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Illawarra · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1894

5 stories in Illawarra's papers

"Valley of the Hunter River." After the 1893 Flood

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 28 February 1894 · page 4

THE coming month (March) will be remembered by many persons throughout the colony, and especially by the residents of the Hunter River District,…

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Disastrous Floods

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 8 March 1894 · page 3

Much damage has been done by the rain in the Macleay and Hastings districts. On Tuesday the water ab Bellbrook, near Central Kempsey was 26ft…

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Floods in the North

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 10 March 1894 · page 2

Heavy rains are reported from the country. Kempsey is flooded, the inhabitants are in readiness to leave, and beats are plying…

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Correspondence. the Gale Comet. to the Editor

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 5 May 1894 · page 3

SIR,—In common with many others, I have been straining my eyes in see the "Gale Comet" that is now so interesting an object in the heaven's at present, but…

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Kiama. a Basaltic Region—the Saddleback Hills—mountainous Country — Panoramic Views—the Blowrole and Cape of Storms

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 6 September 1894 · page 2

Of the numerous sea coast towns of New South Wales none are more picture-quely situted or more readily accessible from Sydney [?]han is Kiama, with its welcome…

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