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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1913

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Panama Canal. the Final Stages. Flooding Culebra [?]Ut. Vancouver, Friday Evening

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 13 October 1913 · page 3

President Wilson, by pressing, an electric button in the White House at Washington, exploded a huge charge of dynamite which had been…

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A Terrible Gale. Katoomba Devastated. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 17 October 1913 · page 5

A terrific gale has been experienced at Katoomba. Houses were unroofed, telegraph pests blown down, the new Presbyterian Church walls collapsed,…

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Ulmarra Flood Refuge. Not to Be Interfered With

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 20 October 1913 · page 4

At Friday's meeting of, the Grafton Land Board the proposal of Mr. Lee, representing the Crown, to cut up the Ulmarra Flood Refuge into small…

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Ulmarra Flood Refuge

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 21 October 1913 · page 4

It is not a matter for surprise that Ulmarrait[?]s set up a vigorous protest against parcelling out their only flood refuge to selectors and special lessees, as…

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Terrific Storm at Dorrigo

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 22 October 1913 · page 2

A hailstorm of a terrific nature occurred at Dorrigo on Monday. inflicting extensive damage to business premises and private…

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Storm at Dorrigo

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 23 October 1913 · page 4

The heaviest storm for seven years occurred at Dorrigo on Sunday. Hail fell for over an hour and in some places banked up several feet deep, and much damage was…

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Floods in N.Z a Town Inundated. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 24 October 1913 · page 5

Heavy rain has fallen in the Rangitikei (N.Z.) district, and the town of Maiton is flooded. Many houses are inundated and others are…

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Terrific Hall Storm

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 25 October 1913 · page 3

A TERRIFIC storm of hail visited Dorrigo on Sunday last at about 12, and abated not a whit for two solid hours. The hail—as big as pigeon…

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The Weather. a Heavy Storm

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 29 October 1913 · page 2

A fierce thunderstorm burst over the district shortly after six o'clock last night and lasted for about an hour and a half. During that time…

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A Violent Storm. Church Demolished. London, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 29 October 1913 · page 3

During a violent thunderstorm, a Congregational Church in South Wales was demolished by lightning, and several persons were seriously…

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Storm at Ulmarra. the Launch "Waratah" Sunk

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 30 October 1913 · page 3

After a very oppressive day a t[?]rrific thunderstorm broke over the Ulmarra district shortly after six o'clock on Tuesday evening. The Storm came from the…

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Late Cables. Floated by the Gale, When Salvers Failed. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 31 October 1913 · page 5

A gale on the Cornish (Eng.) coast yesterday was responsible for doing what nearly twelve months' salvage operations had failed to…

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Chapter Xvi. the Great Flood

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 1 November 1913 · page 8

The flood of 1849 is still called " the great flood." Not even in the memory of the aborigines had there been such,a flood. The rain came down steadily day…

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An American Storm. Heavy Death Roll. Vancouver, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 12 November 1913 · page 3

Much damage has been done by snow storms in the United States. Two men were blown into a river and drowned. Ships are sheltering on…

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A Severe Storm. Man Killed by Lightning. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 12 November 1913 · page 3

A severe electrical disturbance affected various parts of South Australia yesterday. A farm hand was struck dead by lightning while…

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A Western Cyclone. Towns Devastated. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 14 November 1913 · page 5

A cyclonic storm stiruck Whitecliffs on Wednesday and almost devastated the town. Houses were blown down like card board boxes and others were…

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The American Storm NEARLY 300 Lives Lost Vancouver, Thursd

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 14 November 1913 · page 5

Thirty vessels have been wred and 279 lives lost during the sin. on the great lakes of Cananda…

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Killed by the Storm. Old Man Crushed. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 14 November 1913 · page 4

During a, thunderstorm yesterday afternoon, near Tichbourne, Richard Fitzgerald, 83, was lying reading at his camp, when a large tree fell…

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Floods in Victoria. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 14 November 1913 · page 5

Floods are reported in Gippsland (Vic.). Many farms are under water and the damage to crops is considerable…

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Terrific Storms. White Cliffs, Cobar, and Other Parts Old Man Killed at Parkes

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 15 November 1913 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—As a result of a cyclone, the Centennial Hall, the largest b[?]ilding at White Cliffs, crosstied by heavy beams, lies a confused mass of…

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