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5 Donside Flooding 1829 and 1881
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5 Donside Flooding 1829 and 1881

Donside Floods

We may think that we are living in an age of climate change with resulting increased risk of flooding. The reports below, 1829 from the Reading Mercury and 1881 from the Aberdeen Journal, about flooding in Donside in those years shows the disastrous effect they had on life, limb and property.


These articles are reproduced by kind permission of the British Newspaper Archive



Picture added on 10 February 2013 at 17:49
Comments:
Aug. 1829 was the time of the infamous Muckle Spate. A massive deluge over the Cairngorms caused extensive, serions flooding on Deeside, Donside, and Speyside. This event has been commerated in numerous books and articles.
Added by Ken Cruickshank on 11 February 2013
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10. Times Past

28 Communications in Donside27 The Speech of Donside26 Obituary William Murdoch Milton Glenbuchat 192025 Maggie Hyne knitwear Glenbuchat 1970,s 80,s24 Spectators at the Glenbuchat Games 193823 Glenbuchat Badminton Class outing 193722 Glenbuchat Sheep Herding21 Glenbuchat Agricultural Experiments 190718 Schools in Glenbuchat esp the Balloch School17 Scott Skinner and Strathdon