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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1935

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Singleton Sixty Years Ago Extracts From "Argus" File, Week Ending March 2, 1875. Flood Visitation

Singleton Argus · Friday 1 March 1935 · page 5

At the February meeting of the Council, the Town Clerk road the monthly report of the Common Ranger, from which it appeared that there…

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20 Inches of Rain Deluge at, Cairns Trains Held Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 1

Since February 26, 20 inches of rain have been recorded at Cairns, and the rivers in the district are in a state of flood…

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Towns Isolated Queensland Floods Rain Continues Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 6

The townships of Innisfall, Mossman, Mt. Molloy, and Julappen are Isolated, owing to the flood. The rail motor, scheduled to run…

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Food Shortage Queensland Floods Waters Falling Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 March 1935 · page 2

A shortage of food is threatened in North Queensland, which is now in the grip of one of the worst floods in its history…

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Defied Flood Bride Came by Boat Carried From Car Innsfail (Q.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 March 1935 · page 6

It took more than; a heavy flood on Saturday to prevent an Innisfail girl from being married. Carrying her bridal dress in a case,…

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Serious Floods In North Queensland Food Shortage Threatened in Innisfail

Singleton Argus · Monday 4 March 1935 · page 1

A food shortage threatened Inuis fall, in North Queensland, which is in the grip of one of the worst floods insults history, when the torrential rain ceased last night. Nearly 100 families have been removed from their homes to places…

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Home Before Him Gale's Hat Trick

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 5 March 1935 · page 4

The following amusing incident, the account of which has just reached us will be of especial interest to our English readers: An astonishing…

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Flood Waters Queensland Position River Rises Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 March 1935 · page 4

The flood waters at Tully bad sub sided slightly yesterday morning, an other sharp rise in the river took place as a result of heavy rain, and railway…

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Air Mails Delayed by Storms DARWIN

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 March 1935 · page 5

Word has been received in Darwin that the Imperial Airways plane carrying English mulls to Singapore has been delayed…

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Heavy Rain Wide Area Affected Cooler To-day

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 March 1935 · page 7

Following a hot and sultry day heavy rain fell in Maitland last night. The fall commenced about 9 p.m. and for a time it came down…

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Violent Storm Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 March 1935 · page 7

Many heavy falls of rain were recorded in Northern Suburbs last night when Sydney and suburbs were struck by a violent electrical, storm, interspersed…

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Storm at Singleton Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 March 1935 · page 7

Shortly after midnight a violent storm heralded by vivid lightning and severe thunder, broke over Singleton. Rain fell heavily for upwards of an…

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Heavy Storm. Sydney Visitation. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 12 March 1935 · page 2

During last night's heavy storm in Sydney and suburbs, considerable damage was done to private residences and gardens. At…

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Heavy Storm Causes Concrete Wall to Collapse 50 YARDS Newcastle Beach Wet Night Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 March 1935 · page 1

About fifty yards of the concrete wall flanking the car drive under the cliffs at Newcastle beach collapsed during…

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N.Z. FLOODS Roads Under Water Rescue Work

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 March 1935 · page 1

WELLINGTON (N.Z), Wednesday. Just over ono serious flood trouble, residents of the North Auckland District are again threatened by floods,…

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LARGS Heavy Thunderstorm LARGS

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 March 1935 · page 3

A heavy thunderstorm passed over on Monday night, and by Tuesday, 9 a.m., 120 points of rain were recorded. Light rain feil at intervals on Tuesday…

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Severe Thunderstorm

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 13 March 1935 · page 2

On Wednesday night at about 12.30 o'clock a thunderstorm of considerable violence swept, across the town. Conditions all the evening had looked…

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N.Z. Floods

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 March 1935 · page 2

The floods at North Auckland are the most severe that have been experienced for many years. Hundreds of…

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Storm Damage at Newcastle

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 15 March 1935 · page 2

About fifty yards of the concrete wall flanking the car drive under the cliffs at Newcastle beach collapsed during Monday night's rain storm…

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Storm at Branxton Branxton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 March 1935 · page 7

In the severe storm which broke over Branxton about 4.30 a.m. the morning, 50 points or rain were recorded…

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