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Southern Highlands · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1899

13 stories in Southern Highlands's papers

The Gale in England. a Train Struck by Seas. London, Jan. 14

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 18 January 1899 · page 2

During the gale an extraordinary railway accident occurred in Llanfairfechan, Carnarvonshire. North Wales. At a point where the line runs close…

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Floods at Camden

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 18 January 1899 · page 2

Mr. Campbell, of the Government Survey Department, visited Camden this week in reference to the prevention this week in reference to the prevention of floods in the district, and if possible…

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Storms in America Ten Feet of Snow

The Mittagong Express · Friday 17 February 1899 · page 3

Reports from all parts of the United States show that in[?] severe weather is being experienced. At [?] of snow…

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Furious Elements. the Storms in America. Ten Feet of Snow in Washington

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 18 February 1899 · page 5

London, Tuesday.—Reports from all parts of the United States show that inordinately /severe weather is being experienced…

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The Cradle of the Storm

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 1 April 1899 · page 4

To lift a large pail or tank measuring two feet each way and filled with two gases, oxygen and hydrogen, chemically combined in certain proportions, is beyond the powers of any but those gifted with enormous strength, for the weight of that…

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Flood on the Richmond. Losses to the Dairy Industry

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 15 July 1899 · page 5

Coraki, Wednesday—Heavy showers still continue, and the weather is very unsettled. From Saturday evening till 9 o clock yesterday morning the rainfall…

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A Peculiar Storm at Sea

The Mittagong Express · Friday 25 August 1899 · page 4

A curious phenomenon was witnessed by the crew of the ship Loch Katrine on July 9, during the passage from Glasgow, via Adelaide, to…

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The Gale at Manly

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 26 August 1899 · page 2

Thursday's gale was felt coverely at Manly, and on the Ocean Beach considerable damage was done. All the way from the Steyne Hotel to the…

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Flood-Damaged Beads

The Mittagong Express · Friday 1 September 1899 · page 4

The Minister for Works is daily receiving information from country road inspectors as to the damage wrought by the recent heavy rains and floods…

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A Great Storm

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 11 October 1899 · page 2

November has for ages been popularly credited with being the most stormy month of the year on the coasts of North-Western Europe. To our Saxon forefathers it was…

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John Storm and His Critics

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 2 December 1899 · page 2

SIR—A.N.V. replying to John Storm in, your issue of last Saturday, has evidently had a second attack of the pestilential qualms which he complained of some time ago, and which, I believe, he gave as a…

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John Storm's Wit

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 9 December 1899 · page 2

DURING the present heat wave when undue exertion is to be avoided, it is indeed a treat to drop across the writings of such a humourist, as your correspondent "John Storm." His energy is most…

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Letters to the Editor. John Storm Answered

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 30 December 1899 · page 3

SIR,—By declaring in favor of the British in their present trouble with the Boers, the Pope has given a complete answer to the renegade Irish now fighting with the unspeakable Boer, and to the local…

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