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Mid North Coast · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1868

4 stories in Mid North Coast's papers

The Late Gale. Wrecks on the Coast. (To the Editor of the Manning River News.)

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 22 February 1868 · page 2

SIR,—It is my painful duty to report, upon the information of Mr. Scott, of the Pilot Service, that no less than three vessels have been driven ashore in the vicinity of the Maoning. The following…

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The Weather and the Floods. Disastrous Flood in the Patenson and Williams. Partial Flood in the Hunter

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 29 February 1868 · page 1

THE Maitland Mercury of the 18th instant says:—In ten years we have had no less than twelve storms, causing floods on tho Hunter. In the previous ten years not one occurred…

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The Floods in the Country

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 29 February 1868 · page 1

On Saturday, the settlers living along the banks of the Nepean, South Creek, the Hawkesbury, and the Hunter, were anxiously watching the rise of the river, and getting…

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Severe Thunderstorm

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 15 August 1868 · page 3

ABOUT noon on Friday, May 29th, a violent thunderstorm, accompanied by vivid and continuous flashes of lightning, [?] and rain burst over the metropolis and the suburbs,…

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