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Central Coast · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1935

5 stories in Central Coast's papers

Spencer Heavy Storm

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 14 February 1935 · page 13

A very heavy rainstorm passed over the district, last week-end. It has done much good, for rain was badly needed after the preceding hot dry spell. In…

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Worst Storm for Years

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 21 February 1935 · page 4

The worst storm in the history of the Woy Woy Shire electricity undertaking was that of last Friday. Severe lightning was responsible for the…

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Storm Damage

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 20 June 1935 · page 6

The high tide on Tuesday night with a strong south-westerly gale, was responsible for many inundations along the foreshores, from Booker Bay to…

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Women's World Miss Mortimer's Majority A Delightful Party Flooded With Gifts

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 27 June 1935 · page 8

The coming of age on Tuesday last of Miss Olinthia Mortimer better known to Gosford people as "Linnie," daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. R…

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On Flooded Roads

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 31 October 1935 · page 2

"Water splashes" on low-lying roads were responsible for a great deal of anxiety to motorists during the heavy rain, says the N.R.M.A., whose…

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