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South Coast · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1867

14 stories in South Coast's papers

The Storm at Wollongong. Wreck of the Ketch Margaret. Death by Drowning of Pilot Edwards

The News, Shoalhaven and Southern Coast Districts Advertiser · Wednesday 26 June 1867 · page 2

At the time of our going to press on Thursday night last we stated that the South Coast was being visited by ope of the most severe storms of wind and rain that had oocurred for many…

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The Floods at Shoalhaven

The News, Shoalhaven and Southern Coast Districts Advertiser · Wednesday 26 June 1867 · page 2

WHEN we went to press with our last issue, this day week, we stilted that “the rain was coming down in torrents, and that there was every appearance of a flood” We had…

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Boolong. the Flood

The News, Shoalhaven and Southern Coast Districts Advertiser · Wednesday 26 June 1867 · page 3

AGAIN it devolves upon mc to chronicle a most disastrous flood, but as thiB part of the district appears to be, in general, about the worst off in such times, I must give a detailed account…

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The Floods at Mountjoy

The News, Shoalhaven and Southern Coast Districts Advertiser · Wednesday 26 June 1867 · page 3

A Correspondent writing from this part of the district, says :—On Tuesday, the 18th it rained steadily here all day with very heavy showers occasionally. On Wednesday, heavy rain all…

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Latest Telegrams. the Flood at Windsor. Friday Morning

The News, Shoalhaven and Southern Coast Districts Advertiser · Wednesday 26 June 1867 · page 2

It rained heavily all last night, and the river has risen to within a foot of the great flood of 1891. It is still raining, and the waters continue to rise slowly. There is no…

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The Late Flood. To the Editor of the News

The News, Shoalhaven and Southern Coast Districts Advertiser · Wednesday 3 July 1867 · page 3

SIR,—It is not only our own but other districts also that have suffered most severely from the almost unprecedented rains of the past month, and there can be little doubt but that…

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Flood in the Macquarie. Nine Lives Lost

The News, Shoalhaven and Southern Coast Districts Advertiser · Wednesday 3 July 1867 · page 2

THE following particulars of the melancholy catastrophe alluded to by our Wellington correspondent have been kindly furnished to us by F. B. Suttor, Esq. who held a…

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Floods Relief Fund. Working Committee

The News, Shoalhaven and Southern Coast Districts Advertiser · Wednesday 3 July 1867 · page 2

ON Saturday morning at 11 o’clock, the working or sub-committee, appointed by the General Committee of the Floods Relief Fund, met in the Chamber of Commerce,…

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Disastrous Floods. Loss of Life and Grrat Destruction of Property

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser · Saturday 6 July 1867 · page 1

The rain has fallen, too, daring one of the heaviest gales experienced here for some years past. During Friday night it raged with great force. Pilot Gibson,…

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The Floods Relief

The News, Shoalhaven and Southern Coast Districts Advertiser · Wednesday 10 July 1867 · page 2

On Saturday last, a number of poor people met at the house of Mrs. Isaacs according to notice given by the Relief Committe Messrs. Aldcorn, Elyard, and DeMestre…

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Floods Relief Fund

The News, Shoalhaven and Southern Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 13 July 1867 · page 2

IT is most gratifying to observe the noble and spontaneous reply made by so many persons to the appeal in the cause of charity up to this date, and that the same will be…

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Heavy Gale. Loss of Two Pilot Boats at the Heads. Drowning of Pilots Robinson and Beeder and Five of the Crew. Drowning of Robert Green, of the Shipping Butcher's Boat. Loss of the Schooner Otago, at Newcastle. Expected Floods to the South

The News, Shoalhaven and Southern Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 3 August 1867 · page 4

SCARCELY have the effects of the late disastrous floods softened down in the public mind, ere it is our painful duty to record a terrible…

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Heavy Gale. Loss of Two Pilot Boats at the Heads. Drowning of Pilots Robinson and Reeder and Five of the Crew. Drowning of Robert Green, of the Shipping Butcher's Boat

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser · Saturday 10 August 1867 · page 3

Scarcely have the effects of the late disastrous floods softened down in the public mind, ere it is our painful duty to record a terrible disaster on the return of…

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Selected Poetry. Thoughts Suggested by the Recent Disastrous Floods

The News, Shoalhaven and Southern Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 10 August 1867 · page 4

WHAT [?] are those which reach as from north, and south, and west, Wailing to human sufferers by grief and want oppress[?]…

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