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Southern Highlands · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1901

10 stories in Southern Highlands's papers

A Remarkable Storm in Sydney

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 23 January 1901 · page 2

A STORM which was the heaviest on record passed over the Metropolis shortly after 10 o'clock on Monday night. The atmosphere during the day was hot and muggy, and the general verdict was…

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A Devastating Storm

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 30 January 1901 · page 3

NEWS is to hand concerning the velocity of last Tuesday's storm in the vicinity of the Wombeyan Caves. The devastating results of the terrific downpour are…

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On Foot to the Caves. Sydney Telegraphists on the "Wallaby." a Wet Time. the Road After the Storm

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 6 February 1901 · page 3

FOR about the first time on record a party has " footed " the distance between Bowral and the Wombeyan Caves, Rather a novel idea when so many conveyances…

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Severe Gales on the Coast

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 3 July 1901 · page 5

On Sunday and Monday severe gales raged along the coast, resditing to disaster and loss of life. The hug Protector when crossing the…

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A Disastrous Cyclone

The Southern Mail · Friday 5 July 1901 · page 1
Also in The Mittagong Express

Terrible gales have been encountered by coasting vessels off the New South Wales Wales. Two of the crafts failed to withstand the trial and were…

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A Mud Storm

The Mittagong Express · Tuesday 16 July 1901 · page 3
Also in The Southern Mail

Some extraordinary weather was recently experienced at Tien-tain. For two days (says the “P. and T. Times”) there was a yellow darkness that…

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Upper Murray Flood

The Mittagong Express · Friday 8 November 1901 · page 1

The Upper Murray flood is reported to have been the highest for twelve years. Thousands of acres of grass lands have been temporarily ruined by…

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Heavy Gales

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 16 November 1901 · page 5

London, Thursday.—The heavy gale reported on Tuesday still continues in the north of England. A French ship has been wrecked on…

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