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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1875

3 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

News of the Floods. West Maitland

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 6 March 1875 · page 3

IT is still raining hard. All the low lands arc covered; and there is frightful destruction of property. The river is rising, and has broken over High-street. Business is suspended. There are hundreds of homeless people—…

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The Floods. (Abridged from the Newcastle Pilot, March 3.)

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 13 March 1875 · page 4

It is feared that the present flood will cause as great damage as any that has yet devastated the valley of the Hunter. It has come out at a time when…

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Floods and Wrecks. West Kempsey

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 20 March 1875 · page 4

11TH March.—It commenced to rain on Wednesday, 3rd instant, and continued during Thursday with slight intermission. On Friday the rain because heaviour, and the river rose 4 feet. During Friday night there was a…

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