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Floods & storms, 1911

32 stories in South Coast's papers · page 1 of 2

Flood Rains

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 4

Owing to heavy rain, the railway line at Cloncurry has been washed away a considerable distance. Both approaches to the Five-mile Bridge have…

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Shoalhaven Heads. the Chan[?] Reopened. Exciting Flood Incident. the Man with the Shovel

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 14 January 1911 · page 4

The Sho[?]haves Heads have been re opened, and the credit is exclusively due to the thoughtful and prompt action of a young…

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The Flood. Twelve Inches of Bain

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 2

[?] the [?] steady rain which set in after midnight on Wednesday was the [?] of a big fall was [?] inst [?] inches…

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Phenomenal Rainfall. a Record Downpour. Low-lying Country Flooded. Shoalhaven Heads Opened. Considerable Damage Done

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 18 January 1911 · page 12

This district was visited last week by one of the heaviest rainstorms ever experienced here. Rain began to fall on Wednesdays and by 9 a.m. the gauge at…

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The Flood. NEARLY 12 Inches of Rain in Two Days

Southern Star · Wednesday 18 January 1911 · page 2

IT almost sounds like a new word when we speak of "the flood" in Bega, for it is 13 years next month since we had a flood before here…

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Wind Storm

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 20 January 1911 · page 4

A storm passed over Roma yesterday. The wind was of cyclonic force, and a number of trees were blown down and many roofs of buildings damaged…

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The Late Flood

The Nowra Leader · Friday 20 January 1911 · page 6

The rainfall from Wednesday evening at 9 o'clock, (when the big fall began) to four o'clock the next day, was little over 3 inches. At 6 p.m…

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A Flood Peaked

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 20 January 1911 · page 4

Another big flood is feared at Bairnsdale The river is rising rapidly…

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The Rain Storm

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 1

The bountiful rains of December 1909 were repeated last December; and again the January fall of last year has been repeated this year, the difference being that…

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River Silting. the Action of Floods. Paper Read at Science Congress

The Nowra Leader · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 4

The undermentioned extract from a paper read at the late science congress an Sydney should be of local interest as affecting the Shoalhaven and…

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Floods in Queensland

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 4

Heavy rains at Augustus Downs station (Q.), resulted in serious floods. Miles of country have been submerged for weeks. Angus McDonald, a stock…

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Flood Rains

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 4

Heavy rains have occurred in the west. The railway between Athol and Blayney is submerged in many places two and a half feet. The…

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Flood Talk

The Nowra Leader · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 6

Now is an opportune time for flood reminiscences as of late, the result of the recent heavy, rains, much talk has been in that direction. And, no…

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In a Storm Off Chili. a New South Wales Lad's Fight for Life

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 7

Mr. Eric Cox-son of Mrs, J. Cox of Grafton, has been having another exiting time. As we stated early in the year, although still little more than a…

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In a Storm Off Chill. a New South Wales Lad’s Fight for Life

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 3

Mr. Eric Cox—son of Mrs. J. Cox, of Grafton, has been having another exciting time. As we stated early in the year, although still little more than a…

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Floods in the North

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Saturday 11 February 1911 · page 2

As a result of the heavy monsoonal rains in Queensland the rivers are overflowing their banks everywhere, all the lowlying territory is inundated, traffic…

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A Warning! Flood Weather Predicted

The Nowra Leader · Friday 10 March 1911 · page 6

The authorities of the Nowra Police Station have asked us to warn the settlers on the low-lying lands of the district to be prepared for f[?]ood…

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Severe Electric Storm. Alarming Lightning at Seellharbour

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 11 March 1911 · page 4

Shellharbour was on Thursday visited by an electric storm of great severity. The lightning in the early part of the morning was…

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Severe Electric Storm. Alarming Lighting at Shellharbour

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 18 March 1911 · page 2

Shellharbour was on Thursday week visited by an electric storm of great severity. The lightning in the early part of the morning was terribly…

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Rusk of Water. Floods Newcastle Pit

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 13 May 1911 · page 3

Great consternation, said a correspondent telegraphing from Newcastle to "Lloyd's News" on February 19, was created in the district at midnight, when…

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