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Illawarra · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1909

3 stories in Illawarra's papers

A Queensland Storm. the Darkie's Prescience

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 12 February 1909 · page 7

Young Murdo M'Kenzie son of Mr Hugh M'Kenzie, of Terara, in a letter to his father, describes a recent storm which occurred up in Central…

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A Westerly Gale

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 19 June 1909 · page 14

The west wind has the most ways and moods of all the winds which blow over Illawarra. You can't turn your back to it; it blows several…

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Thunderstorm

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 14 September 1909 · page 2

A heavy thunderstorm passed over Wollongong yesterday with a nice fall of rain, totalling 34 points. It is refreshing to have falls such as this,…

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