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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1918

185 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 10

The Queensland Cyclone. Rockhampton Flooded. Hundreds of Houses Submerged. Relieving the Distress. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 3

The latest news from Rockhampton shows the floods are increasing. Hundreds of houses are submerged. Mackay received the full force of the…

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Late Wires Queensland Cyclone. Immense Damage Done. Has Mackay Disappeared? Starvation at Rockhampton. Brisbane

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 2

The steamer Bombala reports that Mackay is partly under water; but Gladstone reports that it is feared that the whole of Mackay has been…

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Cyclone and Floods

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1918 · page 2

Telegrams which arrived from Queensland on Tuesday and Wednesday stated that a terrific cyclone, accompanied by torrential rain, was occurring in…

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Message From Mackay. Cyclone, Tidal Wave and Flood. Fourteen Bodies Recovered. the Town on Rations. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 January 1918 · page 5

The following wireless message has been received from the Harbormaster at Mackay through the steamer Wyreema, dated Friday, January the 25th:—A…

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Cyclone, Tidal Wave, Flood Radio Message From Mackay. Collapse of the Bridge. Fourteen Bodies Recovered. Rockhampton's Perilous Position. All Low-lying Land Flooded. Fitzroy River Still Rising. Another Man Drowned. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 January 1918 · page 5

The latest news from Rockhampton shows that the Fitzroy River is still rising and boats are engaged in rescue work. A large number of residences and…

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Queensland Floods. Rookampton Flooded

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1918 · page 2

Rockhampton on Sunday afternoon was the scene of a cyclonic disturbance, accompanied by a terrific downpoor of rain. The rain commenced…

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Floods in Germany. a Town Demolished. Holland Also Suffers. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 January 1918 · page 5

Reuter's Amsterdam correspondent reports that the "Frankfurter Zeitung" says a sudden rising in the Nahe River was responsible for damage to the extent of…

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The Arawatta Arrives. Meets the Full Force of the Cyclone. Calamity at Mackay. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 January 1918 · page 2

The steamer Arawatta arrived at Gladstone on Saturday after a very rough trip from Townsville. The vessel experienced the full force of the cyclone…

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Mackay in Ruins. Great Loss of Life. Military and Police Control. the Flood Still Menacing. Bridges Carried Away. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 January 1918 · page 2

Mr. Hunter stated to-day that in addition to £1000 donated to the Central Queensland Relief Fund the Government voted £1000 for relief work in Mackay…

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Western Front. Mutterings of the Storm. Allies Working Vigorously. German Popular Movement. Against the Intended Offensive. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 January 1918 · page 5

The improvement in the weather has increased the raids, and there, is a reawakening on the West front. M. Marcel Hutin estimates that the…

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The Mackay Disaster. Tidal Wave and Deluge. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 30 January 1918 · page 2

The Mackay disaster was due mainly to a tidal wave and a fall of rain totalling seventy-seven and a half inches for the month…

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"Abandon Austria." Storm of Abuse in Germany. New York

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 30 January 1918 · page 3

The New York "Times" correspondent at The Hague states that the Berlin Pan-German and annexationist newspapers attack Czernin with fierce…

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Railway Commissioners' Report. Biggest Flood on Record. Water Sixteen Feet Over the Railway. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 January 1918 · page 5

The Railway Commissioner, Mr. Evans, returned to Brisbane this morning from his attempt to get through to Rockhampton. He got only as far as the 300-mile…

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Queensland Floods. Position at Rockhampton. River Still Rising. Steady Rain Falling. Rock Hampton

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 January 1918 · page 5

Rain is falling again to-day, and at 3 o'clock this afternoon there was not the slightest sign of a break. The rainfall so far this month is 3316…

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Cyclone Described. Huge Tidal Wave. Ambulance's Splendid Work. Citizens Organise Food Stocks. Mackay

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 January 1918 · page 5

The cyclone started about 11 o'clock on Sunday night, January 20th and continued hour after hour, first blowing from the south, then the east, and the from…

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The Queensland Cyclone How Mackay Was Wrecked. Hundreds of Homeless Families. 120 Casualties; 20 Deaths. Water Rising at Rockhampton. Casualties at Mackay. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 January 1918 · page 5

The police magistrate at Mackay wired to the Justice Department stating the total casualties number 120, of which 20 were cases of death…

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Boisterous Weather. Big Seas Running. Cyclonic Storm Expected. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 February 1918 · page 5

Boisterous weather continued in Sydney throughout the night. A cyclonic storm, centred off the coast, is expected to cause further severe east to…

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Cyclone in the South. Sydney’s Narrow Escape. Some Heavy Rainfalls. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 February 1918 · page 5

Fortunately for Sydney, the cyclone which was experienced this morning and which had been developing for the past three days, had not reached its greatest…

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The Cyclone. Mackay Disaster Vivid Narratives. Balconies and Verandahs Disappear. £500,000 Worth of Sugar Damaged Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 February 1918 · page 5

The steamer Bingera arrived in Brisbane to-day from Northern Queensland ports. Captain Mackay, in the course of…

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The Queensland Cyclone. 120 Casualties; 20 Deaths

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 2 February 1918 · page 3

The police magistrate at Mackay wired to the Justice Department stating tue total casualties number 120. of which 20 were cases of…

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