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Broken Hill & the Far West · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1936

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Big Losses in Flood Alice Springs Downpour Pastoralists Benefit Alice Springs

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 February 1936 · page 2

Floodwaters in the town are rapidly soaking away, and a stock is being taken of damage done. The Todd River is still running…

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Heavy Rain at Tibooburra 2 Inches Over Week End

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 March 1936 · page 1

Steady soaking rain, believed to be of a general nature, fell over the Tibooburra and White Cliffs districts during the week end and gaugings up…

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Man Electrocuted in Storm

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 4

AUCKLAND (N.Z.), March 4.— After an attempt to free himself from a live electric wire into which he stumbled when escaping with others…

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Deluge in Sydney Low Lying Areas Flooded Much Property Damaged Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 March 1936 · page 3

One of the heaviest downpours for years deluged the metropolitan area to-day. Many low-lying areas were flooded and much property damaged…

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Deluge in Sydney Low Lying Areas Flooded Much Property Damaged Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 March 1936 · page 1

One of the heaviest downpours for years deluged the metropolitan area to-day. Many low-lying areas were flooded and much property damaged…

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Another Drowning in Queensland Floods

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 March 1936 · page 3

BRISBANE, Monday.—The second drowning in the Queensland floods is reported from Ewan,,where a stockman named Barney Langham lost his…

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50 Lives Lost in U.S.A. Heaviest Floods For Generations (Special to "The Miner") New York, March 18

Barrier Miner · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 6

Causing widespread death and destruction of property, the most devastating floods for generations resulting from snow accumulation of…

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Loss of Life May Exceed 1000 Devastating Floods in United States Dust Storms Take Toll (Special to "The Miner.") New York, March 19

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 March 1936 · page 6

While the east of the United States suffered from floods, dispatches from the west brought news that great duststor[?]s had been raging there, and threatened to turn a large area into a desert…

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Loss of Life May Exceed 1000 Devastating Floods in United States Dust Storms Take Toll (Special to "The Miner.") New York, March 19

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 March 1936 · page 6

While the east of the United States suffered from floods, dispatches from the west brought news that great duststorms had been raging there, and threatened to turn a large area into a desert…

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The American Floods

Western Grazier · Saturday 28 March 1936 · page 2

Throughout New England and east of the Ohio Valley generally, the flood crests have washed their way to [?] and the problem [?] in one of…

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Indian's Death Presumed Milparinka Tragedy Recalled Lost in Dust Storm Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 April 1936 · page 1

Leave to presume the death of Astam Medaslam, an Indian camel driver, who left estate of £19[?], including land at Broken Hill valued at…

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Indian's Death Presumed Milparinka Tragedy Recalled Lost in Dust Storm Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 April 1936 · page 7

Leave to presume the death of Astam Medaslam, an Indian camel driver, who left estate of £195, including land at Broken Hill valued at…

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Aerial Picture Of American Floods

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 April 1936 · page 4

Picture of the disastrous floods which ravaged America last month. It shows the flooded town of Middletown, Pennsylvania, where the Susquohanha River rose 21 feet-above its normal level. Throughout the United States there were 200 people killed and 3,000,000 destitute. Owing to the outbreaks of typhoid and other infectious diseases doctors…

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500 Perish in Floods Appalling [?] In United States New York, April 7

Barrier Miner · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 1

Rising rivars have added the threat of widespread Hoods to the distress of the six southern States stricken by tornadoes which now are said to have…

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Aground in Gale Ship Carrying Chinese Art GIBRALTAR, April 15

Barrier Miner · Thursday 16 April 1936 · page 1

Carrying back to China £10,000,000 worth of art treasures which were shown at the Chinese Art Exhibition in London, the P…

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Fire And Flood In Pennsylvania

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 April 1936 · page 6

A blazing oil plant surrounded by floodwaters in Pittsburgh. The dense smoke clouds spread over a great portion of the flood district…

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Fire And Flood In Pennsylvania

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 April 1936 · page 6

A blazing oil plant surrounded by floodwaters in Pittsburgh. The dense smoke clouds spread over a great portion of the flood district…

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Re[?]cue Work In U.S.A. Floods

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 April 1936 · page 2

RED CROSS TRUCKS in the streets of Kingston (Pennsylvania) following the receding floods with supplies of food, clothing, and medicine…

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Severe Gales in Atlantic Two Steamers In Distress New York, April 28

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 April 1936 · page 6

According to Intercepted wireless reports the British tramp steamer St. Quentin (3528 tons) is in distress in mid-Atlantic, about 620 miles,off…

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Gales Sweep N.Z. Much Damage Done Wellington (N.z.), May 4

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 May 1936 · page 6

The lowest barometric readings since 1871-28.69—and a fall in temperature of more than 18 degrees in five hours, heralded a severe…

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