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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1878

9 stories in Murray's papers

Disastrous Gales and Loss of Life

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 19 January 1878 · page 18

From all parts of the country reports are to hand of serious damage, and, in some instances, loss of life, caused by heavy gales which raged on October 14. and which, singularly enough,…

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Gospel Types Before the Deluge

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 23 February 1878 · page 19

We extract the subjoined article in reference to the above from the Church of England Messenger :— The following lines are memoriter from a learned and highly interesting work entitled Mona…

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Storm and Shipwreck Off the United States Coast

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 29 March 1878 · page 2

Another terrible shipwreck has occurred on the fatall North Carolina shore. Near the sport where the United States Steamer Huron went ashore, the steamer…

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Storm and Shipwreck Off the United States Coast

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 30 March 1878 · page 2

Another terrible shipwreck has occurred red on the fatal North Carolina shore. Near the spot where the United States steamer Huron went ashore, the steamer…

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A Storm in London. Great Sewers Burst and the Metropolitan Underground Railway Deluged

The Riverine Grazier · Saturday 21 September 1878 · page 2

A few minutes before 1 o'clock peals of distant thunder dissipated all doubt, whether the overcharged atmosphere indicated blight or storm. As soon as the sky became…

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A Storm in London. Great [?] Underground Railway [?] ([?] the London Daily News)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 28 September 1878 · page 4

A few [?] all doubt whether the overcharged [?] storm. As soon as the sky became generally…

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Correspondence. the Late Floods.to the Editor of the Albury Banner

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 2 November 1878 · page 11

SIR,—As one of the passengers in the coach on Monday last who were delayed for some hours by the rising of the creek at Mullengandra, I wish to at Mullengandra, I wish to…

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The Floods

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 November 1878 · page 2

OWING to the recent heavy rains in this district and on the Upper Murray, it was not a matter for surprise when, on Monday morning last, the…

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The Floods

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 12 November 1878 · page 2

THE effect of the late flood on the Murray ought, certainly, be taken as an indication of the necessity of raising the present elevation of the…

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