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Blue Mountains · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1936

19 stories in Blue Mountains's papers

Here and There Music at the Floodlights

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 3

Mr. Fred. Park (concertina artist) will render a programme of concertina music at the Leura Cascades next Friday evening (weather…

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Floodlights at the Memorial Gates

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 1

Katoomba Council has recently had floodlights installed at the Memorial Gates, Lone Pine Ave, Leura, and the children's…

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Parking Space Needed at the Leura Floodlights Alderman Freelander Presses for Improved Facilities. Scheme to Be Put Under Way

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 1

Those people who believed the Floodlights would be a "nine days wonder" have been amazed in note the sustained…

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Floodlighting Lithgow Council Is Interested

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 2

Residents appreciate the fact that the Floodlighting system has definitely been a tourist attraction, and has brought increased visitors…

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Council News Floodlighting in the Katoomba Falls. Area Amended Proposal Submitted to Katomba Colliery Limited

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 7 March 1936 · page 3

Having considered an offer by the Katoomba Coliery Ltd. towards the capital cost of floodlighting Katoomba Falls and Cascades and…

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R.a.c.a. News. Driving on Flooded Roads

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 1 May 1936 · page 6

To those unacquainted with driving through flooded areas, the following advice, which is issued by the Royal Automobile Club of…

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Proposed Floodlights Sent to Committee

The Blue Mountains Times · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 3

Recently negotiations were completed between Katoomba Council and Katoomba Colliery, to flood-light the Colliery grounds and a section of…

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"Rifts In The Clouds" Threatening Storms

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 2 June 1936 · page 4

That the world is on the eve of some Very great changes, no one who thinks can for a moment doubt. Nor, unless the Providence of God…

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Proposed Floodlighting Extension Katoomba Falls. Katoomba Cascades, Orphan Rock, Etc. Mayor's Report

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 5 June 1936 · page 2

At the meeting of Katoomba Council last week, the Mayor (Aid. Soper) reported on a further discussion with…

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More Floodlighting Approved Katoomba Falls and Scenic Railway Scheme to Cost £1287

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 16 June 1936 · page 3

For some months past, negotiations have been proceeding between Council and Katoomba Colliery Limited regarding a…

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More Floodlighting (To the Editor)

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 19 June 1936 · page 1

Sir--It would be very interesting to many ratepayers, especially those in Leura, to know by what standards of rectitude and equity the…

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More Floodlighting Katoomba Falls Area

The Blue Mountains Times · Friday 19 June 1936 · page 3

When the question of flood-lighting the area surrounding Katoomba Falls was under consideration at a recent meeting of the Council, Alderman…

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B.m. Shire Council Nepean River Road Construction and Flood Level

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 11 July 1936 · page 2

The Shire Engineer reported at the last meeting on the proposed Nepean River road construction... "After obtaining the flood…

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Cottage Razed Fire in Height of Gale

The Blue Mountains Times · Friday 28 August 1936 · page 1

A weatherboard cottage and contents, in Fitzgerald Street, Katoomba, owned by Mrs. S. Gotwald, was razed to the ground by fire on Monday…

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Blackheath Floodlighting Scheme

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 4 September 1936 · page 2

The floodlighting of the Memorial Park, Blackheath, is being carried out by the Mr. A. L. Keogh, the electrical…

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Bloome Park Objection to Installation of Floodlights

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 26 September 1936 · page 1

A request was received from a ratepayer at last Council meeting that the decison to instal floodlights in Bloome Park,…

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Storms at Sunset

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 30 October 1936 · page 3

The day's last beams are waning fast, Low dips the sun into the west, The sky with clouds is overcast…

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Floodlighting Extension Katoomba Falls and Cascades Under Night Lighting Opening by Premier

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 4 December 1936 · page 1

Four years have passed since Katoomba made history by the introduction of electric lighting in one of the scenic areas and…

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Splendid View New Floodlighting Scheme the Falls From Below

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 10 December 1936 · page 1

People differ largely in their opinions as to the point from which the new floodlighting scheme may be viewed to the best…

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