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Blue Mountains · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1926

4 stories in Blue Mountains's papers

Sunday's Gale Katoomba Suffers Severely

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 7 May 1926 · page 3

On Sunday, a boisterous westerly swooped down upon Kaloomba and seized the town in a fierce and merciless grasp. Early in the morning,…

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Electric Storm in Tea-cup Expert Called in by Mayor Mr. Storer Is Completely Vindicated Report by Mr. Stewart, M.I.E.E.

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 28 May 1926 · page 1

For some time past, affairs have not been, too satisfactory in connection with Katoomba's electrical undertaking. The lights at Leura…

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Dawning of an Era in Local Development Alderman James Presses Switch and Floods Town With Light Historic Dinner Marks the Ceremony The Consummation of a Great Ideal

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 2 July 1926 · page 1

Wednesday night marked an important speech in the history, not only of Katoomba, but of the Blue mountains in general. On that night the Katoomba Electric Supply, which for eleven years has furnished the Mountains with current, ceased supplying, and the load was taken up by the…

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President Takes Umbrage Letter to the Mayor Alleging "Slight" Storm in a Teacup

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 16 July 1926 · page 3

At the regular monthly meeting of the Committee of Katoomba School of Arts, held on Monthly night, the President, Mr. W. J. Rumble, referred…

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