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South Coast · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1907

9 stories in South Coast's papers

The Storm Cloud in the North

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 7

[“A nation’s only sure defence is itself armed and trained.” It is an old truism, but one worthy of constant repetition, that the preparedness is the best, and only…

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Storm in a Teacup. the French Telegraph Boy

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 5

The Paris correspondent of the London, "Daily Telegraph" narrates the followlong story:— Gontini, aged nineteen, a telegraph…

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Floods at Cooma. a Man Drowned

Southern Star · Saturday 19 January 1907 · page 4

EXCEPTIONALLY heavy storms occurred throughout the Cooma district on Monday. The Cooma Creek rapidly overflowed,…

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After the Storm

Southern Star · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 2

IT is fervently to be hoped that the proverbial calm will…

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The Cooktown Cyclone. a Graphic Description. by an Eye-witness

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 1 February 1907 · page 7

BRISBANE, Thursday.— Mr. David Lindsay, of Adelaide, who was aboard the Aramac at, Cooktown during the recent cyclone, arrived at Brisbane…

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Trotting on Showgrounds. a Storm in a Tea-cup

The Bega Budget · Saturday 2 March 1907 · page 2

The Attorney-General on Tuesday returned to the question that is at present causing much discussion about trotting at agricultural…

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The Steamer “Allowrie” in a Storm

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 12 April 1907 · page 2

During the great storm which prevailed at the beginning of March the South Coast steamer Allowric was within an[?]ace of giving the gale a…

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Nine Novels a Day. Flood of Fiction Last Year

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 13 April 1907 · page 3

The "Publishers' Circular" announces that 6985 new books were published in 1906, and 1618 new editions issued, so that the grand total for the year was…

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What to do in a Thunderstorm

Southern Star · Saturday 16 November 1907 · page 4

NOW that the annual period at which thunderstorms may be expected has arrived, and inquiries as to what should be done to avoid being…

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