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New England · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1878

2 stories in New England's papers

Wrecks From the Late Gale

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 7 June 1878 · page 4

Monday's 'Echo' says:—News is just to hand that the ship Loch Ard, from London to Melbourne, was wrecked on the Otway coast, near the…

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Severe Storms on the Victorian Coast. Nine Racehorses Drowned

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 3 July 1878 · page 3

IT appears that the furious gales which during the last few days have been sweeping along the coast, reports the Melbourne Herald, indicate their approach at Warrnambool by violent guses…

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