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

Floods & storms, 1935

294 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 11 of 15

Lithgow Storm Swept Lithgow, Sunday Night

National Advocate · Monday 5 August 1935 · page 2

The worst weather for years past was experienced during the week-end in Lothgow. Heavy snow fell and the streets, were covered to a depth of…

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Lithgow Buildings Ripped By Storm And Lives Endangered Bricks Shower Residents As They Lay in Bed Iron Contacts with Electric Current and Gives Impromptu Fireworks Display Garage Roof Run Over by Train

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 5 August 1935 · page 2

Fallowing in the wake of snow storms and rain, terrific Winds, which began in ferocity about 9 o'clock last night, and increased to the dimensions of a gale, lashed the town with unabated fury…

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Gale at Lithgow Houses Unroofed Some Narrow Escapes

National Advocate · Tuesday 6 August 1935 · page 2

A gale which at times reached a velocity of over 60 miles per hour played havoc in Lithgow early yesterday morning. Several houses…

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Gale at Lithgow Garage Roof Blown Off Lithgow

National Advocate · Tuesday 6 August 1935 · page 1

During the height of the gale this morning the roof of tho Lithgow Garage, which is close to the railway, was blown off and carried on to the…

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Great Work Linesmen Repair Breaks After Sunday's Disastrous Gale

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 7 August 1935 · page 1

The flying roof which wrecked the network of lines in Main-street West early on Monday morning disrupted the telephone service in many parts…

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Snow Waters Cause Floods in Victoria MELBOURNE

National Advocate · Wednesday 7 August 1935 · page 4

The Glpps[?]end district, which was inundated last Easter by floodwaters, is again in the grip of floods, as the result of snow water, which has…

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Gippsland Floods. Serious Position Develops. MELBOURNE

Leader · Wednesday 7 August 1935 · page 3

Further [?] of the [?] in the [?] district show that about 20 farms which were a[?]undoh[?] at the[?] and are now [?] whcih…

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Thunder and Dust Storms Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 8 August 1935 · page 1

The forecast At first cloudy, mild and unsettled generally, with showers and some thunder, chiefly in the southern and central…

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Wind Storms Batter the West SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 8 August 1935 · page 1

TERRIFIC winds are reported from the west. At Broken Hill the city was covered with fine dust, and visibility…

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Capertee Damage by Storms

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 15 August 1935 · page 6

THE rough weather of a few days ago did a considerable amount of damage, the wind causing minor damage to buildings and the rain…

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Ovada Deluge Many Pathetic Stories Child Tied to Tree Branches Turin

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 16 August 1935 · page 1

Among the most pathetic stories of the flood at Ovada was that of a peasant caught in the fields near Chiaie. He took his little daughter…

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Council Employes' Plight (Second Edition Yesterday) Mouse in Flood Area Ald. Railey's Outburst

National Advocate · Friday 16 August 1935 · page 2

The position of a house In lower Russell Street, owned by the council and occupied by an employee Mr. W. Ford, and his family, was the…

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HEAVY N.Z. Storms Auckland (N.z.)

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 19 August 1935 · page 1

HEAVY rain and thunderstorms in North Island are causing extensive damage to houses and electrical installations…

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"Breaking of the Storm" Weekly W.e.a. Lecture War Factors Analysed

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 19 August 1935 · page 2

In his lecture on Wednesday, night Mr. H. S. Hancock endeavored to analyse the various factors leading up to the Great War. He successfully…

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New Zealand Floods Auckland (N.z.)

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 19 August 1935 · page 1

Heavy ram and thunderstorms in North Island are causing extensive damage, not only to electrical installations, but to houses and other…

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Wild Weather Storms Near N.Z. WELLINGTON, N.Z.

National Advocate · Tuesday 20 August 1935 · page 2

The North Island is in the grip of storms of great severity. Snow is almost continuously falling in the mountainous regions and the Chateau…

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Mrs. Philipa Flood

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 22 August 1935 · page 12

Mrs. Phillips Flood, a wall known and highly respected resident of Gulgong for many years, passed away at the…

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Floods in Japan. Heavy Loss of Life. TOKIO

Leader · Monday 26 August 1935 · page 2

A series of disastrous floods and landslides at Owani, Northern Japan, has resulted in 52 people being killed and 76…

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Death and Destruction. 60 m.p.h Gale. St. John’s (Newfoundland)

Leader · Wednesday 28 August 1935 · page 2

Reports of death and destruction from a violent 50-miles an hour gale on the south-eastern coast of Newfoundland yesterday…

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