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South Coast · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1918

15 stories in South Coast's papers

Floods

Southern Star · Wednesday 6 February 1918 · page 2

He looked upon the rain that washed the street And tunnell's Auckland-street into the river…

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A Silent Battlefield. with Sudden Gusts of Fury. the Calm Before the Storm

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 15 February 1918 · page 5

London, Saturday morning. Mr. Philip Gibbs writes : The battlefield is husbed before the storm. The enemy’s guns burst…

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Diverting Flood Water Lachlan Embankments to Go Important Decision Forbes

The Nowra Leader · Friday 22 February 1918 · page 1

Many years ago the owners of Jemalong Station, on the Lachlan Rivers, near Forbes, raised a high embankment to prevent flood-waters from inundating…

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Cyclone Babies

Southern Star · Saturday 23 February 1918 · page 1

Quite a number of mothers in Mackay (says a local paper) will have cause to remember the birthday of the children who first saw the light…

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Democracy in Flood The Spirit of the North

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 8 March 1918 · page 4

BECAUSE I have not had time to get his cement 1 must refrain from mentioning either his own name or the name of the town which set him talking. He is the most…

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Queensland Cyclone. Piece of Timber Through Girl's Body

The Nowra Leader · Friday 12 April 1918 · page 8

The deputy-Chief Protector of Aborigines, who visited the Hall River aboriginal settlement to investigate the damage done by the cyclone states, in…

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Thunderstorms

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 22 April 1918 · page 1

Lightning is the result of electric discharges from the clouds. Every cloud, like every other object, contains electricity. This makes no…

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Floods at Foxground

The Nowra Leader · Friday 2 August 1918 · page 8

One of the largest floods on record was witnessed at Broughton Village and Foxground on Tuesday night, caused by the…

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Where the Storm Comes From

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 16 August 1918 · page 5

The revelations of this startling Piece of deviltry, found their way back to America when Dr. Charles (Greene Cumston, a physician from…

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Old Time Notes. Droughts and Floods

The Nowra Leader · Friday 30 August 1918 · page 6

Our representative visited the home of Mr. D. Hyam, J.P. Terara, last week for the purpose of obtaining an interview concerning old history of the…

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A Real Flood

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 30 August 1918 · page 4

Onyx: “My wife burst into a flood of tears the other night.” Bronx: “Did she cause any trouble?” Onyx: “I should sty so. Swept away three…

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Woman on the Warpath. Queensland Liquor Reformers Storm the Assembly

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 6 September 1918 · page 3

HARD words break no bones—there are men and women for the matter of that, who have been known to thrive under abuse. But who can flourish upon the poisonous diet of…

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Old Time Notes. Droughts -- Flood -- Horseracing -- Election -- Bushraneers --Masked Man.--cat Eats Pig and Dies

The Nowra Leader · Friday 6 September 1918 · page 3

In last issue we had reached to where the narrator's house, and furniture, etc., were destroyed in the '60 flood. The River waters, on that…

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Old Time Notes. Droughts-- Flood-- Horse Racing-- Elections-- Bushrangers-- Masked Man

The Nowra Leader · Friday 13 September 1918 · page 3

In last issue the narattor reported on the loss of property-- houses and barns washed down the Shoalhaven River, including his own home at Bamerang--…

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Old Time Notes. Droughts --F Flood -- Horseracing -- Elections -- Bushrangers -- Masked Man

The Nowra Leader · Friday 20 September 1918 · page 3

THE HISTORY OF A BEAUTIFUL TREE. In our interview with Mr. Hyam, we incidentally remarked on a beautiful giant tree we noticed growing at the…

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