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Illawarra · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1899

4 stories in Illawarra's papers

Thunderstorm and Lightning in the Transvaal

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 28 September 1899 · page 2

LAST Sunday, 20th (says the "S.M. Heralds" Capstown correspondent), was set apart by certain individual branches of the Dutch Reformed Church in the Cape, the…

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A Great Storm

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 30 September 1899 · page 6

November has for ages been popularly credited with being the most stormy month of the year on the coasts of North-Western Europe. To our Saxon forefathers it was…

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Terrific Storms in the West

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 9 November 1899 · page 2

MOST extraordinary hailstorm struck Vilcaunia at 4 o'clock on Monday afternoon. The approach was heralded by four heavy claps of thunder. A short, sharp…

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A Little Cyclone at Pilliga

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 18 November 1899 · page 4

AN extraordinary incident occurred last Monday evening. Mr. E. J. Brady, who is at present touring the colonies in a covered waggon, was camping on the bank of the…

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