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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1919

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High Gales and Coastal Storms. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 November 1919 · page 5

High gales and coastal storms scut three ships aground on the Goodwins. Two were refloated and tugged in damaged. The Ramsgate lifeboat rescued the crew…

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Delayed by Storms. Paris

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 November 1919 · page 5

The latest, news from Albania states, that, storms are still delaying the departure, of Poulet. Two large British aeroplanes arrived…

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Gales on English Coast. Shores Strewn with Wrecks. LONDON,Tuesday

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 November 1919 · page 5

The gales which are preventing the aviators' start to Australia are strewing the British shores with wrecks, especially on the south and east,coast, where the…

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Airship's Remarkable Adventures. All Right in a Storm. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 November 1919 · page 3

"The Times" Berlin correspondent states that the damaged airship landed, after twenty hours in the air. Her remarkable adventures caused the utmost…

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Late Wires Sidney Pickles Flight. Delayed by Gales. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 12 November 1919 · page 2

Flight-Liutenant Sidney Pickles, who is flying from Broken Hill, arrived at Euabalong last night, having been deterred by gales of wind…

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Gales in the Atlantic. a Steamer Stranded. the Crew Rescued. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 November 1919 · page 5

Terrific gales are sweeping the Atlantic and the North Sea, and some craft have been posted as missing. A Tyne lifeboat rescued 43 of the crew…

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Heavy Hah Storm. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 15 November 1919 · page 5

During a heavy hall storm at [?]thust, the hall stomes in many instances were larger than hen eggs. Many orchards were [?]ectically…

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A Terrible Storm. Steamer Pounded to Pieces. Others Missing. Vancouver

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 17 November 1919 · page 3

A message from Toronto says: The steamer Runnels was pounded to pieces in a Great Lakes storm. The Anderson lifesaving station rescued…

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Gales in North Sea. Liberate Hundreds of Mines. Several Vessels Sunk. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 November 1919 · page 5

"The Times" Rotterdam correspondent telegraphs that gales in the North Sea have liberated hundreds of sunken mines. The vessels which have been sunk include…

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An Incident of the Storm

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 November 1919 · page 4

Mr. W. Stokes, of Lismore, while returning from Nimbin in a motor-car on Saturday, experienced a somewhat Sensational incident. When approaching the…

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Cyclone at Casino: £20,000 Worth of Damage Done

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 22 November 1919 · page 3

While farmers throughout the drought-stricken area of New South Wales were praying for rain, the town of Casino was visited by a…

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The Casino Storm

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 November 1919 · page 2

The recent Casino storm was a very heavy, though not an exceptional one, in the class to which it belonged. But in estimating its destructive strength. it…

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Bathurst's Bad Luck. Another Hail Storm. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 1 December 1919 · page 2

The second disastrous hailstorm in the Bathurst district within a month occurred on Saturday, with a patchy rainfall…

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South Africa's Coming Storm. Dutch Rebels Becoming Probolsheviks. Hertzog Dislikes "Empire." Capetown, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 1 December 1919 · page 3

General Hertzog, the Dutch Nationalist leader, replying to a correspondent's queries regarding the meaning of a new article in the constitution of…

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Cloncurry Cyclone. Houses Unroofed. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 5 December 1919 · page 3

A cyclone at Cloncurry unroofed a number of houses, the rain flooding the buildings…

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Late Wires Flood at Cootamundra. Town in Darkness. Railway Traffic Suspended. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 5 December 1919 · page 3

A heavy downpour has caused a serious flood in the creeks in the Cootamundra district. The railway line has-been rendered impassable…

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TELEGRAMS. [?] Sou West. [?] Hall, STORMS. [?] Washed Away. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 6 December 1919 · page 5

[?] rains and hail storms [?] yesterday on the main south[?] between Cumingbar and [?] Ponds…

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Terrific Thunderstorm. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 6 December 1919 · page 5

A terrific thunderstorm at Murmmburrah did considerable damage to the roads. The floods caused are believed to…

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Flood at Murrumburrah

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 December 1919 · page 5

A terrific thunderstorm was experienced at Murrumburrah and considerable damage was done to the roads. The flood is believed to be the highest on record…

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Floods in the South Cootamundra Inundated. Main Sheet a Raging Torrent. Two Feet of Water in Shops. Many Exciting Incidents. the Town in Darkness Cootamundra

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 December 1919 · page 5

Cootamundra yesterday experienced a repetition of the flood of 17 years ago. Heavy rain fell at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, the downpour being…

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