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New England · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1870

10 stories in New England's papers

Fearful Floods and Storms in Queensland

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 19 February 1870 · page 3

We give the following abridged account of the Rockhampton 'Bulletin's' report:— At Cawarral a man and his mate were camped in a humpy on the other side of the gully, near the creek,…

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Second Great Flood in the Hunter

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 26 March 1870 · page 3

THE Hunter has been visited by a second and greater flood, which reached Its highest point on Sundays last. We give the following abridgment of a lengthy account of the particulars which appears in…

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The Avoca's Mail. Seyeee Gales in England

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 23 April 1870 · page 4

THE 'News of the World, of Feb. 20, aaye Heavy galea continued throughout the whole of Sunday night and great part of…

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On Flooded Out Farmers

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 30 April 1870 · page 4

"A NATIVE" writes to the 'Maitland Mercury:'— The great cry at present is how to protect the farmers from the ravages of floods…

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Great Flood in the Hunter

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 30 April 1870 · page 2

WE regret to learn that there has been another great flood in the Hunter. From no Maitland mail arriving on Thursday night Tuesday's 'Mercury' did not come to hand, or we should have given particulars…

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The Great Flood in the Hunter. [Continued from our Fourth Page.]

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 7 May 1870 · page 2

To say that Louth Park and Dagworth, Farley, Hungerford's Swamps, &.c., are once more submerged is to repeat what everyone acquainted with the history of the Hunter floods knows to, be the case…

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The Great Flood in the Hunter

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 7 May 1870 · page 4

The following are extracts from the account in the Singleton Times" of 27th nit.:— On Sunday evening last we were subjected to one of the most fearful floods to…

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The Flood at Cowra

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 21 May 1870 · page 2

THE late flood at Cowra having been specially destructive to property, we extract the following from correspondence in the Bathurst Free Press':April 30,1870…

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The Flood in Nobtheen Queensland

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 25 June 1870 · page 3

THE following is an extract from a private letter, published in the 'Brisbane Courier':— Everything in the Gulf at present is upside down: we have had a general deluge. I may say that during…

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Useful Hints. a Useful Hint Against Floods

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 2 July 1870 · page 4

THE following is an extract from an interesting letter by Mr. James Pye, in the Herald':— I have seen several kinds of English…

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