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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1871

3 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

Colonial Items. FLOODS

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 6 May 1871 · page 2

FROM our exchanges, we learn that the rain which fell on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday last has caused floods at several places…

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The Storm Teller. the Trappers Escape a Story of Indian Superstition. Chapter I.

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 28 October 1871 · page 4

"THAR'S something' m[?] leavers bin pro[?] around here," said Ben Hardy to his companion, as [?] from his morning examine [?] of his traps…

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Storm Feller. the Uppers Escape. a Story of Indian Superstition. Chapter Ii

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 4 November 1871 · page 4

[?] was the rejoicing at the village of the [?] man, when the warriors returned with a prisoner to take the place of one who had fled from what they considered…

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