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South Coast · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1906

14 stories in South Coast's papers

Sunday’s Storm

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 January 1906 · page 2

At about 4 o’clock on Sunday afternoon a storm could be notice cast, accom[?] roar. It came over the hill by…

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Saturday’s Storm Heavy Downpour at Kiama

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 29 March 1906 · page 2

The phenomenally heavy rainstorm on Saturday evening did not extend its favora to Nowra, at least not to the extent surrounding localities appeared…

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Losses by Flood

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 29 March 1906 · page 2

Mr F. M. Cooper (states tho “Braid, wood Dispatch ”) had 50 sheep drowned the flood at Arnprior on Wednesday week last, where the rain was Very…

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Record Flood in Cobargo. Some Business Places Almost Washed Away

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 30 March 1906 · page 2

For two or three days preceding Tuesday last the weather had been showery and on Tuesday morning heavy rain set[?] in, when everyone seemed…

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Balloon to France. Voyage in a Gale. Landing in a Snowstorm

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 21 April 1906 · page 2

A successful voyage across the English Channel was made on Saturday, 3rd February, by two. English balloonists—Mr C. F. Pollock and…

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The Flood. Spectacular Effect

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 26 May 1906 · page 5

On 8th March the London "Dally Mail" wrote:— A remarkable spectacular piece, entitled "The Flood," will shortly be…

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Day of Flood. Havoc of High Tides. Thames Washes Embankment. Curious Scenes Along the Coast

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 26 May 1906 · page 7

Spring arrived last week (writes the London "Daily Mail"); winter paid a return visit yesterday. It was a leap from straw bats to mufflers,…

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Floods up North

Southern Star · Saturday 26 May 1906 · page 2

MR. P. W. TARLINTON, of the Tweed "Times," Murwillumbah, wired us on Thursday night: Big flood here. Half town under…

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New Sight for Tourists. Floods in Flanders

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 30 May 1906 · page 11

Prom Brussels, on 21st March, the correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote:—The great floods in Flanders have…

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The Flood. Spectacular Effect

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 8 June 1906 · page 7

On 8th March the London “Daily Mail” wrote:— A remarkable spectacular piece, entitled “The Flood,” will shortly be…

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Old Days. (From Files of the Shoalhaven News.) April 13, 1867. a Flood

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 19 July 1906 · page 4

The river begun to, rise at 1 o'clock on Saturday morning, and by 2 o’clock had risen three feet. Terara had gone to bed the night previous with a…

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Flooded Colliery. Entombed Mines. Graphic Story of Escape

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 8 September 1906 · page 7

All hope for the recovery of the six miners entombed in the flooded colliery of Cardoc Vale, Hendreforgan, is now, reports the "Daily News" of 28th June,…

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Deluge of Boiling Lead. Firemen's Exciting Experience

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 6 October 1906 · page 7

An exciting and unpleasant experience befell the firemen who took part in the work of extinguishing a fire which broke out in the top story of…

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Storm at Bombala

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 17 November 1906 · page 8

A hail storm unprecedented in the history of Bombala fell between 2 p.m. and 3.30 on Wednesday. In a short time the streets were flooded…

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