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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms
311 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 16
Hope of saving the three distressed vessels with over 75 men aboard have dwindled further to-night as the Atlantic storms increased in fury after having…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Captain Fried, Chief Officer Manning and other officers and men of the liner America, who partook in the rescue of the crew of Italian freighter, Florida, were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At first people up this way were inclined to credit or blame Inigo Jones. But we have our doubts after reading this in the Dungog "Chronicle":…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The plateau was swept by a series of storms on Sunday afternoon last. The first occurred shortly after 12 o'clock and was accompanied by a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →After the Gorman Line steamer, Deister, crashed on the rocks at Cape Leixoes, mountainous seas swept 21 of the crew from the bridge one by one…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At the meeting of the Grafton City Council, held at the Town Hall, last night, there were present the Mayor (Ald. D. W. Macpherson), Alds. W. H. Henson,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A severe thunderstorm passed over the city and suburbs last night, during which considerable damage was done…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Orara River Agricultural and Horticultural Association's 24th annual show opened at Coramba Showground to-day. Someone has suggested that the best…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →It rained very heavily at Coffs Harbour on Wednesday afternoon—much heavier than at Coramba and further in from the coast line…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A violent storm, which swept the town yesterday, caused considerable damage to property. The Railway Hotel was struck by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Lansdowne River, a tributary of the Manning, which enters that river some 13 miles below Taree, has experienced a record flood…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The forecast is as follows: Cloudy and unsettled with more rain in the north-eastern quarter and on parts of the central and southern coast and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Torrential rain fell at many places throughout the Clarence district on Thursday night and yesterday Along the Clarence itself the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The heaviest rain experienced on the Macleay for many, years has been falling during the past twenty-four hours and there is every indication to-night that one of the biggest floods within living memory is sweeping down the river. It is still raining in torrents. The flood waters have entered the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The following forecast has been issued: Cloudy generally and unsettled. with more rain on the coast and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The heaviest rain experienced on the Macleay River for many years has been failing for the last twenty four hours. Ten and a half inches were recorded up to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The flood waters at Kempsey commenced receding on Saturday afternoon, and by early Sunday morning the main business street (Smith street) was clear…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Nambucca River has been in flood since Friday and at Macksville the waters rose to the level of the footpath at the shop frontage facing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The greatest inundation in the history of the Manning River is taking place. The flood waters reached the lower parts of Taree. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two fatalities have occurred at Gloucester, where a dozen people were marooned at the Royal Hotel, which was in danger of collapsing…
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