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South Coast · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1933

18 stories in South Coast's papers

Terrific Thunderstorm. Girl Struck by Lightning at Numeralla

The Bega District News · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 2

After a very sultry forenoon, with the thermometer at 92, a terrific thunderstorm occurred yesterday a afternoon, with hail and heavy rain. 75 points…

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Terrific Thunderstorms

The Nowra Leader · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 5

Motorists who came along the Prince's Highway from Melbourne reported severe thunderstorms in the Southern State last week-end, and it…

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A Hail Storm

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 1

On Wednesday afternoon a very heavy thunderstorm passed over Nowra. The lightning was vivid and thunder rumbled, while hailstones fell…

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Heavy Storm Damage Train Arrangements Disturbed on S.C. Line Lives Lost at Stanwell Park Sydney Flooded

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 8

During Sunday night there was very heavy rain in and about Sydney. Different parts of the low-lying, lands around the suburbs were flooded. At…

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Terrific Storm. Over Two Inches Within an Hour

The Bega District News · Thursday 26 January 1933 · page 2

After an extremely sultry day, a terrific storm burst over the district shortly after 4 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon. The rain fell in torrents,…

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The Storm

The South Coast Register · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 2

This district was fortunately outside the area of the terrible storm which caused so much damage during the week-end, and the only…

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The Weeks' Storm

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 2

After most unseasonable weather during the past week, light misty rain began to fall locally on Sunday morning, and…

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Phenomenal Weather. Series of Thunderstorms. Miss Bice's Chimney of House . Struck by Lightning. Extraordinary Storm Along the South Coast. This District Escapes the Ravages; But Is Inconvenienced by Disorganize Train Service. Stanwell Park Death Trap. Rainfall at Nowra

The Nowra Leader · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 4

On Saturday last there were light showers of rain in this district, sufficient to stop the progress of cricket, bowls, etc., after the games were in…

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The Deluge Down South

The Bega District News · Monday 30 January 1933 · page 3

The rainfall an the southern parts of this district on Monday and Tuesday last was the heaviest within memory. Pambula and MMerimbula, with over…

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Relief Work in Sooth Shoalhaven Construction of Crookhaven Flood Gate Road Grant £200 From Unemployment Relief Council £200 LOAN

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 4 February 1933 · page 1

At the South Shoalhaven Council meeting on Thursday afternoon a letter was read from the Unemployed Relief Council in reply to queries…

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A Flood

The Nowra Leader · Friday 10 February 1933 · page 2

The old mining creek bad seen hundreds of gold-seekers away back in the early digging days. Those men who had come over from The Ovens…

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Relief Works In South Shoalhaven. Construction of Crook Haven Flood Gate Road Grant £200 From Unemployment Relief Council: £200 LOAN

The Nowra Leader · Friday 10 February 1933 · page 7

At the South Shoalhaven Council meeting, on Thursday afternoon, a letter was read from the Unemployed Relief Couneil, in reply to queries…

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A Storm in a Teacup

The Nowra Leader · Friday 10 March 1933 · page 1

A LOT OF TALK ABOUT A LITTLE. ALDERMEN RESENT IMPUTATION OF QUIBBLING OVER WORK AT THE DAM. THE TURNCOCK…

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Death of Mr George True. Survivor of the 1852 Flood. (From the Gundagai “Independent.”)

The Bega District News · Monday 14 August 1933 · page 1

Another link with the early history of Gundagai has been severed, for on 28th July last., the book of life was closed for one of those who were…

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September Gales

The Bega District News · Thursday 21 September 1933 · page 2

H.M. says September is generally regarded as the windy month, and may be taken as a guide to the kind of spring season we may get. The gales…

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Some Flood

The Bega District News · Thursday 28 September 1933 · page 3

The talk had drifted round to record floods when old “U-be-damned,” of “U.B.D.,” as he was mostly called, chipped in with: “You’d orter been…

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Some Flood

The Nowra Leader · Friday 29 September 1933 · page 2

The talk had drifted round to record floods when Old "U-be-damned," or "U.B.D.," as he was mostly called chipped IN with: "You'd orter been…

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The Motor World Keep Going in Storms

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 30 December 1933 · page 3

Referring to a recent instance of a car being struck by lightning near Murwillumbah, the chief engineer of the N.R.M.A. states that such cases…

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