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Southern Highlands · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1908

8 stories in Southern Highlands's papers

Mount Royal Safe. Leaking Boilers. Through Atlantic Storms

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 25 March 1908 · page 3

The Canadian Pacific Railway's steamer Mount Royal, for the safety of which considerable anxiety has been felt, steamed into Queenstown Harbor…

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After the Flood

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 25 March 1908 · page 5

At Narrabri the flood waters have receded rapidly, and the Namoi is now about 12ft. Such was the violence of the water, that the banks of the Narrabri Creek have been esten…

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Cyclone at Murwillumbah

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 4 April 1908 · page 2

A gale at Murwillumbah on Tuesday caused a fatality on Dungay road. It blew down a big tree, which killed a bay named Fredericks, aged 13 son of Mr. F. J. Fredericks…

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The Late Storm

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 5 August 1908 · page 2

The cyclonic storm which raged with fury along the table-lands and South Coast district on Sunday night and on Monday, did much damage by…

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Floods at Wollongong

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 5 August 1908 · page 5

At Wollongong on Monday a south-easterly gale was blowing all day on Monday, accompanied by very heavy rain. This had the…

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Local and General. Saturday's Storm

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 17 November 1908 · page 2

A thunderstorm which was very severe in some places, boke over district on Saturday afternoon last. It was particularly heavy in Moss Vale, and the rain was…

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Storm at Mittagong

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 25 November 1908 · page 2

A terrific storm passed over Mittagong on Monday afternoon, lasting an hour. It was accompanied by heavy thunder, lightning, and thick…

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Violent Storm at Mittagong

Robertson Advocate · Friday 27 November 1908 · page 2

One of the most violent storms that has visited Mittagong for some years occurred on Monday afternoon, lasting for about an hour, and being accompanied by heavy…

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