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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms
216 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 11 of 11
After a big landslide, caused by rain, had carried away a fence and the garden, the occupants of a house in a Wellington Hill suburb, awoke to find their…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Commencing shortly after 3.30 yesterday afternoon a sharp thunderstorm, accompanied by wind, took place at Grafton, lasting for nearly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A violent hailstorm broke over the district on Friday. Large hail fell, doing great damage to crops and gardens. About half an inch of rain fell…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The excessive heat of the past few days culminated in a violent storm on Wednesday afternoon. Indications of a storm appeared about…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Thousands of cases of tomatoes and bananas were destroyed on Wednesday afternoon in one of the worst storms experienced for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dry, hot conditions, with strong westerly winds, have dried all the moisture out of the ground, and the grass is getting very brown. A couple…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A sharp storm, which was accompanied by thunder and vivid lightning, took place at Grafton on Saturday shortly after 10 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →M. Nathan, engineer, of Greenwich, was blown to pieces when an explosion occurred and caused a huge fire in one of the oil tanks of the C.O.R…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Saw tell correspondent reports that last Wednesday's storm was very violent in that area and did considerable damage to tomato crdps. In some…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"This just goes to show how much damage may he done by a storm," remarked the chairman of the Clarence River County Council (Cr. G…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A storm started about 7 p.m. on Tuesday and lasted a couple of hours. Lightning was very severe and was accompanied by a lot of wind. Nearly…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dorrigo experienced one of the most severe thunderstorms in its history last Tuesday. Vivid lightning and heavy thunderclaps were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Whilst Mr. Ken Schmutter. of the Grafton District Ambulance staff was returning to Grafton from Southgate in his car during the storm on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Regarded as the worst electrical climatic disturbance experienced in the Dorrigo district for the past 15 years a storm passed over the plateau…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WELLINGTON (N.Z.) Wednesday. Torrential rain winch fell in Wellington last night caused houses and mads to slide down hillsides, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thirty-four lives were last when two vessels foundered to the Black Sea in a violent storm. The shins were the Kizilirrak, with 20 aboard, and the…
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