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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1918

185 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 10 of 10

Queensland. the Sugar Crop. Loss Through Flood and Cyclones. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 December 1918 · page 3

Mr. Forgan Smith, M.L.A., who has just returned from a visit to the Mackay district, stated to-day that the sugar crop there would only be about 25 per…

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Allied Occupation. Canadians at Cologne. Rhine Crossed in Heavy Rain Vancouver, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 20 December 1918 · page 3

An Ottawa message says: The Canadian troops have crossed the Rhine bridges, occupying a bridgehead near Cologne. The Canadians…

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GERMANY The. Congress of Soviets. Some Storm Scenes. the Different Parties. the Hague

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 December 1918 · page 5

The German National Assembly will comprise eight parties, the first the Majority Socialists, headed by Scheidemaim and Ebert the second the Independents…

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Struck by a Storm. a Cottage Collapses. Three Persons Buried

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 December 1918 · page 3

During the storm which broke over Sydney and suburbs on Friday afternoon, a weatherboard cottage in Burgess street. Sans Souci, was blown down, and three…

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Violent Storm. Damage in Broken Hill District Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 December 1918 · page 5

A violent storm visited the Broken Hill district on Monday, doing considerable damage. The wind overturned eight houses at The Pinnacles, about nine miles…

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Queensland. Thunderstorm and Hurricane. Lightning Starts Fires. Man Struck Dead by Lightning. Longreach

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 31 December 1918 · page 5

A very severe thunderstorm occurred yesterday evening. The wind blew with hurricane force, unroofing outhouses and uprooting trees. At Elibank two and a…

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