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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1880

11 stories in Murray's papers

Deniliquin Police Court. Tuesday, January [?] (Before J. W. Flood, P.M.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 31 January 1880 · page 2

H. M‘Culloch, charged with being of [?] mind, was remanded to gaol for eight days for medical treatment. Dri[?]ling v. Saloshin, wages, £2 [?] Mr. Gillott…

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Destructive Cyclone in New Caledonia. Shipwrecks and Loss of Life

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 14 February 1880 · page 15

News from Noumea to the 7th wet. states that on the 94th January a cyclone swept over the islands. It was the heaviest ever remembered, and did a great amount of damage in Noumea…

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The Great Flood in Russia. (From the New York Times.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 February 1880 · page 4

One of Russia’s gloomiest anniversaries is the 19th of November (the 7th by her reckoning), on which St. Petersburg was overwhelmed by the most devastating flood which…

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Terrible Floods

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 6 March 1880 · page 15

The present generations of Parisians had never seen such a sight as was presented on 4th January on the breaking up of the ice on the rapidly-rising river. The spectacle was a most exciting one;…

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[?]Eniliquin Police Court. Tuesday. March 9. [Before J. W. Flood, Esq., P.M.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 13 March 1880 · page 3

Helton, charged with drunkenness, was [?]bed and discharged. SMALL DEBTS. [?] the P.M. and W. Mackenzie, Esq., J.P…

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Saturday’s Storm in Melbourne

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 27 March 1880 · page 9

On Saturday afternoon the weather underwent a radical change, and a storm of some severity swept over the metropolis. The most noticeable feature of the occurrence was the dense colums of…

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Deniliquin Police Court Monday, April 5. (Before Mr. J. W. Flood, Police [?] and W. Mackenzie, J.P

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 10 April 1880 · page 2

Samuel Taylor was fined 5s for [?] George Thompson, charged with [?] or visible means of support, [?] for one month with hard labour…

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Disastrous Floods and Volcanic Eruptions. 150 Lives Lost

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 5 May 1880 · page 4

From a Passeterre journal we learn that a fearful flood occurred in January last in the Island of St. Kitts. It commences early in the morning, and is unexampled in the…

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Floods and Storms in Victoria

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 18 September 1880 · page 4

The Daily Telegraph of Monday writes as follows :— “The heavy and continuous rain which set in on Friday, and has continued without intermission up to a late hour last night, has…

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Storms

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 September 1880 · page 3

VERY boisterous weather was experienced throughout the whole of this district on Tuesday last. In the morning the wind rose considerably,…

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Thunderstorms

The Riverine Grazier · Saturday 2 October 1880 · page 4

Although many of the beliefs and worships of the Pagan civilisations are incomprehensible to us, the association of tho more sublime natural phenomena with supernatural…

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