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Floods & storms, 1875

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Hail Storm at Morpeth

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 14 October 1875 · page 2

At Morpeth, about noon on Tuesday, a storm broke over the town, during the progress of which, a large quantity of hail fell. The storm travelled in a south-westerly course, coming from the direction of the…

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Floods in England. London, October 26

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 30 October 1875 · page 2
Also in The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate

The serious and destructive floods which have occurred in England are now partially subsiding…

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The Maitland Mercury. Tuesday, November 2, 1875. Controlling Floods in the Hunter

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 November 1875 · page 2

IT may have been observed that in answer to a deputation which waited upon him a week or two ago, in connection with the Water Supply of Sydney, Mr. Robertson stated that Mr…

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The Hero in a Storm on Her Voyage From Sydney to Auckland. the Second Mate Washed Overboard and the Crew Severely Injured

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 11 November 1875 · page 3

The following particulars, written by a passenger, appear in the Auckland Star of October 28th:- The Hero cleared Sydney Heads at 5.30 p.m. on Wednesday, the 20th October, weather calm…

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Controlling the Floods in the Hunter

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 11 November 1875 · page 3

Our readers will be gratified, to read the following letter from the Colonial Secretary's department, in answer to a representation from Mr. H. E. Cohen member for West Maitland, relative to the subject…

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More Great Storms

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 18 November 1875 · page 4

The rainy days of our midsummer have been compensated for by a beautiful September, and while we have been enjoying the tranquil sunshine, tidings of storm and disaster have come to us [?]rom other parts…

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The Great Storm in Texas

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 20 November 1875 · page 4

The following are details, compiled by the San Francisco Weekly Bulletin of the 7th October, of the storm in Texas alluded to in the Suez Mail tele grams:…

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District News. [From Our Various Correspondents.] Newcastle. Severe Gale

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 November 1875 · page 4

A terrific wind storm from the north-west broke over the city on Sunday morning, and during its continuance caused some damage amongst the shipping in port, and an unlimited amount of…

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Heavy Gale. From the Pilot.Nov. 21st.)

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 24 November 1875 · page 3

As heaviest westerly gale gale experienced at is port for many years set in yesterday morning about half-past nine o'clock and continued with almost unabated violence…

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Floods in England and France

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 27 November 1875 · page 3

There have been continuous floods in Engand France…

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India. the Great Flood at Ahmedabad. (Abridged from the Correspondent of the Times of India.) AHMEDABAD, September 24

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 2 December 1875 · page 4

When I left Bombay the night before last, I little expected to find the landscape so much changed from the view it presented during the exciting but dry days of the Baroda episode. The sun fringing…

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The Storms and Floods in England

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 23 December 1875 · page 4

The Melbourne Argus, with its now usual telegraphic enterprise, has had its London letters by the Suez mail steamer telegraphed on from Adelaide, and tbey were printed, extending to foul teen columns in…

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