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South Coast · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1882

5 stories in South Coast's papers

Terrific Gale at Fiji

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 18 January 1882 · page 3

THE Echo says, 'Fiji has been visited by a terrific gale. Our Levuka correspondent, writing under date January 2nd, thus refers to it:—'The…

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Banquet to Mr. Flood

Moruya Examiner · Saturday 8 July 1882 · page 2

ON Monday night last Mr. Thomas Flood was entertained at a banquet by his numerous friends at Nelligen, prior to his leaving that locality, which he has decided o[?] doing in…

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Gathering of A. Storm

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 13 July 1882 · page 2

"For when great winds are gathering, forevermore The breast of ocean haveth distressfully. Dry shricks are heard in the mountains, and from the shore…

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Humour. It Was a Fast "Hoss," How a Waterbury Nag Beat a Thunder Storm Between Danbury and This City

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 14 September 1882 · page 2

A prominent Waterbury. "hoss" man was expatiating upon the speeding qualities of a fine horse to a prospective buyer the other day, In reply to an interrogatory regarding…

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The Illawarra During the late Gale

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 16 November 1882 · page 2

A PASSENGER writing to the Kiama Independent on the 10th instant, says:— It may interest your readers, and to a certain extent testify to the ability of Captain Garde…

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