Britain Prepares for a Flood of Overseas Visitors Moves To Restate Amenities
First stops to [?] for the flood of overseas visitors who will spend holidays in Britain luring the next few years are now being taken by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods & storms, 1947
12 stories in Illawarra's papers
Electrical Storm Hits Wollongong
A severe electrical, rain and wind storm, lasting for only about 20 minutes, virtually "hit" Wollongong and district at approximately five o'clock on Monday afternoon just as workers were hurrying to catch 'buses and trains to their…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →High Tension Wires Struck by Lightning Monday's Storm Havoc
A high tension overhead line in Burelli street, near the intersection of Corrimal street was struck by lightning during Monday night's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gale Stops Train
The westerly gale on Tuesday night stopped a goods train travelling between Shellharbour and Albion Park…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gale Damage
Tuesday night's gale did considerable damage throughout the district, but it was mostly of a minor nature…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Gale
On Tuesday night a gale struck this district at about 10.30 p.m. and lasted until dawn on Wednesday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flood Lights for Thirroul Baths
As the result of a request by the Thirroul Local Committee, Bulli Council decided on Monday night to erect two steel poles, one at each end of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hospital Windows "Gale Proof"
Window frames of the new seven torey black at Wollongong Dist. Hospital will withstand an 80 m.p.h. wind…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hospital Windows Will Withstand 80 m.p.h. Gale
Rejecting Wollongong District Hospital Board's suggestion that brick piers be substituted for window mullions on the hospital's new…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Freak Rain Storm Deluges District
Nearly an inch of rain fell i[?] less than half an hour at Wollongong and Dapto on Saturday when a huge cloud burst a few minutes after mid-day. Sweeping up from the south the cloud first struck Dapto…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Continuous Rain Brings Flooding and ROADBLOCKS
The continuous rain of the past fortnight caused rather extensive flooding in many low lying sections of the district and seriously disrupted main road traffic on several occasions. Although heavier rain has often…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coledla Youth Drowned in Flooded River
Roy Evans, 19, youngest son of Mrs. Evans, of Coledale Heights, was swept away and drowned while swimming in the flooded…
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