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New England · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1928

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Forty Dead in U.S. Blizzard and Snow Storms Usher in New Year

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 5

America's New Year was ushered in by severe blizzards, snowstorms, and a temperature below zero. As a result of the boisterous…

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Floods at Lithgow. Street Like a River. SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 1

A terrific storm passed over Lithgow district yesterday. All lowlying binds are submerged and the main street resembles a river…

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Flooded Out. Duchess of York

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 1

Owing to the flooded state of the roads, the Duches of York was prevented from returning to London from Welwayn, where she had been stoppong…

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Storm Floods Glen Innes Terrific Downpour Fortunately Little Hall

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 7 January 1928 · page 4

The clouding of the sky to almost darkness this morning heralded a vicious storm. For some time before the downpour most business places…

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Sharp Storm at Kingstown. Greeks Flooded

The Uralla Times · Monday 9 January 1928 · page 2

A heavy storm occurred at Kingstown last Saturday, working up from the west and following the hills towards Torryburn…

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Britain's Night of Terror. Many 0Deaths by Gale

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 January 1928 · page 8

After blizzards and floods, Britishers were beginning to think that this winter was exceptional when the country was again…

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Cattle Suffer Bruised and Bleeding Terrific Hail Storm Crops and Grass Cut Down Car Washed Down Stream

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 10 January 1928 · page 4

Information to hand indicates that Saturday's hail storm was probably the severest ever experienced in the district…

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Flyers Leave For N. Z. Birtles Turns Up the Thames Floods Due to Tidal Bore Highest Tide Ever Reporded LONDON

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 10 January 1928 · page 1

Lord Desborough, chairman of the Taomes Conservancy Board, expresses the opinion that the floods are not due to the Thames waters but to a…

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London Floods Hundreds Homeles

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 10 January 1928 · page 7

Hundreds of homeless and scantily clad people, including many children, crowded into the relief depot at Horse Ferry Road yesterday, where…

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A Flooded Crossing Travellers' Perilous Experience

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 10 January 1928 · page 4

The heavy rain of last Saturday was the cause of much loss and inconvenience. One party travelling on the Northern Road had an experience…

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Storms. Hail on the Clarence

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 11 January 1928 · page 8

The severity of Saturday's [?]ailstorms along the Clarence Valley became known on Sunday morning when reports from lower river…

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House Collapses. During Violent Storm. Brisbane

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 11 January 1928 · page 4

During a heavy storm at Dagun (Queensland), three members of a family named Gommersall were injured when their house was lifted off…

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Flooded River. Fishermen's Escape

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 11 January 1928 · page 8

While on a fishing expedition in the Hillgrove falls country, Messrs. J. M'Gregor and J. M'Watters had a miraculous escape from drowning…

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Flooded Creeks at Kingstown

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 11 January 1928 · page 8

A heavy storm occurred at Kingstown on Saturday, working up from the west and following the hills towards Torryburn. Although only about…

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Flooded River. Fishermen's Escape

Guyra Argus · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 2

While on a fishing expedition in the Hillgrove falls country, Messrs. J. M'Gregor and J. M. Watters hud a miraculous escape from drowning…

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River Flooded Traffic Held Up

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 2

Three good falls of rain were registered at Deepwater during the past week, 78 points Friday morning 78 points on Saturday morning and…

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Mallee Dust a Victorian Storm. Town in Darkness. MELBOURNE

The Inverell Times · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 1

One of the worst dust storms in the history of Ouyen in the Mallee, began at 7 o 'clock last night, casting a mantle of darkness over the whole…

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London Flood. Preventing Recurrence. LONDON

The Inverell Times · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 1

After personal inquiries into the London flood, the Prime Minister, Mr. Baldwin, has summoned a conference of Government Departments and local…

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Flooded Crossing. Perilous Experience

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 5

Heavy rain of last Saturday was the cause of much loss and inconvenience. One party travelling on the…

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Heavy Storms Clarence District Suffers Maize Crops Stripped

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 14 January 1928 · page 5

The thunderstorms which, accompanied by a strong wind and heavy hail, passed over the Clarence district on Friday afternoon last,…

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