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

Floods & storms, 1936

275 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 6 of 14

Floods in Northern Australia Melbourne

National Advocate · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 2

Flood waters of the Finche River, 142 miles south of Alice Springs, have held up a train in which are sixteen passengers and a party of engineers…

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Disastrous Storm Auckland, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 4 March 1936 · page 1

In an attempt to free himself from a live electric wire, into which he stumbled when escaping, with others, from a damaged shed during a storm,…

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Victorian Floods Train Passengers Marooned Rescue Efforts Fail MELBOURNE

National Advocate · Wednesday 4 March 1936 · page 1

Torrential rains in Central Australia have been responsible for a continuance of extraordinary flood conditions in the Finke River, resulting…

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Train Flop Finke River Floods Overcome SYDNEY, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 4 March 1936 · page 1

A message received in Melbourne to-day stated that the railway officials at Finke River Crossing (Central Australia), where a train with 16…

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Heavy Rain

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 4

HEAVY falls were recorded in north-western centres last weekend, among them being: Binnaway 155, Coonamble 71, Coonabarabran…

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Cool Change and Storm Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 1

The forecast: Mostly fine and warm to hot at first with increasing cloud and a tendency to scattered rain and thunderstorms…

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Real Waterspout Raging Flood at Burrundulla

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 9 March 1936 · page 2

ONE of the most terrific storms in history was experienced at Burrundulla and Lawson's Creek on Friday evening…

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Isolated Storms Developing SYDNEY, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 12 March 1936 · page 1

The forecast: Warm to hot and sultry conditions, culminating in increasing cloud and scattered rain and thunder; freshening to…

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Sultry, May Be a Storm Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 13 March 1936 · page 1

The forecast: Warm to hot and sultry conditions generally, cool with scattered rain and thunderstorms and some hail; fresh to…

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Severe Storm Batters South Coast SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 16 March 1936 · page 1

A FIERCE storm deluged the Southern Tablelands yesterday. Houses were flooded, hundreds of motorists were marooned, the…

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South Coast Floods SYDNEY, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 16 March 1936 · page 1

Torrential rains have fallen over the near South Coast, from Port Kembla to Conjola. Just beyond Nowra a bridge has been so weakened as to…

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SUBSIDING Floods in the North SYDNEY

National Advocate · Tuesday 17 March 1936 · page 1

Flood waters in the South Coast were subsiding to-day, and stranded motorists were able to continue their journeys…

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The Rain Floods [?] SYDNEY

National Advocate · Tuesday 17 March 1936 · page 3

Flood [?] have, [?] on the South Coast. At Bodalla 697 points were registered, at Bateman's Bay 368, at Bega 443 [?] at Woollongong…

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Heavy Rain SYDNEY, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 18 March 1936 · page 1

The forecast: Generally unsettled with rain and thunderstorms over most of the State except in the west and…

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Queensland Floods Much Damage Done BRISBANE

National Advocate · Wednesday 18 March 1936 · page 1

Floods are still causing general hold ups of traffic in many parts of Queensland. The towns of Augatatlla, Morven,…

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Sixty Lives Lost Record Floods in U.S.A. Death and Destruction New York

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 19 March 1936 · page 1

THE most devastating floods ever known have swept a huge area. They were caused by the rapid thaw of ice and…

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Startling Change Drought, Then Record Flood

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 19 March 1936 · page 11

THEY have some mixed weather in Queensland. At Longreach on Saturday 795 points of rain were registered, which almost equalled…

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EASTERN U.S.A. Devastating Floods Much Loss of Life and Property New York

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 19 March 1936 · page 1

Devastating floods, as a result of the thawing of vast snow accumulations during the hardest winter in a century, poured down…

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Thunderstorms Likely SYDNEY, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 19 March 1936 · page 1

The forecast: Somewhat sultry, with occasional showers and thunderstorms on the slopes and the coast, with some local…

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50 DROWNED £20,000,000 Damage Many Thousands Homeless Floods in U.S.A. New York

National Advocate · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 5

Fifty persons have lost their lives and damage estimated at £20,000,00, has been done in floods in the Eastern Elates, extending from Maine to the…

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