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

Floods & storms, 1885

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

Flooding the Sahara

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 24 January 1885 · page 3

With reference to the daring French project for flooding the desert of Sahara with what would be virtually a new. sea to may be well,' Engineering remarks…

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The Drought and Floods. [To the Editor of the Herald.]

The Bathurst Post · Monday 16 November 1885 · page 10

SIR,—Amongst the many strange things told us lately in connection with the drought are the extraordinary efforts put forth by the blacks in various parts of Australia to prepare for a wet season. At our station, Dumble, on the…

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A Server Storm

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 5 December 1885 · page 2

A storm of unusual severity passed over Heathcote, Victoria, on Wednesday last. The Argus correspondent states that James Egan, a aimer and blacksmith at Gornella, was killed…

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