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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1935

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Jingellic a Severe Storm

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 January 1935 · page 5

Heavy rain accompanied at times wind of sale force, fell on Saturday night and Sunday. The lightning exceptionally severe A cross…

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Victorian Flood Victims Generous Stock Donations Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 January 1935 · page 4

Among the many generous donations of stock made to Victims of the recent floods five trucks of dairy cattle, Including…

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Town Flooded When Dam Bursts Muswellbrook Water Under Walcha Residents Spend Anxious Night SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 January 1935 · page 4

Tons of water to-day were released when a dam at Decuman near Muswellbrook. broke under the strain of flood waters and…

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Kergunyah a Severe Storm

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 17 January 1935 · page 5

A heavy storm passed over the district on Sunday, and SO points of rain fell making a total of 87 for the week-end. At Kergunyah north and…

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Floods in State More Rain Falls Several Towns Isolated SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 17 January 1935 · page 1

The Stale Meteorologist (Mr. Mares) said to-day that as weather conditions remained unsettled further heavy rain was…

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Tank Floods Store Damage Estimated at £6000 MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 17 January 1935 · page 3

When a large tank burst on the seventh floor .of Craig, Williamson Pty. Ltd.’s store, Elizabeth street, City last night. the upper floors were…

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Heavy Rain Causes £10,000 Damage at Orange

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 5

Torrential rain, which fell over the Orange district on Monday afternoon, caused serious floodings and damage to property estimated at more than…

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Telegraph Poles Down Cyclone Unroofs Buildings

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 38

A cyclonic storm passed over a strip of country half a mile in width at Baddaginnie (Vic.) on Saturday night. Accompanied by vivid…

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Harvesting Operations Appreciably Delayed by Storms

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 27

The monthly crop report of the New South Wales Department of Agriculture states that rainfall registrations in most parts of the wheat areas were…

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Poutry and Sheep Killed by Severe Storms

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 2

Many parts of N.S.W. experienced exceptionally heavy rain on Monday, several inches being recorded in some centres. In the Holbrook district…

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Storm at Wagga Water Enters Houses

Border Morning Mail · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 9

As the result of a severe thunderstorm which broke over Wagga in the early hours of yesterday morning, water entered several houses on the…

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Terrific Storm Steamer Buffeted Worst Yet Experienced, Officers Say DARWIN

Border Morning Mail · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 9

The worst storm in memory of all officers was experienced off the coast of the Northern Terrible by the steamer M[?] which…

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Air Liner in Storm Aviation Officials Puzzled Report of Mishap Ordered Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 6

A report on the mishap to the Imperial Airway’s liner Athena, which became lost on its flight to Darwin yesterday, has been called for by the…

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Man Drowned Swept From Car in Swirling Flood Waters

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 33

When a motor car was enveloped by flood waters in a creek on the outskirts of Bathurst curly Monday evening, Ernest Flynn, of Bathurst, was…

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Flood Relief

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 5

The Premier (Mr. Stevens) issued instructions to the police that relief should be afforded to necessitous cases in the flood areas. He said he was…

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Town Flooded When Dam Bursts Muswellbrook Under Water Walcha Residents Spend Anxious Night

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 8

Tons of water on Tuesday were released when a dam at Denman, near Muswellbrook, broke under the strain of flood waters and allowed a rushing…

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Victorian Flood Victims Generous Stock Donations

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 8

Among the many generous donations of stock, made to victims of the recent floods, in Victoria five trucks of dairy cattle, including three pedigreed…

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Rain Flood in the North. Boggabilla Isolated. SYDNEY, Friday Afternoon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 2

The railway lines and roadways connecting Boggabilla with the outside world are now completely under water and closed to [?] The town…

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Boy Drowned at Gunnedah. Crossing Flood Waters. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 2

John Allen (12), was riding his pony through the floodwaters, at Gunnedah, when the animal stumbled in a deep hole. The boy, who was…

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Man Drowned at Little Billabong Worst Flood in History of District

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 5

When the cloudburst occurred in the Little Billabong district on Sunday afternoon last ever three inches of rain fell in less than an…

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