great Storms in Germany. Fifty Persons Killed

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 16 June 1910 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—During the last 21 days 50 persons have been killed by lightning in Germany. The "Jungferntieide" disaster at Berlin…

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Disastrous Floods in Germany

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 16 June 1910 · page 5

Twenty bridges have been destroyed by floods in the Ahr Valley, and several villages wrecked. At Oberammergau, the river rose rapidly…

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The Floods in Europe. a Heavy Loss of Life. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 17 June 1910 · page 5

Devastating floods are again reported from various parts of Europe. At Oberammergau, Germany, 600 visitors are cut off from railway…

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Floods in Switzerland

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 18 June 1910 · page 9

On Wednesday the floods in Switzerland assumed the dimensions of a national disaster. A landslide blocked the Gothard tunnel…

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Floods in Europe. Cloud Burst Causes Devastation

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 18 June 1910 · page 9

LONDON, Wednesday.—Futher reports from Cologne give particulars of the heavy loss of life and enormous damage to property that have resulted from a flood in…

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Floods in Europe. Appalling Death Roll. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 20 June 1910 · page 3

The destruction of life and property by the floods in Hungary exceed all records. There has been over a thousand deaths and damage amounts to…

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