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Floods & storms, 1871

7 stories in Mid North Coast's papers

Great Flood at Newcastle

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 25 March 1871 · page 2

TUESDAY’S Herald contains an account of the most fearful flood that ever visited Newcastle, accompanied by the loss of one valuable life and immense, destruction of property. It is stated…

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The Weather— Floods

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 6 May 1871 · page 3

FOR many weighty reason's the weather in this country, especially at this' time of the year, is anxiously watched; not merely because of its present importance, but because a careful…

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The Floods

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 6 May 1871 · page 2

THE following summary is compiled from a variety of sources. SOUTH CREEK Several houses were ; nearly covered with…

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The Flood at Araluen

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 13 May 1871 · page 3

A MONSTER meeting of miners and others has been held at Johnson’s, London Tavern. Various resolutions were submitted, and carried, the principal one being “that application be made…

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Arrival of the English Mail, Via Suez. News to Sept. 4. Illness of the Queen. Napoleon Going to Switzerland. Thiers Elected President for Three Years. the Royal Visit to Ireland. Harvest Prospects Favorable. Asiatic Cholera in England. Great Hurricane at St. Thomas. Destructive Floods in India

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 30 September 1871 · page 2

THE English mail via Suez arrived at Adelaide last Sunday. The following is the substance of the telegrams, which come down to September 4:—…

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Storm Freaks Abroad

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 7 October 1871 · page 3

A CORRESPONDENT of the London Graphic says : Some of the pranks played by dame nature during the recent thunder-storms deserve to be placed upon record. In one of the Scottish sea…

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Arrival of the English Mail, Via California. the Queen Still Improving. Profound Sensation Produced by the Statement that the Queen is Mentally w well as Physically unable to attend to her Duties. the Infalibility Dogma Prohibited in Hungary. Eighty Thousand People Starved to Death. Heavy Gales and Loss of Life on the English Coast. Visit of the Princess of Wales to Scotland. the City of Chicago Destroyed by Fire. Loss-thirty Millions Steeling. French and Spanish News. Further Particulars of the Great Fire. One Hundred Lives Lost. Thousands Upon Thousands Houseless. Another Fire—the Incendiaries Shot. a Fire-proof Negro. Hurricane in the West Indies.and All the Rest of It!

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 18 November 1871 · page 2

THE English mail arrived on Monday, and thanks to the attention of our American correspondents, we have full files from New York, Boston, and San Francisco. The last dates via…

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