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Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown) · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1901

5 stories in Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown)'s papers

Severe Thunderstorm. Phenomenal Rainfall

The Campbelltown Herald · Wednesday 23 January 1901 · page 2

AFTER threatening for some hours, Campbelltown was on Monday, struck by a thundershorm the like of which the district has never before experienced, certainly not…

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Equinoctial Gales

The Campbelltown Herald · Wednesday 13 February 1901 · page 5

Few ideas are more firmly rooted in the popular mind than the notion that the equinoxes are times when severe gales are to be expected. Last Friday the sun…

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Farmer Oak and the Storm

The Campbelltown Herald · Wednesday 2 October 1901 · page 2

WHEN farmer Oak, on his way towards his humble cottage one night, struck his foot against a big toad, he knew there was trouble in the wind. When, on striking a light indoors, he ohserved a…

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Farmer Oak and the Storm

The Campbelltown Herald · Wednesday 16 October 1901 · page 2

WHEN farmer Oak, on his way towards his humble cottage one night, struck his foot against a big toad, he knew there was trouble in the wind. When, on striking a light indoors, he observed a…

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Farmer Oak and the Storm

Camden News · Thursday 17 October 1901 · page 2

When Fanner Oak, on his way towards his humble cottage one night, struck his fool against a big toad, he knew there was trouble in the wind. When, on striking a light indoors, he observed a thin…

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