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South Coast · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1940

3 stories in South Coast's papers

Mr. Jim Flood

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 18 September 1940 · page 7

The death Occurred in Sydney at the week-end of Mr. Jim Flood, who was well-known to many Nowra people. The deceased was at one time…

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Some Flood

The Bega District News · Monday 30 September 1940 · page 4

It was old “U.B.D.” (You Be Damned!), an ancient Riverina coach driver, who held the floor one night many years ago, in one of the…

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Rain Storm

The Bega District News · Monday 9 December 1940 · page 1

At first a deathly stillness in the air, As if some great and unseen power so rare Has stopped the throbbing rush of…

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