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Broken Hill & the Far West · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1930

226 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 2 of 12

The Aeroplane Service From Adelaide to B.hill Machine Lands at Olary to Avoid Dust Storm

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 3

The monoplane Mt. Wedge, of Eyre Peninsula Airways Ltd., was again the centre of much attention as it last night swept through the sky to the…

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Northern Rivers Flooded Waters Beach Lake Eyre Much Country Soaked Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 3

A heavy flooding of the three big rivers. Diamentina, Georgina, and Cooper's Creek, caused by the rain in Queensland, has brought the streams…

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Floods in Queensland 84 Train Passengers Stranded for Fortnight Mount Isa Food Supplies Almost Exhausted Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 2

A message from Brisbane says that as the result of floods 84 western passengers at Julia are still stranded in the carriages in which they have…

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Three Men Drowned Bowing Boat Capsized in a Flooded River Were Train Passengers Being Taken Across Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 2

Three men were drowned in the River Burdekin when one of the rowing boats conveying train passengers across the flooded stream capsized…

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Floods in Queensland River Warrego Is Rising Station Manager Missing Toowoomba

Barrier Miner · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 1

Uwmg to heavy rains the western rivers continue to rise. The Warrego River at Cunnamulla is more than 25 feet high, and is still rising. It…

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Floods in Queensland River Warrego Is Rising Station Manager Missing Toowoomba

Barrier Miner · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 2

Owing to heavy rains the western rivers continue to rise. The Warrego River at Cunnamulla is more than 25 feet high, and is still rising. It…

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Flood Warnings Given by State Meteorologist More Rain Is Expected Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 3 February 1930 · page 4

Mr. Mares, the State Government Meteorologist, to-day issued the following flood warning to settlers about the River Darling as tributaries:…

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Finke River in Flood Bridge Is Carried Away After Train Crosses It Allice Springs

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 February 1930 · page 2

After racing the flood rushing down the Finke River for a hundred miles a southbound tram from the interior [?] the railway bridge a [?]…

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Floods at Yancannia

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 February 1930 · page 1

Mr. R. H. Calder, manager of the Jocal office of Bennett and Fisher, this morning received advice from Yancannia Station to the effect that…

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[?] Driven in Doors by Floods Innisfail (Qld.)

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 February 1930 · page 2

seeing what he took to be a piece of dirty rag in a seldom used type box in the corrosponding room of "The Johnstone Hirer Advocate" to-day…

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[?] Floods Is Townsville Townsville

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 February 1930 · page 1

A cyclone swept the Herbert River district, and the rirer rose 14ft over the railway bridge last night. The lower parts of the township of Halifax…

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Dedly Shake in Box in Innisfal Office Driven in Doors by Floods Innisfail (Qld.)

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 February 1930 · page 2

Seeing what he took to be a, piece of dirty rag in a seldom used type box in the composing room of "The Johnstone River Advocate"…

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[?] Floods in Townsville Townsville

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 February 1930 · page 2

A cyclone swept the Herbert 'River district, and 'the river rose 14ft over the railway bridge last night The lower parts of the township of Halifax…

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Rivers Now Falling Ingham Saved From Flooding Cairns

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 February 1930 · page 1

All rivers are now falling slowly and the town cf Ingham has been saved from the flooding which would have occurred had there been another…

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Queensland Floods Railways Submerged and Towns Threatened River Breaks Its Banks Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 February 1930 · page 1

Floodwaters have again obstructed northern railway services. Ingram is menaced, and Jiemside is anxious lest there is a repititon of the flood of…

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A Cool Change Dust Storm Last Night

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 February 1930 · page 1

Broken Hill got its cool change last night, but the change was most unpleasant. After tho maximum temperature yesterday of 102 degrees…

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Man Has Harrow Escape in a Flooded Creek Horse Attached to Vehicle Washed Downstream Quorn

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 February 1930 · page 1

Mr. L. Neindorf bad a narrow escape from drowning wben bis horse and trap were washed away as he was trying to cross the Willochra Creek…

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Stwet Cenotaph Refusal to Flood Light Annoys Soldiers' League Katoomba

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 February 1930 · page 1

At a meeting of the Katoomba branch of the Returned Soldiers' League, Mr. Weston said that the City Commissioners of Sydney showed…

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Heavy Thunder Storm Broken Hill Quickly Drenched Intakes at Both Reservoirs Rainfall Was Patchy

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 February 1930 · page 1

Broken Hill last night experience one of hs periodical thunderstorm with the result that there was a regutration of 71 points of rain in the…

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Storm at Booborowie Apiarist's Experience Booborowie

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 February 1930 · page 1

Mr. H. A. Lindsay, apiarist, of Booberowie, had an uneuviable experience in a heavy storm which swept over the town at 5.30 this afternoon. He…

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