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Illawarra · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1871

4 stories in Illawarra's papers

The Floods

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 5 May 1871 · page 3

During the heavy rain of Saturday morning last, intelligence was received at the railway terminus, at Rodfern, that several off the houses of the resident of South Creek were flooded, and…

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The Flood in the Hunter District

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 11 May 1871 · page 4

WE have once more to report a destructive overflew of the Hunter. On Wednesday evening, April 20th, a showery rain set in, light that evening and most…

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The Flood at Shoalhaven

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 30 May 1871 · page 2

Rain, rain, incessant rain. What will be the end of these continual downpours of the watery element week after week, it is hard to conjecture. It is impossible to gather in the ripe maize crop…

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Attempt to Flood a Coal Pit

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 29 June 1871 · page 4

THE Hobart Town Mercury reports that on Saturday night, June 10, some persons, as yet undetected, perpetrated a most malicious act by turning a large…

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