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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1931

7 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers

Floods Likely

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 3 April 1931 · page 1

MR. J. A. SIMPSON, postmaster at Windsor, advises having received on Wednesday from the Weather Bureau, Sydney, an urgent telegram warning the…

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Rapid Rise Hawkesbury in Flood River Rises 21 Feet at Windsor. Serious Calamity Averted

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 10

HEAVY RAIN higher up the catchment area was responsible for a rapid rise in the Hawkesbury River on Friday night last. In the…

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Flooded Out When Street Gutter Overflows Troublesome Windsor Drainage

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 15 May 1931 · page 5

CALLING attention at last meeting of the Windsor Council to the storm water that overflows the footpath and runs through his premises on each occasion there is a…

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Cattai a Record Local Flood

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 17 July 1931 · page 5

CATTAI CREEK—and Little Cattal Greek rose to record heights during the recent rainfall. The former at its highest, was about seven feet above the bridge and the…

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Floods Delay Mails Windsor-weaver's Service

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 20 November 1931 · page 7

MR. J. B. CHIFLEY, M.P., has been advised by the Postmaster General's Department in reply to a petition signed by Messrs. J. Weaver, L. L. Barwick, E…

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Cricket Bowlers Again Dominate Hawkesbury Cricket Heavy Rain Delays Play Century by C. Hopkins

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 4 December 1931 · page 13

"RAIN, hail, and the bowlers played dominating parts in the first day's play of the fourth series of matches commenced on Saturday…

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Raw Causes Floods Fact Seemed to Surprise Court Trouble Over Sale of a Farm

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 18 December 1931 · page 9

"What," thundered Mr. H. G. Edwards, in the Banco Court last week, "causes floods?" "Rainfall," replied Eugene Kenny, civil engineer and surveyor…

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