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South Coast · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1875

5 stories in South Coast's papers

Fearful Gales Floods & WRECKS. Wrect of the Gothenburgh (s), 116 souls believed to have perished. Stranding of the Mail Steamer Nor manby. The Floods in the Hunter District. Dreadful Destitution at Maitland

The News, Shoalhaven, Broughton Creek, Ulladulla and South Coast Advertiser · Saturday 6 March 1875 · page 2

THE Evening News of Wednesday says:— Although we were prepared for for disastrous reports in consequence of the late bad weather those to hand far exceed our expectation. The…

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The Floods in the North

The News, Shoalhaven, Broughton Creek, Ulladulla and South Coast Advertiser · Saturday 6 March 1875 · page 2

THE heavy rains of last week did considerable mischief to the farmers of the Hunter River district, the Hoods being higher, and resulting with greater disasters than known for many…

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Flood News. Tam Worth

The News, Shoalhaven, Broughton Creek, Ulladulla and South Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 10 March 1875 · page 2

IN consequence of Glennie’s Creek and Rowman’s Creek bridges near Sigleton being damaged by floods, and the railway between Mainland and Newcastle being submerged, trains…

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Floods in the Country

The News, Shoalhaven, Broughton Creek, Ulladulla and South Coast Advertiser · Saturday 12 June 1875 · page 2

BY our exchanges to band, we are in possession of particulars of the floods caused by the late rain in the Maitland and Goulburn Districts…

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Fatal Thunderstorm

The News, Shoalhaven, Broughton Creek and Ulladulla Advertiser · Saturday 27 November 1875 · page 3

On September 19 Liverpool was visited by a thunderstorm of three hours duration. No casualties occurred there, but at Heswall, on the Cheshire side of the Mersey, Mr, Hereran,…

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