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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1883

5 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

A Destructive Storm Predicted

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1883 · page 4

THE American papers contain the text of the following message to President Arthur, from Professor E. Stone Wiggins, L.L.D., astronomer of the Canadian Finance…

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Thunderstorm in Cooma

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 24 February 1883 · page 2

ON Thursday afternoon, about 6 o'clock, there was a very heavy storm, lightning, rain, and hail, in Cooma. The pedestrians earning from Teatree…

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Floods in South Australia

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 27 June 1883 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Saturday.—Very heavy rains full throughout yesterday. At Clarendon 2¾ inches were registered for the 24 hours up to 9 a.m…

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Talc in Verse. Lost in the Storm

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 20 October 1883 · page 2

"WALK in, walk right in, you're welcome; When 1 how the wind whistles about. Take a chair close to the fire, sir; It's a bad sort of night to bo out…

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Hail-Storm in Cooma

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 10 November 1883 · page 3

THE most severe thunderstorm the has visited Cooma for several [?] past was experienced about 6 o' clock on thursday afternoon, [?] about all hour,[?]…

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