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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1873

5 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers

Terrific Gales and Disasters

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 6 March 1873 · page 4

SOON after sunset on Sunday, December 8, a heavy storm of rain burst over London, which flooded the streets in a very short time. This…

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Heavy Rains and Floods

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 6 March 1873 · page 3

FORTUNATELY we have no disasters to chronicle in our own neighbourhood consequent upon the recent heavy rains. The rivers here rise within the district: their…

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Snow Storm in America

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 3 April 1873 · page 4

CHICAGO, January 13.—The mail accounts of the recent storm at Iowa and Minnesota show it to be the most severe known since the settlement of the country. The Paul…

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Great Storm on the British Coasts.—100 Persons Frozen to Death

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 3 April 1873 · page 4

THE British Isles were visited on February 2 by one of the heaviest storms ever experienced, even at this season of this year. Snow fell to an extraordinary amount in the…

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Presentation of a Buggy and Harness to Mr Gale

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 17 April 1873 · page 2

LAST Thursday Dr Morton on behalf of the subscribers presented to Mr John Gale a handsome buggy and harness in recognition of that gentleman's services in connection with the…

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