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Illawarra · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1882

6 stories in Illawarra's papers

Terrific Gale at Fiji

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 20 January 1882 · page 4

FIJI has been visited by a terrific gale, Our Levuka correspondent, writing under January 2, thus refers to it —"The captain of the Gunga did well in not leaving…

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A Storm on the Sun

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 26 May 1882 · page 4

After a time of comparative quiet another storm has burst upon the sun. Two or three weeks ago the great disk of the luminary shone in the telescope with hardly a spot or a…

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Snow Storm

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 27 June 1882 · page 4

A SEVERE snowstorm occurred in Tasmania last week. The fall of snow seems to have been general, and was, it is reported, the heaviest that has been experienced in that…

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A Trip During the Late Gale. to the Editor of the Kiama Independent

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 10 November 1882 · page 2

SIR,—It may interest your readers, and to a certain extent testify to the ability of Captain Garde, and to the kindness of the officers of the s.s. Illawara if I give you a short…

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Shipping in the Gale

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 15 November 1882 · page 2

The tempestuous weather has been severely felt not only by small vessels but also by steamors of large tonnage, and instances in point have been furnished by…

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The Floods in Paris

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 12 December 1882 · page 2

The French Chamber of Deputies has voted a million francs to the temporary relief of the homeless people who had been flooded out by the overflow of the…

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