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Southern Highlands · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1911

11 stories in Southern Highlands's papers

Cyclone at Barmedman

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 6

A thunderstorm swept with cyclonic fary over the western neighborbood of Barmedman on Friday, the town fortunately catching only the tail end of…

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Floods on the South Coast

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 18 January 1911 · page 2

Between Barry and Nowra most of the maize and winter fodder crops have been swept away by the floods. Brooghton Greek overflowed the…

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Floods on the South Coast

Robertson Advocate · Friday 20 January 1911 · page 2

As the result of last week's heavy rainfall the Shaolhaven River rose over 9 feet on Friday morning, and as a consequence there was a flood at…

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In a Storm Off Chili. a New South Wales Lad's Fight for Life

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 3

Mr. Eric. Cox—son of Mrs. J. Cox, of Grafton, has been having another exciting time. As we stated early in the year, although still little more than a…

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Rush of Water. Floods Newcastle Pit

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 17 May 1911 · page 4

Great consternation, said a correspondent telegraphing from Newcastle to "Lloyd's News" on February 19, was created in the district at midnight when…

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Terrible Gale

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 24 May 1911 · page 3

A severe westerly gale swept over certain parts of Austria last month. There were 100 accidents, two of them fatal, in Vienna alone. Meteorological returns…

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Extraordinary Storm

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 2 August 1911 · page 6

An extraordinary storm, was experienced on Friday in London. During a sudden hall squall, the wind attained a velocity of 54 miles…

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Violent Storm in U.S.A.

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 2 September 1911 · page 2

A great storm is raging in the Southern States of America. The water is higher on the seafront at Charleston (South…

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Cyclonic Storm

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 30 September 1911 · page 2

During a storm at Woodstock (Vic.) on Wednesday, hailstones and blocks of ice up to the size of a man's fist fell. The uplands in the…

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Big Roof Tank Bursts. House Flooded with Water

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 18 October 1911 · page 3

With a roar that sounded like the bursting of a reservoir dam (wired the "Inter-Ocean" correspondent on July 14) the huge tank on the roof of the…

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Cyclonic Storm

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 22 November 1911 · page 2

A severe thunderstorm is reported to have occurred at Kynuna (Q.). The wind was of a cyclonic nature Two buildings were stripped of…

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