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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1933

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Storm Sweeps Narrabri

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 15

A violent windstorm swept the Narrabri district accompanied by vivid lightning and thunder. Little rain fell, Narrabri registering only 33 points…

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Severe Dust Storm at Ganmain

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 4

A terrific dust storm enveloped the Ganmain district on Tuesday. Nothing so bad has been experienced for 20 years, and households later were…

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Fierce Gales in South. Great Damage in Victoria. MELBOURNE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 1

A fierce gale swept Victoria, yesterday, doing a vast amount of damage in many districts. In Melbourne, the streets were…

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A Fatal Storm. Man Killed by Fallen Tree. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 3

Ten minutes after five men had taken refuge from an approaching storm in a tent at Benalbo, near Casino, a tree was uprooted by the wind…

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Storm Likely Loan Council Meeting N. S. W. Premier May Cause Surprises

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 14 January 1933 · page 3

Although the purpose of the Loan Council meetings starting on February 1, is to devise a method of raising £6,000,000 to finance the Government…

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Murray Flooding Pental Island Plans

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 14 January 1933 · page 1

Concern was expressed by member of the Council of Agricultural Education at a meeting on Friday at the proposals of the Water Supply…

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Violent Thunderstorm

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 14

A violen thunderstorm struck Narrabri, in the north-west, shortly after midday on Sunday, causing damage estimated at several thousand pounds…

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Grass Fires. Widespread Outbreaks Unprecedented Thunderstorms. a Record Breaking Series

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 4

The oldest inhabitant cannot remember seeing such widespread thunderstorms, or lightning which was so persistent and so efficient in…

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Severe Thunderstorm Heavy Rain Over District

The Independent · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 1

Following on the thunderstorm which passed over Deniliquin district in the early hours of Friday morning, another much more severe…

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Dry Thunder Storm [?] Many Grass Fires

The Independent · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 1

[?] understorms, with particularly severe lighting, which [?] and Deniliquin districts in the early hours of [?] responsible for many outbreaks of fire occurring. [?] that thirty fires started in the two districts,…

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Terrific Storm in Sydney Damage Estimated at Thousands of Pounds Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 3

A terrific storm swept Sydney and suburbs this morning. All low-lying parts were quickly flooded, and damage to furniture, fences, houses and…

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Storm in Melbourne. Heavy Rain and Hail. MELBOURNE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 3

A terrific rainstorm took place last night, and flooded, all the low-lying areas in a few minutes. Thousands of pedestrians were held…

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Severe Storms and Heavy Rain Many Fatal Accidents in New South Seven People Lose Their Lives at Stanwell Park Stock Tanks Replenished

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 8

THE heaviest and most serviceable rain for three months occurred over the greater part of New South Wales between the week-end and Tuesday. The fall in the rural districts was about equal to the total for the preceding three months. At Albury there was a registration of an…

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Storm at Griffith

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 8

Violet storms, with, wind, rain, severe thunder and lightning and some hail occurred at Griffith, commencing on Friday and continuing through the…

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Storm at Walla

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 44

Residents of Walla were alarmed by the vivid lightning which accompanied heavy thunderstorms on Tuesday evening. It is said that the lightning, was…

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Sydney's Storm Ten People Killed

The Independent · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 1

In the severe storm which lashed the coast of New South Wales on Sunday night and Monday, tem people lost their lives, five were…

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Severe Storm at Walbundrie Sheds and Stacks Unroofed

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 1

After a seasonable summer, in which little rain fell for several months, thundery weather set in at Walbundrie during the week end with…

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Storm at Toowoomba Five Inches of Rain; Stock Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 10

A severe storm swept Toowoomba (Qud.), when rain fell in torrents, and the water passed through a number of shops. Pour to five inches of rain were…

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Seven Campers Drowned Overwhelmed by Flood Waters Landslide Buries Hut

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 8

Overwhelmed by flood waters in the middle of Sunday night, seven persons were drowned at the Stanwell Park camping ground, and their bodies…

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North Queensland Floods

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 February 1933 · page 33

Many rivers are in high flood following more torrential rain on the far north coast of Queensland. At Innisfail, where 19 inches fell in three…

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