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South Coast · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1912

16 stories in South Coast's papers

Cablegrams. London, Wednesday. Disastrous Floods

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 2

The Seine and other rivers in France are in flood. Several houses were destroyed by an avalanche at Chambery…

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Storm Raging

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 January 1912 · page 2

A burriea[?] is raging in the Island. Sava reports by waitress that the centre of the storm is near Taviond. No particulars are to bund of the…

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Destructive Storm

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 February 1912 · page 2

A terrific storm, accompanied by deafening thunder, vivid lightning, blinding rain and cyclonic wind, occurred in the city and suburb…

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To Warn Airmen of Thunderstorms

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 28 February 1912 · page 10

The Royal Prussian Aeronautical Observatory has instituted a service for the purpose of giving aviators warning of the approach of…

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A Domestic Novel. the Scarlet Butterfly. Chapter Ii. The Story Told by John Gale

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 22 March 1912 · page 6

I have been asked by that eminent firm of sentences, Messrs Col[?]man, Web[?] and Smart, if I recollect the [?] surroundings the death of little Reginald…

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Balla Cyclone

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 29 March 1912 · page 2

A messages from Port Hadlrod, W. A [?]ates that the steamer Koom tans has not yet been [?]ted, and it it feared that the vessal on last…

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A Terrific Storm

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 3 April 1912 · page 1

During Friday afternoon a very heavy thunderstorm, accompanied by vivid lightning, passed over this district. The lightning was very close, and several narrow escapes…

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The Incidental Flooding at Towamba

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 3 April 1912 · page 4

A disastrous tale of the recent rain at Towamba (where nineteen inches of rain fell in less than 24 hours) is related by a long time…

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The Towamba Storm

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 5 April 1912 · page 2

Mr C. W. E. Bedford, Imlay Shire engineer, visited the storm swept area at Towamba this week, and found that the reports of damage done were not…

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Blizzards and Flood. Cottages Isolated

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 6 April 1912 · page 3

From nearly every part of the country come reports of damage done by blizzards and floods (said "Lloyd's News" on January. 14). Fierce…

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The Flood

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 26 July 1912 · page 2

The conti[?] rain from Sunday till yesterday cul[?] in a food, which however, has not done any material damage. Up ti[?] 9 o’ clock…

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Kaiser's Threat. Alsace-lorraine's Constitution. Storm of Criticism

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 3 August 1912 · page 6

No utterance by the Emperor William for many years past has raised such a storm of universal criticism as the remarks which he is reported to have…

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The Cause of the Souring of Milk in Thunderstorms

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 4 December 1912 · page 2

Everybody is familiar with the fact that milk is more apt to turn sour in stormy weather than at other times. The cause of this has been a matter…

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Fifty Years on the Box Seat of a Mail Coach. the Experiences of "Brummy." (Mr. Jim Richards) Through Fire, and Flood. Held Up by Bushrangers--mad Rides with Bolting Horses--saving a Woman From the Hangman

The Nowra Leader · Friday 20 December 1912 · page 1

In last issue of the "Sunday Times" appears the portrait of Mr. Richards who left this township some little ago. Also a photo, of the Coo[?]amundra…

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On the Box Seat. Fifty Years on a Mail Coach, the Experiences of "Brummy" (Mr. Jim Richard) Thoughfire and Flood. Held Up by Bushrangers—map. Rides with Bolting Horses—saving a Woman From the Hangman

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 21 December 1912 · page 4

In last issue of the "Sunday Times" appears the portrait of Mr. Richards who left this township some little ago. Also a photo, of the…

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On the Box Seat. Fifty Years on a Mail Coach. the Experiences of "Brummy" (Mr. Jim Richards) Through Fire and Flood. Held Up by Bushrangers—mad Rides with Bolting Horses—saving a Woman From the Hangman

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Wednesday 25 December 1912 · page 1

In last issue of the "Sunday Times." appears the portrait of Mr. Richards who left Nowra some little time ago. Also a photo of the Cootamundra—Temore coach…

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