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South Coast · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1915

7 stories in South Coast's papers

Merimbula in a Gale

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 16 January 1915 · page 3

The Merimbula had a rough trip down the coast last Thursday night (says the Bega Standard), and when off Jervis Bay struck the full strength…

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West's Pictures. Tess of the Storm Country

The Nowra Leader · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 8

Another big picture boom for Wednesday; absolutely the greatest picture ever come to Australia and is the only picture…

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West's Pictures. Tess of the Storm Country

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 30 January 1915 · page 2

Another big pic[?] a [?] Wed­nesday night next. The greatest picture ever brought to Australia, and is the only picture to equal the…

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After the Storm

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 23 April 1915 · page 3

“While for centuries [?] has foretold the Day of Wrath and indicated that He will have to do with the precipitation of its trouble upon humanity…

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Big Flood

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 23 April 1915 · page 3

“A [?] of Russian troops in Asia [?] was halted by mud on the slopes of Mount Ararat. We had supposed the [?] had dried out there years ago…

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Deluge Wanted

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 9 July 1915 · page 3

“We want a deluge of shells to rain [?] days and forty nights without [?] Then we shall hear the cracking of the German steel barrier,…

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The Weather. Westerly Gale Overturns Coach

The Nowra Leader · Friday 17 September 1915 · page 1

Practically the Whole of the district participated in the beneficial rains last week. The showers of Friday and Saturday last…

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