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Floods & storms, 1878

7 stories in Riverina's papers

Heavy Floods in Melbourne and Suburbs

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Wednesday 20 March 1878 · page 2

OWING to the heavy rains which fell during the last 24 hours on Friday, extensive floods have occurred around Melbourne. On Saturday morning the water rose very rapidly and…

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Heavy Floods at Yass and Loss of Life. (Yass Courier, March 29.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Wednesday 3 April 1878 · page 1

BEFORE daylight on Tuesday morning it commenced to rain in Yass and continued without ceasing until past two o'clock on Wednesday. For one hour…

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Flood at Marengo. Wednesday morning

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 9 April 1878 · page 7

RAINING heavily. The Marengo creek was a "banker" last night, and one of its tributaries known as "Morgan's gutter," and which cuts right across the main street, is…

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Floods on the Bland

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 9 April 1878 · page 7

ON Sunday and Monday, 24th and 25th March, very cloudy. On Tuesday it commenced raining, and continued to pour until Wednesday night, about midnight. We…

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The Flood

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Wednesday 6 November 1878 · page 3

It is now over eight years since the episode of a flood has occurred in Wagga Wagga, In fact, rain in large quantities has been such an infrequent visitant during the years…

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Flood at Wagga

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 12 November 1878 · page 2

THE Advertiser of Wednesday last says:— It is now over eight years since the episode of a flood has occurred in Wagga Wagga. In fact, rain in large quantities has been…

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Alaiming: Flood at Maksdens and the Bland Country. (Grenfell Record.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Wednesday 13 November 1878 · page 3

THE following extract from a letter received by Mr. Olson from a gentleman resident at Marsdens, has been hauded to us for publication under date, Maradens, 4th November…

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