Fires in a Westerly Gale
On Monday night, between 1 and 2 o'clock, a cottage next to "Illawarra House," Market Square, was observed to be on fire. The brigade were…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Floods & storms, 1923
10 stories in Illawarra's papers
The Recent Gale
During the height of the gale on Monday Mr. W. Harris was motoring a party across Stoney Range, near Albion Park, and when near the summit…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Port Kembla Harbour During the Gale
The Illawarra Chamber of Commerce has sent a contradiction to the "Daily Telegraph'" of the statement published therein that vessels had to leave Port…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →After the Storm
Tons of seaweed have been deposited on the northern end of Austinmer beach by the rough sons, and the mass which at a distance resembles a huge shelf of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flooding U.S.A. with Spirits. (Published by Arrangement). Whole Fleets Engaged
The cabled information that 25,000 gallons of whisky had been smuggled into New York State from Canada since the repeal of the Prohibition…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Weather. Severe Gale
The theory that the prevailing winds are stronger where the mountains and coast are in closer proximity was evidenced at Clifton this week, when the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Heavy Rain
Heavy rain teemed down at Dapto and Albion Park during Friday night and Saturday, and over 5 inches were registered for 12 hours. So heavy were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Breaking the Drought (Published by Arrangement.) with Floods of Liquor
More than 500,000 counterfeit prescriptions, each calling for a pint of whiskey, were filled by New York drug stores in the past five months…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Flooding of Wollongong Cemetery. Mayor of Wollongong says it is Central Illawarra's Job. What Will the Public Say?
"I would like to ask if you read the report in the "Mercury" of a meeting of the Wollongong Citizens' Association, which dealt at length on drainage…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Deluge of Liquor. Systematising New York Trade. (Published by Arrangement.)
About the only difference in the flooding of New York State with liquor before and after the repeat of the Enforcement Act by the State of…
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