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Floods & storms, 1845

2 stories in Hunter Valley's papers

The Hail Storm. To the Editors of the Maitland Mercury

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 1 February 1845 · page 2

GENTLEMEN—On Monday the 27th January, at six a.m., one of those violent storms of short duration which so frequently occur in the summer months on this coast passed over Maitland,…

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Tremendous Hail Storm

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 15 February 1845 · page 2

Maitland and its neighbourhood this year seem to be unusually subject to successive heavy hail storms. On Tuesday afternoon last, about half-past five, a terrific storm burst over the…

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