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Article : 231 wordsAnother thirty hours' uninterrupted rain has set our gutters playing like young Niagaras and conjured up the bogie of another flood. There was a respite from the downpour about noon ...
Article : 63 wordsWe have had some very extraordinary and sudden changes in the weather during the past week. On Sunday the weather was very hot an oppressive for the greater part of the day, and ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Sat 15 Feb 1879, Page 7
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