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Southern Highlands · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1918

6 stories in Southern Highlands's papers

Cyclone and Flood at Mackay

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 30 January 1918 · page 2

A summary of the news received in Brisbane on Monday by mail from Mackay, dated Saturday last, states that the town was practically…

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The Cyclone. BRISBANE

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 30 January 1918 · page 4

The Queensland Government has voted £1000 for relief work in Mackay and the district Fifty tons of foodstuffs have been…

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The Rainfall. Gales and Rough Seas

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 2 February 1918 · page 2

The rainfall was practically general in New South Wales on Wednesday, the heaviest falls occurring in the south coastal areas…

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Queensland Cyclone

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 16 March 1918 · page 4

The cyclone in North Queensland was in most places the worst ever experienced. The corn crop at Atherton is practically ruined. The lightkeeper's…

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Thursday's Storm

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 19 November 1918 · page 2

During the celebration at Robertson last week there was one cloud over cocky's joy—rain still held off, and pastures and cultivation ground continued dry. Dame Nature…

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Storm at Robertson

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 23 November 1918 · page 4

On Thursday 14th inst just after noon a few rolls of thunder and big drops of rain supplied the preliminary to a strom at Robertson…

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