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Mid North Coast · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1939

61 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 1 of 4

Flood Control

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 2

Those who have kept pace the past year with the many proposals to save the deteriorating dam at Burrinjuck will find some interesting figures in the…

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What to do in a Storm

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 10 January 1939 · page 4

If out of doors, trees should be avoided, and if, from the rapidity with which, the explosion follows the flash it should be evident that the…

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What to do in a Storm Keep Away From Trees

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 11 January 1939 · page 1

If out of doors, trees should be avoided, and if, from the rapidity with which the explosion follows the flash, it should be evident that the electric clouds are…

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"Storm Over Everest," a Play

Macleay Argus · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 7

The Himilayas are the greatest range of mountains on the surface of the earth, and Mount Everest is the highest peak of that range. Since…

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Latest Telegrams. Floods at Kalgoorlie. Kalgoorlie

Macleay Argus · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 5

Damage to local government and public works estimated at £5000 was caused and 2000 men temporarily thrown out of employment when four…

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"Storm Over Everest" a Play

The Northern Champion · Saturday 14 January 1939 · page 8

The Himalayas are the greatest range of mountains on the surface of the earth, and Mount Everest is the highest peak of that range. Since 1852 many…

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Destructive Storm at Kalgoorlie and Boulder £50,000 Damage. Sydney

The Northern Champion · Saturday 14 January 1939 · page 4

Kalgoorlie: Damage to Local "Government and public works, estimated at £50,000, was caused, and 2000 men are temporarily thrown out of employment…

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Floods

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 6

While fire was devastating many parts of eastern Australia water was demonstrating its destructive power in the golden west At Kalgoorlie…

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Storm Rains Shortly. Herald of Normal Wet Season

Macleay Argus · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 5

Mr. Inigo Jones writing to the "Courier Mail" under date of January 4th, says: The storms cyclically due about January 10 may be…

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Six Planes Crash. in Fog and Storm. London

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 5

There were six crashes of R.A.F. machines to-day, involving the death of four persons. A bomber crashed on lop of a…

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Current Topics. Town Wrecked by Cyclone

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 2

Houses were wrecked, trees uprooted, telephone and telegraph lines smashed down, and a number of persons injured in a terrific wind storm…

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"Wide Open Faces." Laughs Flood Joe E. Brown's Newest Movie

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 4

There is much gaiety on the screen of the Mayfair Theatre these days, for Joe E. Brown is back, and he has brought with him a rib-tickling story,…

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Terrific Storm Near Wingham. Mr. J. B. Richardson Injured Pinned Under Ruins of Shed

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 4

Serious damage was caused by a terrific storm which passed over Dingo Creek and the area adjacent thereto on Wednesday afternoon last…

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Organising the Nation Defence, Fires, Floods. Mr. Bruxner's Plan. Plea for Great Voluntary Effort

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 4

Plans for the organisation of the civilian population to meet an emergency were outlined to-day at a conference of metropolitan local…

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Terrific Storm Near Wingham. Mr. J. B. Richardson Injured. Pinned Under Ruins of Shed

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 4

Serious damage was caused by a terrific storm which passed over Ding Creek and the area adjacent thereto on Wednesday afternoon last…

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Terrific Storm Near Wingham. Mr. J. B. Richardson Injured. Pinned Under Ruins of Shed

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 4 February 1939 · page 6

Serious damage was caused by a terrific storm which passed over Dingo Creek and the area adjacent thereto on Wednesday afternoon of last week…

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The Flying Doctor A Romance of Cloncurry (Published by Arrangement with N.S.W. Bookstall Company, Ltd.) (Copyright.) Chapter Xxi. The Storm

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 11 February 1939 · page 2

Ann was standing aimlessly by the Packard, at a complete loss to know what to do. A maid had rushed down to the car,…

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Gale Sweeps Victorian Coast Melbourne

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 28 February 1939 · page 5

When a fierce south-westerly gale swept the Victorian coast-line many ships in Bass Strait and Tasman sea were forced to heave to. Extensive…

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Storms in Victoria Threat of Floods Fishing Boats Sunk. Sydney

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 2

When a fierce south-westerly gale swept the Victorian coastline many ships in Bass Strait and the Tasman Sea were forced to heave to. Extensive…

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Rice Crop Saved. Local Flooding in South-West

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 4 March 1939 · page 10

The splendid rains in the early part of the week have broken the drought in the far west, the Rivcrina, and the central and south-western slopes…

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