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South Coast · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1925

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

A Heavy Thunderstorm

The Nowra Leader · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 4

A thunderstorm occurred in Nowra on Wednesday afternoon and rain pour- down for a couple of hoars without a break, and continued again at night…

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Heavy Rain in Queens-land

The Bega District News · Thursday 5 February 1925 · page 2

Heavy rains have fallen over Northern Queensland, and floods have occurred at many places. Railway have been damaged and traffic…

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Big Storm at Adelaid

The Bega District News · Thursday 12 February 1925 · page 6

The worst storm in the history of Adelaide swept over the cay about mid-day on Friday. About 10 o'clock a sharp shower fell, and was…

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Big Storm in the City

The Bega District News · Thursday 12 February 1925 · page 2

During a terrific thunderstorm which passed over the metropolitan area last night lightning struck the residence of Francis Ellis, of…

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Cyclone in Queensland Catholic Church Blown Down

The Bega District News · Monday 23 February 1925 · page 2

A cyclone swept over Chinchilla, Queensland, on Saturday night. The Roman Catholic church was blown down, and two children who were…

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Floods on North Coast

The Bega District News · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 2

Floods continue in the North Coast districts. The situation is serious at Lismore, where many houses have already been flooded, many having…

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The Rain at Last Great Downpour. Does It Mean a Flood? Six Inches at Bega. Over 8 .Inches at Bemboea

The Bega District News · Monday 11 May 1925 · page 2

Just as we were lamenting not having sha[?]ed in the rain which had drenched other districts last week it came along in earnest. It had…

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Damage by Rain Storm

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 13 May 1925 · page 9

At the Nowra Council meeting, on Monday night, the Mayor reported that he had during the day, with the ganger, made an inspection of the…

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Heavy Rains. Flooded River. 1933 Points in a Week

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 13 May 1925 · page 1

The past week's rainfall may be said to have teen a record rain, 1933 points having been registered at the Towra post-office. Good steady rain…

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The Flood

The Bega District News · Thursday 14 May 1925 · page 2

550 points of rain had fallen at Bega up to 9 a.m. on Monday. The rain continued all day and well into the night, but was not so heavy as…

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Dreadful Flood Fatality. Two Well-known Residents Drowned. Gallant Attempts at Rescue

The Bega District News · Thursday 14 May 1925 · page 2

Messrs. Harry Duncan, of Brogo, and Edward Walker, of Angledale, were drowned in the flood waters at Yarranung on Monday afternoon. word was phoned to town early…

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The Flood. the Toll of Drowned Stock Not Big. Thousands Of Pounds Worth Of Damage To Roads, Bridges, Culverts, and Crops. Loss Of Life At Bega

The Nowra Leader · Friday 15 May 1925 · page 4

The usual placid waters of the Shoalhaven River were disturbed last week end into a swirling current of flood as a result of the torrential rains. On…

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Flood News

The Nowra Leader · Friday 22 May 1925 · page 4

A pig (a stranger) found Mr. F. Smith's farm (Friday's Farm) a safer home than where it had left, caused by the flood…

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The Floods OVER 22 Inches at Bega This Month. All Low-lying Parts [?] DATED

The Bega District News · Thursday 28 May 1925 · page 2

It was bad enough to have two floods in quick succession, but now we have a third, and the biggest, in a little over a fortnight. The rain…

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The Flood

The Nowra Leader · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 5

Two floods in little more than fortnight is something new and undesirable for the Shoalhaven district. On Wednesday night the water reached the…

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[?]evastating Floods Moruya and Queanbeyan Suffer Terribly

The Bega District News · Monday 1 June 1925 · page 2

Moruya and Queanbeyan were right in the track of last week’s great rainstorm, and the floods in those centres were the worst ever…

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Tremendous Flood at Moruya. Biggest on Record

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 3 June 1925 · page 2

Moruya had an exceptionally bad time of it during the recent rain storm. The "Examiner," in a graphic account, says:—…

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The Flood at Moruya (From the Mo[?]uya “Examiner”)

The Bega District News · Thursday 4 June 1925 · page 6

Never In the [?]history of Moruaya has such a disaster befallen it, as the one which happened during the week, when the whole of the…

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Through the Flooded Territory Jack Wilson Tells of His Troubles

The Bega District News · Thursday 4 June 1925 · page 2

Mr. Jack. Wilson writes ,from Queanbeyan on Monday.— “I arrived here yesterday-after a very trying trip. At Umerella I first…

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Moruya After the Flood

The Bega District News · Thursday 4 June 1925 · page 4

Mr J. E. Lawson writes:— The greatest and most destructive Soon known since 1870 occurred on Monday and Tuesday of last week…

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