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South Coast · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1936

10 stories in South Coast's papers

Storm Damage

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 4 January 1936 · page 4

During a succession of violent storing in Queensland Friday last much damage was done in districts surrounding Brisbane. At…

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Torrential Rain Floods The. Flats

The South Coast Register · Thursday 19 March 1936 · page 2

Very heavy rain spoilt last weekend. but provided sightseers with an unusual flood of water, rushing along the water[?] and across the…

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Flooding and Strangling

The Bega District News · Monday 6 April 1936 · page 4

It should not he necessary to flood the carburettor to procure an easy st[?]rt with a cold engine, although it is best to make sure that the petrol…

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Storms

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 26 June 1936 · page 2

Tuesday night gave us one of the greatest storms we have had thrust upon us for many years. Light rain fell during the…

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Severe Storm Much Damage Reported

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 27 June 1936 · page 3

One of the severest wind and rain storms ever experienced in this district raged on Tuesday night and in the early hours of Wednesday…

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Keep Going in Spite of Floods

The Bega District News · Thursday 8 October 1936 · page 6

Exide dependability was probably never more dramatically demonstrated than during the recent American floods…

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Shoalhaven Heads. Move to Have It Re-opened. Flood Dangers Pointed Out to the Maritime Board

The Nowra Leader · Friday 9 October 1936 · page 3

That Jerry Bailey was doomed to oblivion as a holiday resort, and there would be grave danger of the heavy flooding of Comerong Island and…

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Shoalhaven Heads Move to Have It Re-opened, Flood Dangers Pointed Out to the Maritime Board

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 10 October 1936 · page 3

That Jerry Bailey was doomed to oblivion as a holiday resort, and there would be grave danger of the heavy flooding of Comerong Island…

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Hail, Storm at Moruya

The Bega District News · Thursday 5 November 1936 · page 1

A terrific hailstorm. that lasted two and a half bourn caused havoc caused havoc to crops in the Moruya district on Saturday last…

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Rain Storms

The Nowra Leader · Friday 4 December 1936 · page 7

A storm that was highly appreciated, as if it were the breaking of the drought, occurred on Tuesday afternoon last. Strange to say it…

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