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Broken Hill & the Far West · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1935

167 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 7 of 9

Heavy Rain in Interior Nor'-South Railway Flooded ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 September 1935 · page 6

Water a foot deep over the rails for several chains alone the NorthSouth dine near the Pink River tnis week delayed the train from Alice…

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Onkaparinga in Flood Port Noarlunga Inundated ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 September 1935 · page 1

A wall of water swept down the flood swollen Onkaparinga River shortly before 10 a.m. to-day and practically inundated Port Noarlunga…

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Hail Storm at Peterborough

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 September 1935 · page 3

PETERBOROUGH, Tuesday. — Hailstones larger than marbles covered the ground like a layer of snow at Peterborough, following a hailstorm,…

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Onkaparinga in Flood Kangarilla Suffers ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 September 1935 · page 4

At Kangarilla, which experienced its worst flood for many years, 379[?] points of rain fell. The whole' countryside is a sheet of water. Stock…

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Gale in England Four Lives Lost; Much Damage Ships in Distress (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON, September 17

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 18 September 1935 · page 1

Four [?]ives have been lost—two by drowning at sea and two by injury from falling objects—during a gale which has been raging over the…

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Lugger Lost in Storm 18 Japanese On Board Drowned DARWIN

Barrier Miner · Thursday 19 September 1935 · page 6

According to reports from the pearling grounds, a Japanese ketch of 40 tons, with 18 Japanese on board, sank in a cyclone, with the loss of all on…

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Violent Electrical Storm Much Damage 4t Newcastle NEWCASTLE

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 September 1935 · page 1

A Violent electrical storm last night threw parts of the Newcastle district into panic and caused widespread damage. The wooden steeple…

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Violent Electrical Storm Much Damage At Newcastle NEWCASTLE

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 September 1935 · page 7

A violent electrical storm last night threw parts of the Newcastle district into panic and caused widespread damage. The wooden steeple…

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Sufferers From Flooded Onkaparinga

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 September 1935 · page 5

HOUSEHOLDERS and business people at Noarlunga cleaning up after floods. Top (left)— Messrs. H. M'Millan and M. S…

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Sufferers From Flooded Onkaparinga

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 September 1935 · page 5

HOUSEHOLDERS and business people at Noarlunga cleaning up after floods. Top (left)— Messrs. H. M'Millan and M. S…

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Ice Blocks in Creek What Storm Left At Corona 196 Points in Half Hour

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 September 1935 · page 1

The remarkable and unusual spectacle of large blocks of ice floating down a creek towards the South Australian border was described to-day…

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Big Flood at Moe Farmers Facing A Crisis MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 October 1935 · page 3

Now experiencing their fifteenth flood since the big deluge in December, farmers whose holdings adjoin the eastern end of the Moe swamp,…

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Floods in Queensland

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 October 1935 · page 5

BRISBANE, Friday.—Torrential rain fell in southern Queensland last night as a result of thunderstorms. A cloudburst occurred at Wynnum,…

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Floods in the Hurray

Western Grazier · Saturday 19 October 1935 · page 2

Al[?] having been received from the [?] Hurray, land holders with fro[?] tot he Murray River below Albury have been warned…

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Six People Drowned Car Caught In Flooded Creek

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 October 1935 · page 2

PORT AUGUSTA, Monday.—All six members of a motor car party from Port Augusta were drowned when the car was caught in a flooded creek…

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Panic When Storm Strikes Town

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 October 1935 · page 4

BRISBANE. Monday.— A terrific wind storm struck the little town of Taroom last night and in a few minutes many buildings had been…

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Golf Season Closing Flood-Prevention Scheme

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 October 1935 · page 4

There are unmistakable indications that the Broken Hill Golf Club's 1935 official programme is near its end. The fields are getting smaller and…

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Many Local Floodings Extensive Damage In State

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 October 1935 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday—As the result of State-wide rains during the past 72 hours, a number of local floodings were recorded. Mr. Mares…

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Troubles of Motorists Heavy Floods At Mannahill

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 October 1935 · page 2

Having to abandon his car at Yunta and come on to Broken Hill by goods train, a traveller who has been coming to the city for 10 years over the…

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Flooded Rivers Subsiding

Barrier Miner · Thursday 24 October 1935 · page 6

SYDNEY, Thursday.— News to hand this morning states that the rivers which were in flood as a result of the recent heavy rains are…

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