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South Coast · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1899

5 stories in South Coast's papers

A Storm in a Teapot. That Big Big D. a "Breeze " at the Water and Sewerage Board. (From the "Australian Star.")

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 4 February 1899 · page 2

A letter was read on Wednesday before the Water and Sewerage Boad from one J. J. Thompson applying for a provisional license as a plumber pending passing the…

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Heavy Bains and Floods in Victoria

Eden Free Press and Eden District Advertiser · Wednesday 28 June 1899 · page 2

THE heavy rains of the past week have been followed by heavy floods in many parts of the country. The downpour is described as the…

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Perished in a Storm

The Nowra Colonist · Wednesday 19 July 1899 · page 4

The friends of Mr. Robert Kirkpatrick, the sheep overseer at Dunlop, will he exceedingly sorry to hear that on the 18th inst. (June) his dead body…

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Perished in a Storm

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 20 July 1899 · page 4

The friends of Mr. Robert Kirk-Patrick the sheep overseer at Dunlop, will be exceedingly sorry to hear that on the 18th inst (June) his dead body…

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Big Fire at Kiama. Fifteen Buildings Destroyed. Hundreds of Helpless Onlookers. Flames Fanned by a Gale

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 4 October 1899 · page 2

About 2 o'clock on Sunday morning the townspeople of Kiama were [?]sed by the ringing of tire-bells to witness the most extensive and destructive fire that has ever visited…

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