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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1884

6 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers

The Night of the Storm. Chapter I.

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 January 1884 · page 4

CHAPTER I. “ONCE for all Brigitta, I will not marry Count Baldassare. Rather would I take the viel or die an old maid. If he has asked you to be his advocate, you may…

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Destructive Hail-storm

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 January 1884 · page 2

ON last Saturday afternoon, about 4 o'clock a terrific hail-storm broke over Queanbeyan The heat of the day had been intense; but early in the afternoon thunder-clouds rose in…

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The Night of the Storm. Chapter Ii

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 January 1884 · page 4

THE shadows were lengthening on the following after noon when Teresa, leading little Angelo by the hand, crossed the flat timbered bridge over the stream and…

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The Night of the Storm. Chapter Ii

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 January 1884 · page 4

" CIELO! how black it is,' she muttered standing at" the wide arched entrance which opened on a courtyard, stored with piles of faggots, wine vats and oil presses…

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The Night of the Storm. Chapter Iii

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 January 1884 · page 4

For nearly an hour the men had been searching the hillside—among the wet and downbeaten vines, in the bare stubble-fields, and up and down the…

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Great Floods in Quenesland

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 February 1884 · page 2

BRISBANE, Sunday.—A great flood has occurred at Makay. The streets were flooded three feet with water, and many houses and wharves were several feet under water. Much sugar…

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