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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1935

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Hail in Brisbane Many Windows Broken Man Collapses in Storm. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 October 1935 · page 4

A severe hailstorm swept the suburbs this afternoon, causing great damage to gardens. Business premises arid private dwellings were flooded,…

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Heavy Hail Storm

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 18 October 1935 · page 2

A very heavy hail storm occurred at Briggsvale and along the ridges and valleys beyond Megan on Tuesday afternoon. The storm was confined…

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CYCLONE In Western Districts Trees Uprooted-- Cars Abandoned. Broken Hll

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 October 1935 · page 5

A cyclone, accompanied by clouds of red dust, swept over the far western portion of New South Wales this morning. Business had to be suspended at Broken Hill, Menindie, Tibooburra,…

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Heavy Hail Six Inches Deep Fall in Glenreagh District Rain and Thunderstorms

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 October 1935 · page 4

Stormy conditions prevailed in the Glenreagh district yesterday and, although in the township itself there was no hail, from about two miles on the…

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Victorian Deluge 4 in. of Rain in 30 Minutes. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 October 1935 · page 4

Every house in Bendoc, a hamlet near the New South Wales border, was flooded when a hailstorm struck the village. Four inches of rain fell in half an…

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Three Drowned Motor Car Washed Away Ran Into Swollen Creek S.A. Flood Tragedy. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 October 1935 · page 4

Three people, probably six, were drowned to-night, when a car was washed by floodwaters down a normally dry creek on a bend in the…

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Gale Rages on British Coast Many Ships Wrecked, Ten Deaths On Land Vessels Searching for Ship's Crew Adrift German Steamer Feared to Be Lost With Crew Of 25 LONDON

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 October 1935 · page 5

The gale spread tragedy widely on land as on sea. There were te[?] deaths, including a child incinerated, when a chimney crashed, a youth and a man blown from a cycle, a youth buried beneath 20 yards of brick wall, a woman, aged 48, who collapsed as a result of being buffeted by the winds,…

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Negroes Riot Three Shot Dead Laborers Storm Stores West Indies Wages Dispute Kingston (St. Vincent)

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 October 1935 · page 5

Three rioters were shot dead, and several were wounded to-night as a crowd of angry laborers, armed with clubs and stones, stormed business…

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'Plane Skirts Storms Air Mail From London. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 October 1935 · page 6

A wide area in Central Queensland experienced scattered storms last night, averaging from an inch to two and a half inches, though one station…

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2000 Dead Haiti Hurricane Thousands Homeless All Rivers Flooded Port Au Prince (Haiti)

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 October 1935 · page 5

Official sources last night estimate that at least 2000 persons were dead or missing as the result of the hurricane which swept the…

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Rain of Fish Hundreds On A Hill Phenomenon After Storm Adelong

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 October 1935 · page 5

Following the last rain; hundreds of small fish were found deposited on the top of a hill, where no water other than rain water has ever lodged. It is…

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Honduras Floods Many Bodies Recovered. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 October 1935 · page 5

A message from Tegucigalpa (Honduras) states that the bodies of 70 persons drowned in floods were recovered at Corocito to-day. Officials believed…

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A Halt Italian Advance Heavy Rain Causes Delay. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 November 1935 · page 5

Though the Abyssinian rains are unseasonable, for which reason it is not expected they will continue, they are virtually cloudbursts greatly damaging…

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74 Hours Late Air Mail To London Gale in Mediterranean. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 November 1935 · page 5

The air mail from Australia, which was due in London last Monday, arrived to-day, 74 hours behind time. This is the longest inward delay since the…

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Storm at Grafton 41 Points Recorded

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 November 1935 · page 4

After a warm, humid day, the maximum temperature being 86.5 degrees, a thunderstorm, accompanied by a steady downpour, burst on Grafton shortly…

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Flooded Roads

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 November 1935 · page 6

"Water splashes" on low-lying roads were responsible for a great deal of anxiety to motorists during the heavy rain, says the N.R.M.A.,…

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Fierce Storm Eatonsviile Anglican Church Lifted Bodily Trees Snapped Off

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 November 1935 · page 4

A violent wind and rain storm, which passed over a narrow strip of country at Eatonsviile, on the Upper Clarence, on Monday…

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Storm at Dilkoon Hail And Wind Widespread Damage. Dilkoon

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 November 1935 · page 4

Widespread damage was caused at Dilkoon by the cyclonic storm on Monday, which burst about 3.30 p.m. Light rain was followed by a heavy fall of…

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No Sign Search For Smithy Qantas Air Liner Delayed by Storms. Singapore, Tuesday Night

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 November 1935 · page 5

There is still no sign of Kingsford Smith. The Qantas air liner was delayed by storms to-day, and returned to…

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Melrose All Right Forced Down in Storm. Singapore

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 November 1935 · page 5

The young Australian aviator, Jim Melrose, who, while assisting in the search for Sir Charles Kingsford Smith yesterday was reported missing, has…

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