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

Floods & storms, 1939

284 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 2 of 15

Gale in New Zealand Auckland

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 16 January 1939 · page 1

A gale is sweeping the Hawke's Bay district, while bushfires are raging in many parts. A storm near Wellington lifted and moved a shed…

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[?] Saturday. Charred [?] in Fires' Wake. Victoria's Death List Now 63. Deluge Sweeps Western Australia

Leader · Monday 16 January 1939 · page 2

Whist fires and had are taking a toll of life in the eastern States of Australia, torrential rain and floods are causing widespread [?]in Western Australia. Fifteen, people lost their lives in New South Wales…

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Two Drowned Gale Hits Small Boat Wellington, (N.z.)

National Advocate · Tuesday 17 January 1939 · page 4

Roy McKcnzie and L. Reddell were drowned in Lyttleton Harbor when a small sailing skiff overturned after being swamped during a north-west…

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And Now Floods! Towns Deluged Near Kalgoorlie Floods Wreck Railway Kalgoorlie

National Advocate · Tuesday 17 January 1939 · page 3

The townships of the Kalgoorlie district following a downpour for the list three days were threatened by [?] and residents of many places…

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Heavy Rain Two Inches in Sydney Inland Falls Promised SYDNEY

National Advocate · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 2

With the heat wave broken throughout the State, light rain was falling in many Inland centres to-day…

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Gales and Floods Havoc In New Zealand Wellington, (N.z.)

National Advocate · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 3

Violent gales are lash[?] the New Zealand coast and many parts of the country are isolated by floods. Homes in several townships have been…

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Lucky Escape Sydney Racing Identities Car Leaves Road in Storm Wellington (N.z.)

National Advocate · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 4

Sydney racing identities were involved in a motor accident near To AWnutu during a heavy stormy lst night…

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Heavy Queensland Rain BRISBANE

National Advocate · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 2

Cape York registered 670 points and Molloy 483. In the south-eastern quarter the highest registration was 340 points at Kalbar…

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Gale Sweeps N.Z. Damage and Darkness WELLINGTON. N.Z..

National Advocate · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 1

With the exception of Auckland, which escaped the worst of the gale, every province in New Zealand received the full blast of its fury. Heavy…

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Isolated Thunderstorms SYDNEY, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 1

The forecast: Warm to hot and sultry conditions, culminating in thunderstorms and scattered rain; some isolated severe…

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Orange Storm An Inch in Ten Minutes ORANGE

National Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 1

A particularly heavy storm which hurst over Orange this afternoon yielded 108 points of rain in ten minutes, but apart from sight bruising in…

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Orchards Suffer From Fierce Storm. Town Partly Flooded. Slight Damage Effected

Leader · Monday 23 January 1939 · page 3

“We would not want too many storms like it,” said Mr. Fitzroy Brand, manager of the Orange Producers’ Rural…

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Barraba Battered Terrific Storm BARRABA

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 23 January 1939 · page 1

DURING a terrific storm at the week-end the operating theatre at the Barraba hospital was lifted bodily and blown…

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Deserts Flooded Record Kalgoorlie Rain Perth

National Advocate · Monday 23 January 1939 · page 2

Rain of the volume experienced at Kalgoorlie and further in[?]nd last week has not been known since the west was settled…

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Westralian Floods Heavy Losses PERTH

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 23 January 1939 · page 1

CONTINUED storms and heavy rains in the north-western districts are doing enormous damage. A baby was drowned in a flooded…

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MANUKA. Thunderstorm

Leader · Monday 23 January 1939 · page 4

A sharp thunderstorm passed over the town on Friday afternoon. 112 points being registered. Much heavier falls took place around the…

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Spain's Agony Bombs Shattering Barcelona Girls Dig Trenches Franco Flooded with War Materials London

National Advocate · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 2

Barcelona in addition to suffering 19 air [?]lds, one of which damaged the steamer African Mariner and killed six Greek…

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Underground Flood Stops Sydney Tube Trains SYDNEY

National Advocate · Wednesday 25 January 1939 · page 1

As a result of the bursting of a water main at the Town Hall railway station early to-day the low level tracks between the Town Hall and Wynyard…

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Flooded! Underground Railway. When Water Main Burst. SYDNEY

Leader · Wednesday 25 January 1939 · page 2

As a result of the bursting of a water main at the Town Hall railway elation early to-day low-level tracks,…

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Heavy Rain Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 1

Central districts forecast : -- Cloudy, sultry and unsettled with rain and thunder storms becoming general; some heavy falls in…

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