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Blue Mountains · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1919

3 stories in Blue Mountains's papers

The Monsoon's Herald Violent Storms General

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 4

Violent storms were the rule on Tuesday and Thursday, and many centres throughout the State were visited by heavy rainfalls and vivid displays of…

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Cloud-Burst at Jenolan. Caves House Flooded. Grand Arch Choked. Damage Estimated at £5,000

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 5

The visitors at the Caves House, Jenolan, on Wednesday night, were treated to an experience they are calculated not to forget for many years to come…

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The Deluge. Effects of the Rain. Water Supply Assured

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 9 May 1919 · page 2

Shortly after 11 p.m. on Friday lust, the floodgates of heaven opened, and loosed a deluge. Until daylight the rain literally poured down, converting the erstwhile dusty…

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