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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1886

4 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

Rock Flat Floods

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 27 January 1886 · page 2

THE recent heavy downpour of rain did much damage to property, and nearly culminated in loss of life. A number of Mr. James, McCarron's…

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Traveller. Chased by a Cyclone

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 3 April 1886 · page 2

WITHIN a few rods of the opening of the gulch I heard a roar, as of oncoming wind. Nan cried out again to her horse, the animal lurched forward yet faster, and in a moment…

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A New Mexican Sand-storm

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 10 April 1886 · page 2

The air was still as death, and there was not a puff of wind nor a rag of cloud in the whole horizon. I observed, however, that the sky had undergone a curious…

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Floods on the Namoi. SYDNEY

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 29 May 1886 · page 2

Serious floods are reported in the Namoi district; the lives of a number of the inhabitants are seriously endungered. A special train with boats,…

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