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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1935

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Floods Up North Two Lubras Drowned Man’s Narrow Escape Newcastle Waters

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 3

Forced by flood waters to abandon his motor-ear 10 miles north of Newcastle Waters, a man saved his life by wading through water up to…

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Deluge in Sydney Streets Flooded Several Black-outs Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 1

Shoppers were considerably inconvenienced tonight when a violent thunderstorm disrupted the electrical service in many suburbs…

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So This Is Summer! Storms in Victoria Flood Warnings Melbourne, Friday

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 1

Summer’s little burst of confidence on Wednesday has wilted under the influence of a fairly intense low pressure disturbance,…

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Heavy Rain in 2 States Downpour Welcomed District Benefits 164 Points at Lavington

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 1

The whole of Albury district has benefited from heavy down hours of rain which feel on Thursday afternoon and early…

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Gale Tosses ’Plane “Worse Than Tasman Flight” SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Monday 11 February 1935 · page 1

Struck by a violent gale and electrical storm yesterday when flying over Randwick, a plane piloted by Squadron-Leader T. W. White, was…

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Cyclone in Sydney Severe Damage Reported Suburban Areas Suffer SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Monday 11 February 1935 · page 1

After heavy rain had fallen practically throughout yesterday a terrific cyclone struck several suburbs shortly before mid-night…

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Victorian Floods Wide Areas Inundated Gippsland Suffers Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 12 February 1935 · page 1

Wide areas in Gippsland are under floodwaters through the heavy rains last week. The centre of the trouble is the…

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Burrumbuttock Vert Heavy Rain

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 13 February 1935 · page 5

On Thursday afternoon 53 points of rain fell in 15 minutes. That evening a severe thunderstorm was expert-fenced. Thunder and lightning were…

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Flood Danger Over Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 13 February 1935 · page 4

The Sanger of more serious floodings in Gippsland has now passed, with the contraction of rain, to far-eastern eastern districts. Only light amounts…

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Walwa Heavy Rain

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 14 February 1935 · page 5

Heavy rain; fell on Saturday, and 150 points were recorded. There was further rain that evening and the total registration was approximately…

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Airship Crashes Into Sea Another American Disaster All, But Two of Crew Saved Big Vessel Caught in Storm San Francisco February 12

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 14 February 1935 · page 3

Memories of the loss of the United States dirigible Akron at New Jersey in 1933, when 74 people were tilled, were recalled this evening when it was reported that the dirigible Macon had suffered a “bad casualty.” The craft had sent out a frantic S.O.S. saying it would alight on the…

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Flooding of Racing Track

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 14 February 1935 · page 2

At last evening’s meeting of the Albury Municipal Council, Mr. B. Peacock, secretary of the Albury Racing Club on behalf of the committee…

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Strange Sight at Wagga Deluge in Bright Sunshine

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 5
Also in The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express

There was a heavy downpour of rain at Wagga on Tuesday afternoon when a p[?]cullar phencmenon was witnessed. Without…

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More Electrical Storms in Sydney. Boy Drowned in Swollen River

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 2

Further storms took place in Sydney on Wednesday, and damage was done in the suburbs. A flash of lightning struck the high-tension wires at…

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Serious Hail Storm. On the Blue Mountains. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 1

During a terrific storm at Springwood last night hailstones were responsible for considerable damage. Roofs were punctured, window panes…

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Giant American Dirigible Wrecked in Storm. Only Two of Crew Missing

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 3

The American dirigible Macon, sister ship of the ill-fated Akron, plunged into the sea, off the Californian coast on Tuesday evening, and sank…

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Damage by Fireball Tannery Wrecked and Houses Suffer Fierce Storm Over Sydney

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 27

The tanning works of J. Bayley and Sons Ltd., in Lord-street, Botany (Sydney), were wrecked by a fireball during the height of a storm on Saturday…

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Gales in Britain London, February 16

Border Morning Mail · Monday 18 February 1935 · page 7

A sixty-mile—an-hour gale, which was accompanied by rain, swept Great Britain to-day The Orama and the Strathnawar were unable to [?]…

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Cyclone’s Great Force Maclean

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 21 February 1935 · page 1

A house occupied by the Jordan family, was blown completely off its blocks during last night’s cyclone The roof was lifted off and deposit…

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