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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1871

6 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers

Terrific Rain Storm. Great Damage by Floods and Melancholy Loss of Life

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 21 March 1871 · page 3

The weather during the latter days of last week was decidedly threatening, and from about noon on Wednesday rain had fallen almost without intermission, but on Saturday…

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Great Storm at Auckland, N. Z.

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 15 April 1871 · page 4

We are in receipt of Auckland files to the 30th instant, for which we are indebted to the courtesy of Captain Strafford of the big Gazelle. The Herald's issue of the 27th gives…

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Dreadful Gales and Loss of Life

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 20 April 1871 · page 3

VARIOUS SERIOUS DISASTERS.— The recent heavy gales from the eastward and westward have proved most disastrous to a number of vessels, both outward and homeward bound…

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Another Terrific Rain-storm Flooding of the Minmi Coal Pits and Other Damage

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 2 May 1871 · page 3

On Wednesday night, at about 10 o'clock, the wet weather again set in, and rain continued to fall continuously, and at times in smart showers, till saturday morning at…

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A Fearful Tornado. Trees Carried Up Into the Air.—buildings Swept Away.—the Cyclone Accompanied by an Awful Roar

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 14 September 1871 · page 4

Poughkeepsie, June 30.—Only a brief reference has been made to what was termed a tornado in Ulstar county, near Centreville, on Wednesday. It was almost an exact…

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A Typhoon. the Ship Rose M. Encounters Heavy Gales and Is Caught in a Typhoon on Her Trip From Honolulu

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 18 November 1871 · page 7

We have been kindly favored by Mr. Jesse Hannell, with a copy of the Alta California of the 11th October, from which we extract the following:—…

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