A Letter from Flood-torn Victoria
âGreat concrete pillars as big as pianos were hurled many yards away, when a bridge five miles from here was swept into a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Floods & storms, 1946
10 stories in South Coast's papers
Heavy Rain
Berry participated in the heavy rain of the past few daysâand the pity of it is that it has all run to waste; enough has fallen to fill Berryâs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gale Couldn’t Stop Nowra’s Victory Day Celebrations Witnessed by 4,000 People
The 60 Miles an Hour Gale on Monday Did Not Deter Something Like 4,000 Nowra and District People Turning Out To Take Part in the Victory Day Celebrations Here. Residents were stirred from their…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Great Flood of 1851 Many lives lost
Great must have been the flood during May, 1851, when the “Sydney Morning Herald” devotes two full! Columns of a very detailed description of the losses and dramatic stations that took place during the height of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Electric Storm Causes Damage Huskisson Street Lights Fail Report to Clyde Shire Council
Lightning during a severe electrical storm at Huskisson recently did considerable damage to Clyde Shire electrical…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Storm in a Tea-cup Claims Ambulance Supt. Ambulance Transport Service Act Causes Confusion
âTHE WHOLE THING IS JUST A STORM IN A TEA-CUPâ, SAID AMBULANCE SUPT. W. DALTON, WHEN DOCTOR CHESHER PROTESTED ON THURSDAY NIGHT LAST THAT THE ANNUAL MEETING HAD BEEN INVALID AND…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Engine Stalls in Flooding Stream Norwa Alderman’s Experience
Ald. and Mrs. D. J. Glass tell of an unenviable experience during their recent visit to Albury, whence Ald. Glass journeyed to represent…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Violent Storm Benefit Outweighs the the Damage Done
A violent storm, accompanied by hail, visited Nowra on Saturday afternoon but few people complained about the damage sustained or…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Residents Claim Flood Damage Nowra Council Discusses Threatened Legal Action
A letter signed by a number of residents in Shoalhaven Street, and claiming payment in respect of damage done to their property by the recent storm, and suggesting Legal Action in the of refusal, was one of the many matters discussed by the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →To Prevent Street Flooding Nowra Council Decides On Measures And Discusses Other Matters
At its meeting last week Nowra Municipal Council decided, on the recommendation of the Works Committee, to place four feet pipes across Shoalhaven Street, near North Street, and turn the water into the drainage easement which was acquired by…
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