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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1913

178 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 5 of 9

Shipping in the Gale. Sydney, Friday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 19 May 1913 · page 2

The steamer Marere, which arrived at Brisbane to-night from Sydney, experienced the full force oi the recent gale which struck her outside…

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Gales and Floods. Great Flood in the Hunter. Mails and Trains Blocked. Widespread Loss and Ruin. Northern Trains Blocked. Vessel Ashore at Trial Bay Sydney, Friday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 19 May 1913 · page 2

Owing to the Hunter River being in flood trains bound north are unable to proceed beyond Singleton. Cessnock Creek overflowed, and…

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Flood Waters Subsiding. Traffic Under Difficulties. Hundreds Homeless. Great Damage Done. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 19 May 1913 · page 2

The flood water in the Hunter River is subsiding. Up to last night the flood waters at Singleton had dropped 15 feet since Saturday. The…

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Maitland Covered. Equal to the 93 Flood. Houses Washed Away. Brave Men to the Rescue. Farmers Ruined. Sydney, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 19 May 1913 · page 2

Later particulars of the floods in the Hunter district show that Horseshoe Bend and that part of West Maitland from Devonshire-street to…

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The Hunter Falling. Hawkesbury Flood Subsided Later

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 19 May 1913 · page 2

A later message from Maitland says the river to-day is falling rapidly, but there is very little likelihood of railway communication being…

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The Regent Storm. Flood on the Hunter River Biggest Flood on the Manning for Years. Great Loss of Crops. Railway Traffic Stopped. Mail Service and Coastal. Shipping Disorganised

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 20 May 1913 · page 5

SYDNEY, Saturday.—Telegraph business was disorganised yesterday by easterly gales and flood rains, consequently nearly all the press telegraphic news…

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On the Manning. "Biggest Flood for Years." TAREE

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 20 May 1913 · page 5

Yesterday the Manning River rose at the rate of 18in. an hour. This morning the rise was only 6in. of 8in. an hour. The water is about 12ft. over the North…

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The Late Storm

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 21 May 1913 · page 2

The recent heavy rainfall played havoc between Bellingen and Sydney, especially in the Hunter river, district. At Raymond Terrace the…

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TELEGRAPHIC The Floods

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 21 May 1913 · page 2

The flood waters at Maitland are receding, [?] many miles are still submerged. The damage is wide-spread…

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The Floods. Waters Slowly Subsiding. No Government Assistance. Collieries Idle. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 21 May 1913 · page 3

The flood waters are slowly subsiding in the Hunter District. Many residents are still sheltering at Maitland. The trains are conveying…

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The Floods. Waters Gradually Subsiding

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 22 May 1913 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday—At West Maitland yesterday the Municipal staff, with a number of extra hands, were all day carting away tons of rubbish, and…

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Floods in the South. Large Areas Inundated

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 23 May 1913 · page 2

All train traffic between Newcastle and West Maitland was cancelled on Friday, owing to blocks caused by floods between Warstah and East…

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The Floods. Relief Fund to Be Opened. Sydney, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 23 May 1913 · page 5

Relief funds are to be opened to alleviate the distress resulting from the floods in the Maitland district, and the Government are to be…

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A Freak of the Gale

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 24 May 1913 · page 2

One of the strangest freake of sea and storm recorded for many a day is woven around the Southern Rivers schooner Aleda. During…

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The Recent Floods

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 24 May 1913 · page 2

THE terrific rains along the coast: last week were responsible for big floods in most of the rivers. The whole of the coastal telegraphic…

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Flood Waters Subsiding. Sydney

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 24 May 1913 · page 2

The f[?]ood waters are going down slowly. Wherever possible repairs are being proceeded with. It is hoped that repairs will be effected to…

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The Great Floods. Periodic Disastrous Visitations

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 24 May 1913 · page 9

The floods, Maitland to Singleton, have been severe. There have been floods in this sphere before; many, but hardly one more complete. Memory Sometimes…

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The Floods

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 24 May 1913 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—The flood witters at Maitland are slowly passing away, especially the big accumulation over the lower parts of Lochend and South Park…

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Late Wires. More Floods Hawkesbury Rising Again. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 26 May 1913 · page 3

Rain has been falling continuously in the Windsor district since Saturday, and the Hawkesbury is again rising fast. The low-lying land is submerged. and all…

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Heavy Rains. Flood Feared

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 27 May 1913 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—Great anxiety, was felt at Windsor on Sunday as the water, got down to within two feet of the summer level on the. Hawkesbury River after…

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