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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1929

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The Latest Telegrams Disastrous Floods. Napier Settlers Suffer. Wellington, N.Z.

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 16 May 1929 · page 31

Disastrous floods are reported from the North-Island. Seventy-five people Were marooned near Napier, but eventually got across the stream…

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Flood Relief Fund

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 16 May 1929 · page 26

Anyone desiring to subscribe to Tasmanian flood relief fund may forward their donations to the Mudgee Town Hall. An advertisement…

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Moir and Owen Nearing Australia Something Like a Storm Sobrabaya

National Advocate · Friday 17 May 1929 · page 3

In a special message to the Australian Press Association, Flight Lieut. Moir and Plying Officer Owen state: "We landed at Muntek yesterday in…

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Heavy Storm Manly Deluged Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 21 May 1929 · page 1

Manly was deluged during the week-end, but heavy rain was confined only to that district. Elsewhere over the Metropolitan area…

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Flood of Words Leaders Hard at Work Strenuous Election Campaign London

National Advocate · Wednesday 22 May 1929 · page 3

Leading politicians were hard at work to-day addressing numerous meetings Mr. [?]ley Baldwin (Prime Minister) opened his Northern…

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Floods, Fires and Strikes Affect Electric Light Extension Lithgow Council's Dilemma

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 22 May 1929 · page 1

A peculiar position has arisen in connection with the poles required for the extension of the electric lighting system in Lithgow. The poles were…

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The Weather Heavy Metropolitan Rain Sydney Tuesday

National Advocate · Wednesday 29 May 1929 · page 1

Every station in the Metropolitan area was deluged yesterday, most registrations exceeding an inch. Randwick recorded 225 points. Other falls…

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Fierce Gale Storm Sweeps Over Sydney SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 10 June 1929 · page 2

A heavy gale swept over Sydney yesterday, the wind reaching a velocity of nearly 60 miles an hour…

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A Sydney Gale Damage in the Suburbs Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 10 June 1929 · page 2

A southern gale which sprang up in Sydney this afternoon attained a maximum velocity of 52 miles an hour. Craft on the harbor had to…

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House Boat Lost Sinks During Gale Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 11 June 1929 · page 2

During the gale last night a luxurious houseboat owned by Dr. Graham sunk in Double Bay. Furniture aboard the craft was valued at £1,400…

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Football PORTLAND v. Charbon. Game Played in a Gale

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Wednesday 12 June 1929 · page 13

The Portland—Charbon match on Sunday was played in the teeth ol a [?]erce. gale, and at times the players could not see the ball. The Kandos…

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Wrecked by a Cyclone Millionaire's Aeroplane Calcutta

National Advocate · Saturday 15 June 1929 · page 3

The piano of the American millionaire, Van Lear Black, which was anchored at Dum Dum aerodrome, prior to being broken up for…

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More Shocks in N.z. Menace of Heavy Rain and Wind

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 20 June 1929 · page 1

Further earthquake shocks were experienced in several parts of New Zealand yesterday, and heavy rams and high winds menaced the stricken…

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SPREADING The Assam Floods CALCUTTA

National Advocate · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 5

Ahe Assam floods are spreading and now cover 5500 miles. The Government is making an urgent appeal for help to other Indian provinces…

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40 DROWNED Floods in Columbia BOGOTA, (Columbia), Wed

National Advocate · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 3

40 people were drowned and more than 100 injured and practically the whole of the town of Sevilla destroyed by floods from the Qulleade river…

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N.z. Disaster Floods Now Feared Sydney [?]

National Advocate · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 3

The latest news from New Zealand concerning the earthquake states that backed up waters are rising ominously. Hundreds of Westport people left…

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Floods in South America. Town Overwhelmed. BOGOTA (Columbia)

Leader · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 6

Forty persons are believed to have been drowned, and more than 100 injured, in the practical destruction of the town of Seville, in the Department…

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Terrific Gale Trawler in Dire Peril SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 24 June 1929 · page 2

The trawler, Googwai had a narrow escape from foundering during a south-westerly gale off Gabo Island. The vessel was almost…

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Start Again Postponed. Gale Sweeps City. SYDNEY, Sunday Night

Leader · Monday 24 June 1929 · page 2

The Southern Cross did not leave to-day. A wind of [?] miles an hour velocity swept over the city, raising a fog of dust and making conditions…

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Snow Storm Motorists Held Up Falls At Yetholme

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 24 June 1929 · page 11

Motorists travelling from Sydney to Bathurst on Tuesday last had a trying experience, when, on nearing Tetholme, they encountered a heavy…

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