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Illawarra · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1938

9 stories in Illawarra's papers

Motoring Driving on Flooded Roads

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 4

To those unacquainted with driving through flooded areas the following advice, which is issued by the Royal Automobile Club of Australia, should…

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Bulli Hospital Male Wards Flooded Operating Theatre Also

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 26 August 1938 · page 12

The heavy and almost incessant rain throughout the week undoubtedly wrought havoc in many places, and in some low-lying houses in Bulli…

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Flood Rains

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 2 September 1938 · page 17

"Interested in Floods" writes: No doubt people on the flat will be interested to learn some facts of the Water Board proposal for a…

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Driving in a Thunderstorm

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 7 October 1938 · page 10

Motorists are often alarmed when driving in a thunderstorm in case their cars are struck by lighting. The opinion has been expressed that people…

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Driving in a Thunderstorm

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 12 October 1938 · page 3

Motorists are often alarmed when driving in a thunderstorm in case their cars are struck by lightning. The opinion has been expressed that people…

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The Gale

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 14 December 1938 · page 2

Kiama in common with other Coastal towns, received its share of the gale that blow, on Saturday last, although fortunately it did not strike this…

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Severe Gale Orchardists Suffer

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 16 December 1938 · page 3

On Saturday last New South Wales was visited by a severe gale, which caused considerable damage in the metropolitan area. Fortunately, it…

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Avery—gale

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 23 December 1938 · page 14

St. Augustine's Church of England, Bulli, which had been decorated by Mrs. Wheeler and Miss Gloria Robertson, was the scene of a pretty wedding…

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Wedding Mr. S. E. AVERY-Miss L. S. GALE

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 23 December 1938 · page 12

A pretty wedding was solemnised at Bulli on Saturday, December 17 when Leola Sheila, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. Gale, of Park…

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