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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1875

3 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers

Severe Thunderstorm

The Gulgong Evening Argus and Home Rule Mining Record · Tuesday 19 January 1875 · page 3

ON last Friday afternoon a very severe thunderstorm passed over Dubho . The thunder- chaps were very land and lightning most vivid. two three heavy showers…

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The Great Ice Floods

The Gulgong Evening Argus and Home Rule Mining Record · Thursday 6 May 1875 · page 2

Fort Deposit. March 19.— The people seemed to become more excited as the water rose, and the crashing of the lumber rafts, &c. caused by the pressure of the ice, was…

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The Great Floods in France

The Gulgong Evening Argus and Home Rule Mining Record · Tuesday 24 August 1875 · page 3

New York, July 11. [?] maid advice just received give the details of the great [?] in France one sixth of the [?] of the of the whole country has been…

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