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

Floods & storms, 1930

255 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 2 of 13

Floods in Auckland Two Inches in an Hour and a Half AUCKLAND

National Advocate · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 2

Considerable damage was done by a storm which struck the city this morning, two inches of rain falling in an hour and a half. Many cellars…

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Hot Weather Light to Heavy Rain on Coast Sydney Wednesday

National Advocate · Thursday 23 January 1930 · page 1

Light to heavy rain fell yesterday fairly generally on the coast north from Manning Heads and light rain was recorded at one or two places on the…

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Heavy Rain Damage Last Night

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 4

Yesterday's promise of rain materialised in a heavy downpour which commenced during the afternoon and continued during the major portion of…

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Floods Feared Western Areas Flooded The Police Warning

National Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1930 · page 2

Yesterday the Bathurst police received the following wire from the Inspector General of Police: The Weather Bureau advises…

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More Soaking Rain Heavy Storm in Bathurst Over 3 Inches at Freemantle

National Advocate · Monday 27 January 1930 · page 2

A heavy thunderstorm which broke over Bathurst and district on Saturday afternoon. considerably augmented Thursday's downpour. Though the…

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Saturday’s Thunderstorm

Leader · Monday 27 January 1930 · page 6

Although the rain [?] down in torrents in the town area, on Saturday afternoon, the tall on the catchment area was evidently lighter. The…

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Millthorpe News. Rain Storm

Leader · Wednesday 29 January 1930 · page 6

On Saturday evening Millthorpe received a very heavy rainstorm, [?] points being registered in twenty minutes. The gutters were unable to…

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The Weather Heavy Rain on North Coast Sydney Wednesday

National Advocate · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 1

Scattered light rain fell yesterday on the north and south coast, in the northern inland districts and on the Blue Mountains, but was general on the…

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Queensland Floods Station Manager Missing Mails Held Up TOOWOOMBA

National Advocate · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 2

Police from Cunnamulla have left in search of Gerald Byrne, manager of Baroona Station for five years, who is reported to…

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Advertising Lithgow Council Adopts Floodlight Scheme

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 8

Lithgow Council decided, at its meeting on Tuesday night, to adopt the suggestion of the electrical engineer and erect illuminated r…

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Heavy Rain. Washaway on Railway

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 14

A remarkable formation of cloud in the south-west presaged an extraordinary outburst on Saturday afternoon. The massed…

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Queensland Cyclone Vessel Sheltering Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 2

A message received in Sydney states that the interstate steamer Dimboola is sheltering near Port Alma, an island close to Rockhampton, as the result…

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The Weather Light Western Rain Northern Rivers Flooded Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 5 February 1930 · page 1

Light to heavy rain fell in the far west and north west and light rain was recorded on the central west plains and light to very scattered rain fell on…

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East African Floods Railway Traffic Held Up Capetown

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 5 February 1930 · page 1

It is reported from Tanganyika that the worst floods in living memory have created an alarming position. Lake Gombo is rising rapidly, and…

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Floods in South Africa Capetown

National Advocate · Thursday 6 February 1930 · page 3

A report from Tanganyika states that the worst floods within living memory have created an alarming position. Lake Gombo is rising…

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Q'land Floods More Heavy Rains BRISBANE

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 7 February 1930 · page 2

The flood in the Burdekin River has once more risen over the Inkerman railway bridge, and yesterday traffic was again blocked. There…

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Beach Jewels Storms: Stones Coast Hunts

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 10 February 1930 · page 5

New treasure hunts are now being organised on British beaches for so many of them are strewn with semiprecious stones, amethysts, crystals,…

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Perhaps a Storm Sydney, Thin Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 12 February 1930 · page 1

The forecast: Warm to hot and sultry with further scatter[?]ed rain and thunderstorms in is the southern areas probably…

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Cheap Money Huge Counterfeit Flood Is Discovered in China Shanghai

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 12 February 1930 · page 1

The largest counterfeiting plant operated in China was located in Chinese territory three miles from the Settlement by municipal detectives…

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A Lady Bird Storm Stops a 30 Miles Flight Melbourne

National Advocate · Thursday 13 February 1930 · page 3

Lady Somers. wife of the Governor of Victoria, set out yesterday from Ballarat with Flight Lieutenant Denny on a flight to Mrs. c. Fairbairn's…

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