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South Coast · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1905

6 stories in South Coast's papers

Stock Owners Flood

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 20 April 1905 · page 2

At the Nowra Police Court yesterday (before Lieut Colonel Chisholm P.M and Mr John Monaghan J. P) Thomas Smith and John Camphell…

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In Memory of Billy Noon-gale

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 2 June 1905 · page 3

Sir John Forrest intends to perpetuate the memory of Billy Noongale by the erection of a handsome monument over the latter’s grave. Noongale was…

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Floods in the Country

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 July 1905 · page 4

A sensational flood was experienced at [?] last week, Two hundred and thirty-four points of rain fell, and the river registered…

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Twofold Bay. an Old Time Flood

The Bega Budget · Saturday 28 October 1905 · page 5

Following is an extract from the "Sydney Morning Herald," of May 29th, 1851, giving particulars of a disastrous storm, which will be…

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How Cables Are Damaged. Storms and Boring-worms. Modern Robinson Crusors

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 18 November 1905 · page 2

The difficulty attending the efficient maintenance of the network of submarine telegraph cables, by which intelligence is flashed to the uttermost ends…

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Terrific Storm in Victoria

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 December 1905 · page 2

Victoria, has experienced a terrific storm, which did considerable damage to shipping. The ketch Foam capsized, but the crew…

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