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Southern Highlands · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1912

15 stories in Southern Highlands's papers

Cyclonic Storm

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 3 January 1912 · page 2

A telegram from Cunnamulla states that a terrific cyclone and thunderstorm occurred there on Saturday afternoon. The clouds…

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Storm at Peak Hill

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 3 January 1912 · page 2

A severe storm occurred at Peak Hill on Saturday evening. The wind blew the roof off Mr. W. M. Reeves' saddler's shop. The front…

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Floods in Yass District

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 3 January 1912 · page 2

The intense heat that prevailed on Sunday morning created an extraordinary atmospheric disturbance, continuous rain falling heavily…

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Floods in Spain

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 17 February 1912 · page 6

Twelve riverside villages on the banks of the Gaudelquiver, with an aggregate population of 34,000 have not a single house above the flood level…

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A Domestic Novel. the Scarlet Butterfly. Chapter Ii. The Story Told by John Gale

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 16 March 1912 · page 4

I have been asked by that eminent firm of solicitors, Messrs. Colquhoun, Webber and Smart, if I recollect the incidents surrounding the death of little reginald…

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Terrific Storm near Goulburn

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 3

News received in Goulburn last week shows that the storm of Sunday, 17th instant, was of unprecedented violence at Bronte. Hailstones of abnormal…

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Children Killed. Collapse Op a Wall. Caused Bt Heavy Rain

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 22 May 1912 · page 4

Two children were killed and one injured by the collapse of a wall in Southwark on Saturday afternoon (said "Lloyd's News" on March 3)…

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An Incident of the Storm

Robertson Advocate · Friday 28 June 1912 · page 2

An incident which demonstrates the severity of the storm on Sunday last occurred at Bowral, and luckily with no serious results. A large tree in the…

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An Incident of the Storm

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 29 June 1912 · page 2

An incident which demonstrates the severity of the storm on Sunday last occurred at Bowral, and luckily with no serious results. A large…

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Floods

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 31 July 1912 · page 2

River flats and low-lying lands along the Hawkesbury are under water. Stock have been removed to the higher levels. Several farms…

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Kaiser's Threat. Alsace-lorraine's Constitution. Storm of Criticism

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 7 August 1912 · page 4

No utterance by the Emperor William for many years past has raised such a storm of universal criticism as the remarks which he is reported to have…

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Cyclone at Grenfell. Houses Wrecked

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 31 August 1912 · page 2

A terrific cyclone, lasting from three to five minutes, immediately followed by hail and rain, burst upon Grenfell just before six o'clock on Monday…

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In Other Lands. Flooding a Bank

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 4 September 1912 · page 6

Like the Bank of England, the Bank of France is now guarded every night by soldiers, who do sentry, duty outside the building, a watch…

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Flood in the Murray

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 25 September 1912 · page 2

A telegram from Cobram states that the Murray River has been rising rapidly for days past, and has now overflowed its banks…

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Destructive Storm

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 23 October 1912 · page 2

Grafton, Saturday.—A storm passed over portions of the Orara district. Tress were torn up by the roots and fences broken down in many places…

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