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Southern Highlands · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1907

7 stories in Southern Highlands's papers

Sunday's Gale

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 9 January 1907 · page 2

A heavy southerly gale raged in the metropolis on Sunday, causing duststorms to spread over the city. The wind attained a velocity of 73.5 miles…

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A Heavy Storm

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 9 February 1907 · page 2

At Wollongong on Thursday, the first day of the show, a heavy thunderstorm burst upon the showground just after 3 p.m., coming upon the heels of a violent…

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Hall Storm Extraordinary

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 6 March 1907 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon a very severe bailstorm passed over the district lying between Cross Roads on the west and Wilde's Meadow on the east, and from…

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The Bodangora Cyclone

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 16 March 1907 · page 2

The cyclone which devastated parts of the Bodangora district last week seems to have spent itself near Wunluman after travelling from between Murrumbidgerie and Geurie a…

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In the Grip of the Storm

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 5 June 1907 · page 4

To some, in search of relaxation from the street of life, a sail on the broad ocean presents by far the greatest, attraction, and contributes more to the…

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Floods In South Europe

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 2 October 1907 · page 2

Torrential rains in the South of France have swollen the rivers, causing terrible floods in the departments of Hermit. Gard, Bouches du Rhone, Vancluse, and Var. Traffic is…

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Phenomenal Storm

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 27 November 1907 · page 2

The weather on Saturday was very bot and moggy, culminating in one of the most severe thunder and hail storms ever experienced in Sydney…

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