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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1880

25 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 2

Rescue of a Family from Floods in Victoria

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 September 1880 · page 3

The Geelong Times has been supplied by Mr. Cameron, of Pollocksford, with the following account of the rescue of a Mrs. Aeschlimann's family and dependants…

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Heavy Gale in Newcastle. Total Wreck of the Ship Susanne Godefroy on the North Beach. Loss of Eleven Lives. [By Telegraph to "Mercury."] (From our Newcastle Correspondent.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 30 September 1880 · page 3

On Tuesday afternoon we received the following account of the wreck of the Susanne Godefroy at Newcastle, from our correspondent:…

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A Lively Cyclone

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 17 November 1880 · page 1

ADVICES from Yokohama by the Torres Straits mails reports that lots of small craft were wrecked in a great cyclone at Tar-Wen-Fo. It first came with a…

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Destructive Storms and Floods

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 16 December 1880 · page 2

Severe gales accompanied by heavy rains have been experienced over nearly the whole of the United Kingdom during the past few weeks. Accounts received from the provinces…

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[?]ms; in England. [?] of Property and Loss of Shipping. [?]Us Damage by Floods. (Birmingham paper, Oct. 30.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 30 December 1880 · page 6

[?]orm of Wednesday, Oct. 27, seems to have been more general than was at first supposed, and to have been one of the severest visitations of the kind which has…

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