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Northern Rivers · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1880

6 stories in Northern Rivers's papers

Heavy Flood at Lismore

Northern Star · Saturday 28 February 1880 · page 2

As might have been, expected, the continuous wet weather of the past five weeks cubninated in a heavy flood, as on Friday afternoon last the wind commenced to blow from the…

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The Northern Star. Lismore, February 28, 1880. the Flood

Northern Star · Saturday 28 February 1880 · page 2

THE sad calamity we have just passed through so far (seeing that the weather still looks unsettled), of flood and water, fully bears out what we have often stated, namely, that the…

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The Ilush before the Storm

Northern Star · Saturday 6 March 1880 · page 3

THERE is war in the air, and it is useless to deny it. Men talk of peace, as they do of anything else they like, but they know that it is next to impossible. The relations…

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Tue Flood

Northern Star · Saturday 6 March 1880 · page 2

WE did think that, although a somewhat disagreeable experience, the residents of this township would have played the "first fiddle" this season as regards floods (setting aside…

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Serious Floods in Victoria

Northern Star · Saturday 13 March 1880 · page 3

THE 'Argus' of February 29th reports that a heavy fall of rain had taken place throughout the country districts, and in many instances the much-wished-for downpour has…

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Storm in the Sun

Northern Star · Saturday 25 December 1880 · page 2

OBSERVERS of the sun found indications of intense commotion on August 11, 12, and 13. The sun spots were numerous large, and active, and protuberances shot up their…

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