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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms
289 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 4 of 15
At least 24 persons are dead and the property damage is expected to total several millions of dollars as the result of the unprecedented rains and snowstorms…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At least 35 persons were killed and 40 injured, as a result of the tornado which swept sections of Louisiana and Mississippi, on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A message from Ingham states that the 15th body of the flood victims was recovered, when the body of Nellie Russo was found…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rain tumbled down in torrents and blew about in dense sheets on Sunday evening. The first big downpour was about six o'clock, and there…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Following two days of sultry, enervating weather a thunderstorm broke over Lismore on Sunday afternoon. Preceded by a violent wind which stripped branches…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tremendous tides driven by gales swept over the seaside residences of New York; New Jersey, and Massachusetts, causing twelve deaths, leaving families homeless,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Great difficulty is being experienced in despatching supplies to the Einasleigh region, which has been cut off by flood waters and damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mails brought by sea to Cairns indicate the hugely exaggerated accounts of damage circulating in the south. Statements that the city is levelled, and that it looks…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The storm which passed over the Clarence district, to the north, on Sunday afternoon, appears to have been severe in Tweed district. Five telephone posts…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →It was learned from the Education Department to-day, that three State schools in the Cairns district were demolished by the recent cyclone, while another one…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"The new rules will break up all the machinery for wire-pulling and intrigue which has been built up in the A.L.P. throughout the years," said the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A public meeting of residents of Ulmarra and Orara Shire Council ratepayers was held in the Council Chambers, Ulmarra, on Tuesday night. The meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Temporary repairs have been effected to the railway between Ingham and Tully, and though railway communication between Brisbane and Cairns has now…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Places dependent for supplies on the Etheridge railway, which was damaged by the recent floods, are now getting supplies through daily…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A remarkable feature of the Queensland hoods was the drowning of several Aborigines Such a happening to the clans of Murri was unknown in the old…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The abnormal fall of rain in the Alstonville district on Friday was caused by two thunderstorms meeting. The centre of the cloudburst was at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A message from Seward. (Alaska) says the safety of a thousand fishermen aboard one hundred and fifty vessels in the North Pacific halibut fleet was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →England is being swept by a 60 mile an hour gale. Liners are unable to reach port, and many casualties are reported. The Thames valley is flooded, and many…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A moderation was reported to-day in the severe gales which have swept the Atlantic coast. All of the. distressed ships are believed to be safe. Giant…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Councillor W. H. Hoskins has given further details of the damage done at Wyrallah by the recent cloud-burst. From his description Wyrallah was in the…
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