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Illawarra · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1922

5 stories in Illawarra's papers

The Storm at Thirroul

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 2

Duriug the past week end mountainous seas swept Thirroul beach, carrying off the Surf Club's shed, and partly destroying the…

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Severe Storm

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 27 January 1922 · page 2

A hailstorm of a phenomenal character passed over the district on Wednesday afternoon, its greatest intensity being at Albion Park, where, in…

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The Storm

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 26 July 1922 · page 2

Over six inches of rain had fallen since the storm broke on Sunday, as the paper went to Press, with every prosepot of continuance. Little hope…

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Prohibition Scandal. Floods of Liquor. (Published by Arrangement.)

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 9 September 1922 · page 2

The smuggling of liquor access the [?] Canadian border, which has [?] such a stage of perfection, it is said, that hundreds of gallons are now…

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Oceans of Liquor. (Published by Arrangement.) New York Flooded

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 15 December 1922 · page 9

"There are oceans of liquor in New York. This city is flooded with Scotch. The smuggling of liquors from abroad by steamship is at its peak. It never…

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