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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1869

4 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

A Storm on Manaro

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 26 March 1869 · page 8

THERE are many of our readers who will remember—and in numerous instances call to mind with pleasure—the time when the Rev. W. B. Clarke, the eminent geologist, was exploring the Manaro…

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Fearful Gale at Newcastle

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 14 May 1869 · page 4

THE correspondent of the S. M. Herald, telegraphing from Newcastle on Sunday evening last, states that a heavy gale from the S.E. set in last night, and blew very hard with intervals of heavy rain, which still continues. The sea…

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Floods

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 14 May 1869 · page 4

FROM our files we peresive there been extensive floods down the country, accompanied by loss of life. The S.M. Herald, speaking on the floods at Windsor, Penrith, and Camden, says:—At half-past 11 o'clock on Saturday…

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Storms and Floods on the Clarence

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 3 July 1869 · page 8

AFTER some weeks of fine weather, gratifying especially to the farmer, we (Grafton Observer) have to chronicle the visit of heavy rains and storms So far as we can learn, these rains and storms have…

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