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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1859

2 stories in Murray's papers

Terrific Hail-storm. (From the Maitland Mercury.)

The Border Post · Saturday 12 March 1859 · page 3

On Tuesday a very severe hailstorm, accompanied with frequent discharges of electricity, visited the town of West Maitland, and the immediate neighbourhood. The forenoon…

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Colonial. Disastrous Effects of the Late Floods at Ballarat

The Border Post · Saturday 4 June 1859 · page 2

The Star says:— The Main road was visited by another flood on Thursday night, in consequence of the heavy rains which fell incessantly from five o’clock in…

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