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Central Coast · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1922

6 stories in Central Coast's papers

Jealousies of Nations. War Storms Brewing

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Wednesday 12 April 1922 · page 15

The last Great War was confidently referred to by many optimists as "the war that was to end war," but many others, who had made "extended…

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The Maitland Gale. Great Storm Recalled

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 11 May 1922 · page 17

It was 24 years on Saturday since the Newcastle and Hunter River Company's steamer, Maitland, was wrecked at Cape Three Points, near Barrenjoey…

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The Safest Place in a Storm

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 6 July 1922 · page 4

A few hints may be given as regards safety amid the dangers of a thunderstorm. As a rule, the safest place of all is inside a building which is…

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Weather Information. Flood and Coast Data Not Affected

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 20 July 1922 · page 6

Replying to Mr. Fleming (N.S.W.), in the House of Representatives, the Minister for Defence (Mr. Greene) said that the only telegraphic weather…

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Thunderstorms. Lightning Dangers. Why Air Cools

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 21 September 1922 · page 6

Summer is the season of the year when we may expect "thunderstorms." When a storm seems imminent we always have a feeling of oppression and…

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Startling Thunderstorm

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 14 December 1922 · page 4

The increasing heat and humidity of the week-end led up to a day of unbearably moist heat on Sunday, when the conditions were the hardest to bear of…

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