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Illawarra · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1913

5 stories in Illawarra's papers

Albion Park Budget. Rain Storm

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 4 April 1913 · page 6

A splendid rain storm passed over the district on Tuesday night, and about one and a-half inches was recorded, The rain could not have come at…

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Floods in the Hunter District

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 20 May 1913 · page 1

The Maitland district has been visited by a disastrous Hood, which has caused damage estimated at £50,000. The lucerne crops in the…

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Damage by Flood Water

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 30 May 1913 · page 9

Elizah Jane Howarth versus Wollongong Council, claim for £100, damages by storm water in premises, Keira Street, on 8th March…

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Caledonian and Athletic Sports. Spoilt by the Storm

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 11 June 1913 · page 2

What promised to be the finest day's sports in Kiama for many years past was spoilt by the rain storm which swept over the South Coast on Monday last, the day set…

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The Big Flood

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 23 December 1913 · page 5

"It'll be an all right flood." Tom and I ran down to the river bank, to see if the water had started to come over the big tree stump near the drain mouth on…

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