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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1923

7 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers

Hawkesbury Floods. Monday, May 10, 1869

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 3

When the train left the Sydney station the rain was falling in torrents, and the wind was blowing from the South-west with a force which was a caution to…

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Hawkesbury Floods. Monday, May 10, 1869. (Continued from last issue.)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 26 January 1923 · page 3

The turgid waters of the flood had spread out all round. He had floated his horses ashore and the drays remained on a piece of elevated ground. Application…

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Hawkesbury Floods Monday, May 10, 1869. (Continued from last issue.)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 2 February 1923 · page 3

The weeping willow trees on South Creek were nearly covered, and the flood was said to be nearly forty feet above the ordinary water level. Along the flats or "bottoms"…

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Colo Shire Council. the Trail of the Storm. Landslides Near St. Albans. Kurrajong Orchardists Suffer

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 20 April 1923 · page 1

The full council was present at the regular monthly meeting held on the 11th instant, viz., the President (Cr. A. C. Anderson), and Crs. J. E. McMahon, C. A…

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Flooding U.s.a. with Spirits. Whole Fleets Engaged

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 6 July 1923 · page 9

The cabled information that 25.000 gallons of whisky had been smuggled into New York State from Canada since the repeal of the Prohibition Enforcement Act…

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Published by arrangement Deluge of Liquor Systematising New York Trade

Hawkesbury Herald · Thursday 13 September 1923 · page 7

About the only difference in the flooding of New york State with liguor before and after the repeal of the Enforcement Act by the State and…

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District Appeal For Funds to Rebuild Demolished Parish Hall. Fierce Gale Spreads Wide Ruin Much Damage Done in the District Appeal From Kurrajong

Hawkesbury Herald · Thursday 27 September 1923 · page 1

Not for many years has such a large portion of the State been swept with the fierce gales which caused loss of life and…

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