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South Coast · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1944

9 stories in South Coast's papers

Heavy Rain Big Hailstones

The South Coast Register · Thursday 13 January 1944 · page 3

After experiencing several days of stifling humidity that “faggedout” our residents whose who were unable to visit the beach, at least)…

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Thunderstorm Best Rain for Months

The Bega District News · Thursday 13 April 1944 · page 2

On Easter Sunday afternoon a heavy thunderstorm broke over the district and gave the best rainfall for a long time. In the afternoon it was…

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Will History Repeat Itself? Flood at Bega in May 1871 (From old “Bega Gazette”)

The Bega District News · Thursday 27 April 1944 · page 2

On May 13th last year we had the biggest flood ever known in Bega, a flood that did immense damage to property in this district. In other parts…

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Flood Grant for Berry

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 24 May 1944 · page 6

Mr. Jack Beale, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Minister for Local Government, which will be good reading for the…

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Floods

The Bega District News · Thursday 25 May 1944 · page 2

After a lapse of ten years, and after the longest drought in the memory of local inhabitants, the Far South Coast has been deluged with rain, and on…

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Flood Damage £1000 Grant for Berry

The South Coast Register · Thursday 25 May 1944 · page 3

Mr, J. G. Beale, M.L.A., has written us to say that he has been successful in obtaining a grant of £1000 from the State…

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The Great ’70 Flood Graphic Account of Shoalhaven s Big Deluge

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 6 December 1944 · page 1

Through the courtesy of Miss Ison, of Bridge Road, Nowra, we have been fortunate enough to secure a copy of the “Shoalhaven…

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The Great ’70 Flood Graphic Account of Shoalhaven’s Big Deluge (Continued from last issue)

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 13 December 1944 · page 1

We have not had time to visit many parts of the district, but in [?]eaving the distressing and harrowing spectacle at Terrara, we took a…

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The Great ’70 Flood Graphic Account of Shoalhaven’s Big Deluge (Continued from last issue)

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 20 December 1944 · page 1

The reports from Numba, Mayfield. Brundie, Jindiandie, Pyree, Worrigee, etc., are equally distressing regards destruction of crops…

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