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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1914

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Late Wires. Another Fearful Storm Deluge in Sydney. Trees Uprooted. Houses Wrecked. One Man Killed. Another Seriously Injured. Sydney, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 30 March 1914 · page 3

Yesterday's thunderstorm, accompanied by a fierce wind, caused widespread damage. The old man who was struck dead…

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Another Severe Storm. Man Killed by Lightning. Lighthouse at Seal Rocks Struck

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 31 March 1914 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—A terrific storm broke over the city on Saturday. An old man, as yet unidentified, was struck dead by lightning in Centennial Park. The…

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Cyclone Up North. Queensland Towns Wrecked. Brisbane

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 6 April 1914 · page 3

A terrific hurricane occurred in the Toowoomba district shortly after 5 o'clock last evening. The storm was hot serious in the town of…

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Newfoundland Storm

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 7 April 1914 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—Latest advices concerning the sealing tragedy in the Atlantic report that the steamer Newfoundland, which was stated to have sunk off…

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Cyclonic Storm in Queensland

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 7 April 1914 · page 5

BRISBANE, Monday.—Further particulars of the cyclonic storm which swept over Southern Queensland on Friday, Cambooya and Helidon feeling the full…

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Destructive Gale. Houses Washed Away. Wellington (N.z.)

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 10 April 1914 · page 5

A terrific gale with tremendous seas occurred in Hokitika Harbor last night. The sea encroached at one point for seventy feet and nearly all…

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Thunderstorms

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 2

On Sunday evening last a thunderstorm, which was accompanied by very heavy rain, passed over parts of the district. The shower lasted only…

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A Terrific Storm. a Driver Killed. Heavy Damage Done. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 22 April 1914 · page 3

A terrific storm, occurred at Tumberumba last night. A falling tree wrecked a drovers' camp at Rosewood, killing John King outright…

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Bellingen Shire Council. a Storm in a Tea Cup. Overdue Rates

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 24 April 1914 · page 3

Our Bellingen correspondent writes: At the Shire meeting on Monday, 6th, a letter was read from Mr. Austral Verge, of Kempsey, asking…

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Swan Creek Flood Reserve

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 29 April 1914 · page 4

There was only a fair attendance at the meeting called by requisition to protest against the Swan Creek Flood Reserve being thrown open for…

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Clarenza Flood Reserve

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 30 April 1914 · page 2

A public meeting, convened by requisition to the Mayor, was held in the Council Chambers, Ulmarra, on Monday night to discuss the proposed alienation…

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Storms and Floods. Damage in New Zealand. a Schoolboy. Electrocuted. Wellington

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 20 May 1914 · page 3

Severe storms and floods have occurred in the Hawkesbury Bay and Poverty Bay districts. A gale broke down an electric wire…

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Suffragettes and Police. Attempt to Storm the Palace.. London, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 25 May 1914 · page 3

Over 40 arrests of suffragettes has been made, including Emmeline and Sylvia Pankhurst. An attempt was made to storm the Palace. A…

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Terrible Cyclone. Waves Fifty Feet High. Sydney, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 5 June 1914 · page 5

News, has reached Sydney of a cyclone which devastated the Tokelau Islands, north of Samoa. A gale sprang up and the people took…

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Historic Wrecks. Toll of the Sea. Story of Fire, Storm, and Collision

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 9 June 1914 · page 6

Once more the civilised world is shocked with the news of a great disaster. The loss of the Empress of Ireland off the coast of Canalla adds yet another tragic page to the history…

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A Terrible Storm. Twenty Fishermen Drowned Vancouver

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 10 June 1914 · page 3

A storm has swept the coast of Northern New Brunswick and nearly all the fishing boats were blown ashore on Miscou and Shippegan…

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Severe Storm in England

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 16 June 1914 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—Six persons lost their lives on Sunday in a thunderstorm that burst with terrific fury over England. The victims, two adults and four children, were…

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Late Cables. a Terrible Storm. London Flooded. Many Persons Killed. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 17 June 1914 · page 3

A thunderstorm which occurred yesterday afternoon in London was the most severe ever known. It was a tropical downpour for several…

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Disastrous Storm in Paris. Loss of Life

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 18 June 1914 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—Paris has experienced the worst thunderstorm for 50 years. There was a torrential downpour for two and a half hours. There were several subsidences,…

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Late Wires. the Gale. Damage in Sydney. Shipping Knocked About. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 19 June 1914 · page 5

A big storm broke over the city last night. Sydney registered 231 points of rain. Snow accompanied the rain on the mountains. At South Head early…

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