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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1913

178 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 9

Worst Cyclone on Record. Shipping and Railways Damaged. Brisbane. Friday Midnight

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 3 February 1913 · page 3

The severe gales still continue on the North Coast of Queensland and shipping is considerably hampered as steamers going north meet the full…

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Late Wires Northern Cyclone. Raging for 38 Hours. Innamincka Blown Ashore. Brisbane

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 3 February 1913 · page 3

Captain Mackay, Port Master, to-day, received a telegram from the Harbour Master at Port Douglas, stating the cyclone had been raging…

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Terrible Floods. Another Reamer Damaged. Innamincka's Passengers. Landed. Brisbane

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 3 February 1913 · page 3

The cyclones raging in the north have caused tremendous damage. There are terrible floods at Innisfail, where hundreds of houses are…

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Northern Cyclone. Raging for 38 Hours

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 4 February 1913 · page 6

Captain Mackay, Port Master at Brisbane, received a telegram from the Harbour Master at Port Douglas' stating the cyclone had been raging for thirty-eight…

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Late Wires. Northern Gales. Railways Damaged. Relief Fund Opened. Brisbane

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 3

The Commissioner of Railways has received a telegram from Cairns, stating that the recent cyclone and heavy rain caused much damage to railway…

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A Sea Romance. Deserted Ship Found. Lost Again in a Gale. London, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 5

The British steamer Roumgnia picked up the Norwegian barque Remittest, in a seaworthy condition, fully rigged and provisioned, on January…

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Northern Floods. Further Heavy Damage. Schooner Still Missing. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 5

Owing to the recent heavy rains in Northern Queensland the washaways on the railways, particularly in the vicinity of Cairns, are very serious…

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Heavy-rains and Cyclone in Queensland

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 8 February 1913 · page 2

Owing to the recent heavy rains in Northern Queensland many washaways have occurred on the railways, particularly in the vicinity of…

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Queensland Floods

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 8 February 1913 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—The Biboohra is flooded and filled with debris. There have been heavy losses of stock and narrow escapes of human beings. Gardens and…

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A Country Cyclone. Short and Sharp. Sydney, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 17 February 1913 · page 3

A cyclone struck Gilgandra last night, lasting twenty minutes and doing considerable damage. No other particulars are available…

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Storms Stop Fighting. London, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 21 February 1913 · page 5

Boisterous weather and frequent snow storms have checked the hostilities in the East. The Bulgarians find difficulty in maintaining their…

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Heat and Gales

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 22 February 1913 · page 3

While Sydney and its suburbs have been sweltering under oppressive heat conditions, reports have been coming through from inland towns in the south-west of the State…

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A Remarkable Storm

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 1 March 1913 · page 6

A cyclonic storm struck Mr. Martin Shanahan's residence, near Uralla[?] the other day. The house was shifted from its foundations,…

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Sydney Storm-swept. City Flooded. Suburbs Isolated. Sydney, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 10 March 1913 · page 3

A terrible storm swept over Sydney last night, and many of the streets were submerged. Market-street, near Elizabeth-street, was just…

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Late Wires. a Terrible Gale. Shipping Delayed. Sydney, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 10 March 1913 · page 3

Gales and rough seas raged along the coast yesterday afternoon and evening, the wind reaching a velocity of sixty-two miles per hour…

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Widespread Damage. Suburbs Flooded. Several Fatalities. Destruction in the Country. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 10 March 1913 · page 3

Saturday's storm was very disastrous. Rain fell at the rate of nine inches an hour, and altogether 759 points were registered. The…

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Cyclonic Storm. Man Electrocuted

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 11 March 1913 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—Saturday's cyclonic storm was the most' severe ever known in Sydney, Sydney being the centre of it. The wind Velocity was 66 miles an hour…

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Streets Flooded

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 11 March 1913 · page 5

The streets of Sydney on Saturday night were submerged. Market Street, near Elizabeth Street, was just like a river, and people, wishing to cross went…

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Premises Flooded

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 11 March 1913 · page 5

On Friday night, by some means not easily explained, one of the floors of Mr. S. McLean's Central Stores, Lismore, was flooded with water, which caused damage…

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Harwood Shire Flood Boats

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 12 March 1913 · page 2

At yesterday's meeting of Harwood Shire. Council the Engineer (Mr. E. F. Crouch) recommended that the Brushgrove flood boat be…

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