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Mid North Coast · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1935

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Gold Lost From 'Plane Gale in British Isles

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 30 January 1935 · page 2

A furious gale, reaching a velocity of 90 miles an hour, and accompanied by storms of snow, sleet, rain and hail, is sweeping the British Isles…

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Storm Driven. Copyright

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 6 February 1935 · page 7

Here was the lodge of Dane Court, and now the wheels of the car scattered the gravel from the drive. Pat was standing at the entrance to the…

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Safest Plages in a Thunderstorm

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 2

What is the safest place in a thunderstorm? Lightning will do the most freakish things according to its mood and voltage It will wreck a home with…

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Wednesday's Storm. Severe Lightning and Heavy Rain

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 4

A fierce thunderstorm broke over Wingham about 1.30 pm. on Wednesday last. Heavy rain fell for over an hour, punctuated by vivid flashes of lightning…

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Safest Places in a Thunderstorm

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 19 February 1935 · page 1

What is the safest place in a thunderstorm? Lightning will do the most freakish things according to its mood and voltage. It will wreck a…

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Storm Fatality Mr. Thomas Gunn Killed. Struck by Lightning

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 20 February 1935 · page 4

Mr. Thomas Montrose Gunn, 53, a well known identity of this district, was struck dead by lightning in Tuesday afternoon's storm at Moparrabah,…

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Bellbrook Flood Gauge

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 20 February 1935 · page 4

Sir.—In your report of proceedings at the last meeting of the Shire Councile, a Councillor is reported as having stated that nothing had been done in…

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Severe Storms on the North Coast

Macleay Argus · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 4

Severe storms were experienced over practically the whole of the North Coast on Tuesday last. The Clarence River district came in for…

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Man Killed by Lightning Severe North Coast Storms

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 2

A man was killed by lightning, a woman received a severe shock and many houses were unroofed during the violent electric storms which…

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Severe Storms on Coast

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 23 February 1935 · page 6

A man was killed by lightning, a woman received a severe shock and many houses were unroofed during the violent electric storm which…

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Queensland Floods. Towns Isolated

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 6 March 1935 · page 2

Flood waters invaded the towns of Innisfail and Tully early on Saturday morning, and at Innisfail there are Indications of the flood being one of…

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Premier Meets Deputations. Flood Relief Proposals

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 2 April 1935 · page 2

The Premier on Friday afternoon visited the Kempsey Municipal Chambers, where a large and representative gathering of Kempsey, Lower…

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Flood Relief. Deputation to Premier

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 3 April 1935 · page 9

Friday afternoon, at Kempsey Council Chambers, a deputation of over fifty citizens waited on Premier Stevens to make representations in regard to…

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Flood Relief Scheme. Premier Takes Definite Action

Macleay Argus · Friday 5 April 1935 · page 4

On Tuesday last Mr. H. J. Stewart and Messrs. F. Leathley and Booth, Engineers respectively of the Macleay and Hastings Shire Councils, in…

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Flood Cutting

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 10 April 1935 · page 6

The Hon. L. O. Martin. M.L.A., reported that a sum of £250 had been provided for a survey of the proposed flood relief schemes…

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Reviews. "Storm So Ruinous."

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 20 April 1935 · page 3

The scene of Miss Finnemore' s first novel is the Chiltern country of England, and the subject the inception, development and final climax of a…

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Gippsland Floods

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 24 April 1935 · page 1

Further news of the East Gippsland floods says that rainfall on the watershed of the Tanjil and Latrobe rivers totalled fourteen inches over nine days…

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Macleay Flood Relief Works

Macleay Argus · Friday 3 May 1935 · page 4

Hon. Roy S. Vincent has received the following communication from the Under-Secretary of the Public Works Department: I am directed…

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400 Perish. Calamity in Brazil. Rain and Gales. Rio De Janeiro, May 5

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 7 May 1935 · page 2

Torrential rain, accompanied by gales, which have lashed the port of Bahia, capital of the State of Bahia, for the past five days, has taken…

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Electrical Storms. Kempsey Residents' Experience

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 15 May 1935 · page 3

During & severe electrical, storm on Sunday residents of Austral-street, Kempsey, had a terrifying experience. A vivid flash of lightning wrought…

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