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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1887

24 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 2

[Reuter's Telegrams.] London, Tuesday. Destructive Gale in the United Kingdom

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 November 1887 · page 5

A violent gale raged over the greater part of England and Ireland for several hours to-day, causing great damage to property and loss of…

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The Great Gale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 November 1887 · page 5

In the recent disastrous gale at Liverpool a number of vessels were cast adrift from their moorings and sank, and a large number of wrecks…

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Heavy Rain

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 December 1887 · page 5

THE rain in Newcastle and the district has continued steadily, almost without a half-hour's intermission, since Christmas Day. Several of the low-lying parts of the district…

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The Flood in the Hunter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 December 1887 · page 3

THE flood in the Hunter has caused considerable excitement in Maitland and the surrounding country, where the low-lying lands have been…

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