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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 3 of 15

Wild Weather Record Flood at Orange DAMAGE £10,000 Man Drowned in Macquarie

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 17 January 1935 · page 10

IN the worst flood ever experienced at Orange business places in Lord's Place and Summer street were inundated…

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North-western Floods Dam Bursts, Shops Awash

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 17 January 1935 · page 6

FLOOD waters have been causing trouble in the Muswellbrook, Merriwa and Denman districts…

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Extensive Search No Trace of Flood Victim Bathurst, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 17 January 1935 · page 2

No sign has yet been found of the body of Ernest Flynn (52), caretaker of Bathurst museum, who was washed away and drowned in a…

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Impassable Roads Follow Floods in North SIDNEY, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 17 January 1935 · page 1

Flood conditions existing in the northern areas have resulted in the town of Boggabilla, which has 300 inhabitants, being completely isolated…

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The Temora Cyclone

Leader · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 2

An [?]rangelte who came home from a trip down sooth yesterday did so [?] Temora, and [?] ints a [?] picture of the damage effected by…

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Walcha Flood Miles of Fencing Washed Away WALCHA

National Advocate · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 3

The northern portion of the town was flooded last night as a result of a violent storm, accompanied by vivid lightning. Miles of fencing in…

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Boggabilla Isolated, Floods in Northern Rivers. Sydney

Leader · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 2

A message [?]celved in Sydney this morning states that Bo[?] a township of [?]00 inhabi[?] is completely isolated by washaways on the…

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Thunderstorms

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 19 January 1935 · page 14

After three or four days of very offensive weather, a series of heavy thunderstorms passed over the district during the week-end, 63 points being…

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The Floods Boggabilla Still Isolated Tamworth

National Advocate · Saturday 19 January 1935 · page 4

Boggabilla is still isolated by flood waters and some days will elapse before road and rail communication with this and other con[?]s can be…

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Floods in North-west Position Eases at Boggabilla Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 21 January 1935 · page 1

The McIntyre River has now fallen at Boggabilla, which has been floodbound for a week, and the mail train to Sydney was able to pass over the…

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"Skeeters" Follow Floods SYDNEY, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 23 January 1935 · page 1

A message from Boggabilla to-day states that the residents of the town since the flood have been pestered by plague of mosquitoes, which are…

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Brave Aboriginal Drowned in Flooded River. BRISBANE

Leader · Wednesday 23 January 1935 · page 2

Tommy, an aboriginal, w[?]ll known in Camoow[?] [?] life ye[?]rday in a gallant attempt to eave an old age pensioner named MrNama[?] who…

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Queen[?]land Floods. Fa[?]y’s N[?]rrow Escape. SYDNEY, T[?]day

Leader · Wednesday 23 January 1935 · page 2

A family named Smith of [?] Q[?]een[?]land had a [?]ng [?] [?]om drowning when [?]d water[?] rose to the [?] of a car in which…

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Rode Out Storm Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 1

A 25ft. launch was blown from outside Sydney Heads last night and relatives of the man on board, J. H. Stewart, of Vaucluse, became alarmed…

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NOT [?] LITY. Releasing Flood Waters. Proposal to Council

Leader · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 4

Because [?] [?] with [?] where it was [?] [?]…

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Sale of Flood-Wrecked Shops

Leader · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 2

Tenders for the sale and removal of the shops shiffed from their foundations during the [?] days ago were [?] and…

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Gale Swept Damage Throughout England £6000 Worth of Gold Lost London

National Advocate · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 2

A fierce yale, reaching 86 miles per hour, accompanied by storms of snow, sleet, and hall, is sweeing the British Isles. The gale is described in some…

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Wind and Snow. Damage in Britain. Howling Gale Sweeps Islands. LONDON

Leader · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 2

A fierce gale, reaching 86 miles an hour, and accompanied by snow, sleet and hail, is sweeping the British…

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Floods at Orange Mr. Tonking Active Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 30 January 1935 · page 1

The plight of Orange during the recent floods, when the principal business centre, Lord's Place, was inundated, was referred to in the…

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Graphic Story Overwhelmed by Flood Death of E. W. Flynn

National Advocate · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 1

"I heard the deceased exclaim in terror as the water rushed through the door of the car, and then I jumped into the water and for…

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