Esceped Kite Balloon. on Fire in a Storm
A few days ago, on June 23, to be exact, the despatches from France contained a vague soft of reference to a kite balloon which had got into…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms
Floods & storms, 1916
147 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 6 of 8
Late Telegraphic News. Heavy Rains. Flood at Manly. Sydney
The weather is now clearing. Heavy rains have fallen practically throughout the State. Railway traffic has been delayed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods in the South
Heavy floods are reported from many parts of the southern State. Braidwood is entirely isolated. The Nepean River overflowed in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Lachlan in Flood. Forbes Residents Excited. Sydney
The townspeople of Forbes are in a state of excitement, as a big flood is coming down the Lachlan River, which is 52ft deep at Cowra, being 8ft above that…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Floods Subsiding. Train Services Being Restored. Sydney
The weather has now cleared over the greater part of the State, and flood waters have subsided. Train services have been restored…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Flood at Forbes. a Boy Drowned. Many Narrow Escapes. Sydney
The railway traffic has now been restored on all the lines. The flood waters were heavy at Forbes, where the Lachlan River rose…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Calling Up. Rains and Floods Interfere. All Dates Extended. Sydney
Colonel Dodds, Military Secretary states that heavy rains and floods interfered considerably with the arrangements for enrolling men in N. S. W. He has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Floods. Murrumbidgee Country Inundated. Sydney
The flood in the Murrumbidgee River is the biggest since 1891, and the gravest anxiety is felt for the safety of the thousands of stock in the low- lying country…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood at Forbes. Sydney
The first flood waters struck Forbes at 2 o 'clock this morning. Several accidents occurred. One lad named Hurley is believed to have been drowned, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Flood. Sydney
A disastrous flood has occurred in the valley of the Lachlan. The country is under water for miles and business premises and residences in the main streets…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Frightful Storm. the Anger of the Great Lakes. Fifty Lives Lost. London
A Vancouver message states that Captain Crashaw is the sole survivor of a crew of 22 of the cargo steamer Colgate, which foundered in the Lake Erie storm on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Deluge of Shells. German Calculations All Wrong the Irresistible French. Advance Farther Than Contemplated. London
The "Petit Parisien" says that the Verdun, attack was postponed for several days, owing to the weather. Then, when the attack, was made, the Germans were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Telegrams. Floods. Queensland Suffering. Brisbane
Most of the south-western districts of Queensland are flooded, and there are numerous railway washaways. The train from Cheepie, due at Charleville on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →After the Storm
It's a relief to breathe the clarified atmosphere which follows the storm. And the storm we have just come through was the very worst that we have yet…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Severe Storm Streets Covered with Water Melbourne
One of the most severe rainstorms over experienced in Melbourne broke over the city this afternoon. Within five minutes the streets were covered with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Local and General. Big Storm at Copmanhurst
About 6.30 on Tuesday evening a thunderstorm worked up from the north-west Heavy rain fell for upwards of two hours, registering 303 points. This fall will be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Austria and Italy. Italians Storm and Capture. London
Italians have attacked Gorizia and reoccupied a trench on the eastern slopes of Tivoli and San Mare heights. At Esatsober, on the Carso front, the 11th Army…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sporting. the Melbourne Cup. Postponed to Saturday. Account of Heavy Rain. Melbourne, Tuesday Morning
Melbourne Cup Day has been postponed till Saturday owing to heavy rain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Inquisitive Outhwaite. Creates Storm in House of Commons. London
In the House of Commons Mr. Outhwaite asked what proportion of military contribution came from each of the Allies. Sir Edward Carson suggested…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Puntman's Experience in Storm
Mr. R. Lardner had an exciting experience yesterday afternoon with the Dobie-street punt. He was crossing with 30 head of four-year-old bullocks aboard,…
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