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Illawarra · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1914

11 stories in Illawarra's papers

Links with the Past. Remieiscences of the Gundagai Flood in 1852

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 20

Mr. William Alchin, of Lade Vale, near Gunning, who came to the Southern district (then called the new country, as hitherto the population had drifted out…

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Salty Creek Flooded

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 24 March 1914 · page 2

This morning the water was running over the decking on Salty Creek bridge, tho Port Kembla conches having to go through it had a perilous…

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The Storm

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 27 March 1914 · page 2

Matters are now reaching normal conditions in Wollongong after the storm on Monday night, and "cleaning up" hns been the order of the…

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Rains and Floods

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 27 March 1914 · page 5

The dry spell has broken with a vengeance ! A southerly change on Thursday evening with a slight mizzle was the beginninb. Then the…

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Floods at Bega

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 31 March 1914 · page 1

The Bega "Star" describes the floods at Bega as follows:— The sight that met people's eyes on Tuesday morning was one of…

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Flood Damage

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 1 April 1914 · page 2

One feels sorry for the Jamberoo Council in the problem their roads present after the storm. In the vicinity of every. water-way there is…

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The French Advance. Germans Flood Seille Valley. PARIS

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 12 August 1914 · page 3

In order to check the French advance, the Germans released big dams which inundated the Scilie Valley (Loraine)…

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Police Court. TUESDAY. (Before Mr. A. Gales, D.S.M.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 8 September 1914 · page 3

An elderly man named Thomas Slavin, who was before the local Court last week on a charge of drunkeness, pleaded not guilty to a charge…

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Police Court. TUESDAY. (Before Mr. A. Gales, D.S.M.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 15 September 1914 · page 2

Richard O'Brien pleaded guilty to a charge of being found in the bar of an hotel whilst a prohibition order was in existence against him. He was…

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Heavy Rain

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 18 September 1914 · page 13

The rainfall for the 24 hours end 9 a.m. recorded this morning at the Wollongo&g Post Office was 503 pts. Most of this fell in heavy showers…

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Any Pout in a Storm

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 13 November 1914 · page 3

Catlico town has provoked a few people, and in their excitement they are as busy us the city's waste paper in a wind storm. Not, however, with any…

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