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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1863

3 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers

Violent Storm, Shipwrecks, and Loss of Life. (From the European Times, October 27.)

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Saturday 10 January 1863 · page 4

A severe storm raged in this neighbourhood on Sunday night, the 19th. Several casualties occurred in the Mersey, but, happily, unattended with loss of life…

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Disastrous Flood at the Clarence. Loss of Four Lives

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Wednesday 25 February 1863 · page 3

On Saturday, the 14th February, the waters at Yates Flat rose 70 feet above low water mark, and washed away the punt and boats. This was a rise of 38 feet in 51…

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Gale at Auckland

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Saturday 19 September 1863 · page 3

The fine weather that was experienced during the first part of the week was, on Thursday night, exchanged for high wind and occasional showers of rain, which continued…

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