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South Coast · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1887

4 stories in South Coast's papers

Disastrous Floods in Queensland. BRISBANE, Sunday, Jan. 16

The Broughton Creek Register, and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 5 February 1887 · page 4

DISASTROUS floods have occurred all over the southern part of the colony. The lower parts of Brisbane and of Woolloongabba are submerged, and all traffic by road stopped…

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The Floods in Queensland

Moruya Examiner · Saturday 12 March 1887 · page 2

During the floods at Albilbah, station. Brisbane, near Isisford, the police rescued Patrick Bourke on Sunday, who had been up a tree for 24 hours without food. James…

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The Floods in Southern Europe

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 13 July 1887 · page 3

The state of matters in te innedated districts of Hangary is growing worse, and many towns and villages are expecting hourly to be swept away by the rising waters, which in places are…

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Floods In Victoria. Narrow Escapes & Damage to Property. (Melbourne Weekly Times.)

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Wednesday 10 August 1887 · page 4

THE Goulburn River this morning had a registered height of 31ft., above summer level— the highest record during the last six years being within 5ft…

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