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Southern Highlands · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1941

6 stories in Southern Highlands's papers

Narrow Escape From Flood Waters Campers at Wollon-dilly River

The Southern Mail · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 3

Some men and women campers near Barrallier had remarkable escapes when the Wollondilly River came down with a rush during the…

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Storm Damages Scenic Road Engineer Says Work Incomplete

The Southern Mail · Friday 25 April 1941 · page 4

At a meeting of Nattai Shire Council on Saturday it was alleged by the engineer (Mr. H. R. Huntingdon) and Cr. Stevenson, that work on the scenic…

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Tales of the Old Days and Other Australianities. Floods

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 10 June 1941 · page 4

"Where there's smoke there's fire," and where there's a stream there's a flood, sooner or later. In Australia, as elsewhere in the world, folks…

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Storm Taylor

The Southern Mail · Friday 20 June 1941 · page 2

A quiet marriage was celebrated at St. Andrew's Church, on Thursday morning, when Mr. Eric Storm was married at Mrs. [?]…

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Mr. Gale's Tribute

The Southern Mail · Friday 10 October 1941 · page 2

In our biographical notice of the late Mr. B. Haille Paine, we inadvertently referred to "the late Mr. C. C. Gale." The…

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District Blasted by Hailstone Blitz Devastation Marks Wake of Fiercest Storm in Fifty Years Earth Pock-marked by Giant Hailstones Gardens Ruined—Houses Flooded Fruit Trees Stripped

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 18 November 1941 · page 2

Damage to the extent of come thousands of pounds was wrought on Friday when a hailstorm of unexampled violence visited portions of…

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