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Floods & storms, 1879

64 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 4

Sketcher. the Flooding of the Sahara

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 8 November 1879 · page 2

"ACROSS the Sahara by steamer" promises, at no distant day, to be classed among the announcements of this ago of mechanical and engineering triumphs. That the…

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Mail Extracts. a Fatal Thunderstorm

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 15 November 1879 · page 14

A correspondent of the Journal de Geneve describes a strange disaster which a few days ago befel the village of Valmala, situated in a valley of the same name. Besides a…

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The Proposed Flood-relief Cutting to Telighery Creek

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 November 1879 · page 8

The Mayor of West Maitland has kindly handed us the following copy of Mr. Darley's report on the above subject, which we publish for general information:…

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Violent Thunderstorm. the Murrurundi Hotel Struck by Lightning. and a Young Woman Seriously Injured

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 26 November 1879 · page 2

A THUNDERSTORM the most violent in its nature that his visited Murrurundi for many years,broke over the town on Wednesday night last, accompanied by a gale of wind…

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