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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1915

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The Darwin Cyclone. Luggers Still Missing. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 5

The latest news from Darwin concerning the recent cyclone show that the damage to the pearling fleet was considerable. Several luggers are still missing…

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Cyclonic Storms. Sydney

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 13 March 1915 · page 2

The latest news from Darwin concerning the recent cyclone shows the damage to the pearling fleet to be considerable. Several loggers…

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Belgian Progress Checked. Flood Waters Subsiding. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 5

Information from Flanders confirms the reported interference with the progress of the Belgians in the loop of the River Yser, due to the subsidence of the…

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Terrific Storm

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 20 March 1915 · page 3

One of the most terrific storms in the history of Dorrigo occurred here on Monday night last. The lightning was appalling and…

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Gales in the Dardanelles

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 27 March 1915 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday.—The "Times" correspondent at Tenedos cables that a furious north-east gale has been blowing for three days. It has been most unfavourable for…

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The Boy and the Flood. a Clarence River Story

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 29 March 1915 · page 4

To the boy whose home is on the bank of a river or wide creek the grandest thing that can happen is a big flood. His ambition is to see his…

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Terrific Storm. Sydney

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 31 March 1915 · page 2

A terrific storm raged last night over the city acompanied by thunder and very vivid lightning. The captain of the furry steamer Kareela,…

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Liverpool Camp Flooded. Water Waist Deep. SYDNEY,Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 31 March 1915 · page 3

The heavy ram last night was responsible for a distressing state of affairs at Liverpool camp. The tents were drenched and the men on the…

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Fighting in Heavy Rain. an Austrian Report. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 2 April 1915 · page 5

A Vienna message states that the fighting has been conducted under the heaviest rainfall and the Austrians are holding the Russians…

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The Weather. a Heavy Storm

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 5 April 1915 · page 2

A welcome break in the local dry weather conditions came yesterday morning, when light rain fell for a while. The weather then cleared, but…

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Deluge in Sydney. Damage in the Country

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 7 April 1915 · page 3

Over eight inches of rain have fallen in Sydney this month and it is still raining. Much damage has been done by…

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Deluge in Sydney. Ten Inches in a Week. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 9 April 1915 · page 5

Over ten inches of rain have fallen in Sydney during the last week…

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A Terrific Storm

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 23 April 1915 · page 4

The Glen Innes mail was several hours late last night owing to the terrific storm which occurred on the way between Buccarumbi and Bawdeh's…

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Italy and Austria. on the Verge of War. Signs of the Coming Storm. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 26 April 1915 · page 3

Prince Von Bulow (formerly German Imperial Chancellor and latterly German Ambassador in Italy) has left his villa in the vicinity of Rome and has…

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A Colliery Flooded. Rendered Idle for Months. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 7 May 1915 · page 5

A fall occurred in the roof of the Sneddon Colliery at Wallsend (Newcastle) yesterday. The water found its way into the pit, flooding the…

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CoIliry Flooded. Sydney

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 8 May 1915 · page 3

A fail occurred in the roof of Sneddon colliery, Wallsend, yesterday, and water found its way into the pit, flooding the workings. It…

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The Hunter in Flood. Low Lands Submerged

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 8 May 1915 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—A West Maitland telegram, says the embankment at O'Hearn, Dagworth, two miles from Maitland, collapsed this morning, and Wallis Creek is…

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Destroyers in a Gale

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 18 May 1915 · page 4

Commander Claude Cumberlege has submitted a report of the experience of H.M.A.S. destroyers Warrego, Parramatta and Yarra during a cyclone off the coast of Queensland. "I…

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Australia's Navy at Sea. Destroyers in Cyclone

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 25 May 1915 · page 3

In the carly days of February last the seamanship of the Australian Navy was put sternly to the test in the South Pacific. Amid howling winds and mighty seas that…

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Good Rain. Coastal Floods Predicted. Melbourne, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 9 June 1915 · page 3

The Federal Meteorologist states that rain has covered the western half of N.S.W. and probably the falls would, extend to the coast, with floods in the…

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