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New England · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1928

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Queensland Floods. Two Lives Lost. BRISBANE

The Inverell Times · Monday 23 April 1928 · page 1

Two more lives have been lost in the Queensland floods, namely, Thomas Major, aged eight, Who was drowned at Graceville and a man…

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Big Floods Tremendous Damage. Mt. Morgan In Darkness. ROCKHAMPTON

The Inverell Times · Monday 23 April 1928 · page 1

Tremendous damage has resulted from the recent heavy flood, following torrential rains. The police rescued 150 people in Rockhampton…

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Queensland Floods Rivers Still Rising Fitzroy Up 24 Feet Farm Family Overwhelmed Brisbane

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 1

There is still no trace of Lawrence Muldoon, owner of a farm near Fletcher's Creek, which was practically destroyed by floods. A family named…

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Queensland Floods. Two More Deaths

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 1

Two more lives have been lost in the Queensland floods, namely, Thomas Major, aged 8, who was drowned at Graceville, and a man named Werton,…

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Latest Wires Queensland Floods. Tremendous Damage. BRISBANE, Monday Afternoon

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 4

A Rockhampton message,states that tremendous damage has resulted from the recent heavy floods following the torrential rains…

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Bremen Now Ready to Hop off the Ice Roaring Waters Flood Victims Queensland Experiences. ROCKHAMPTON

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 25 April 1928 · page 1

The body of a man named Muldoon who, with a family named Williams, was missing at Gelobera, has been found in the bed of a creek half a…

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Father [?]Ters Mississipi in Flood. City Streets Inundated. MONTREAL

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 25 April 1928 · page 1

Tributaries of the Mississippi are again overflowing and have caused grevious distress in many sections of Alabama and other States. The flood…

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Whole Family Wiped Out. Queensland Flood Tragedies. Fitzroy River 24 Feet Deep. Brisbane

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 25 April 1928 · page 4

A family of six, named Williams, and the owner of the farm, Lawrence Muldoon, are still missing at Fletcher's Creek (Queensland). It is believed that they were carried away by the flood waters and drowned…

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Whole Family Wiped Out. Queensland Flood Tragedies. Fitzroy River 24 Feet. Deep. Brisbane

Guyra Argus · Thursday 26 April 1928 · page 5

A family of six, named Williams, and the owner of the farm, Lawrence Muldoon, are still missing at Fletcher's Creek (Queensland). It is believed that they were carried away by the flood waters and drowned…

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The Floods Nine Missing Cotton Pickers on Farm Another Body Recovered Tremendous Losses Brisbane

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 26 April 1928 · page 1

It it feared that a tragedy as a result of the floods hat occurred at Dundalba, at the farm of R. Baker, who, with…

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Another Deluge. Jupiter Works Overtime at Dorrigo

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 6

The flood gates have been opened again, the district has been drenched afresh by another dozen inches or more, the creeks and…

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Flood Victims Queensland Experiences

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 2

The body of a man named Muldoon who, with a family named Williams, was missing at Gelobera, has been found in the bed of a creek half a…

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Two Bodies Found. Queensland Flood Victims. BRISBANE

The Inverell Times · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 1

Two more bodies, believed to be those of Mrs. Williams, junr., and the remaining child of the family, who [?]…

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Latest Telegrams and Cables [Through ou[?] Metropolitan Agents.] SYDNEY, Thursday. Queensland Floods. More Lives Lost

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 1

Brisbane.—It is feared that a tragedy, as the result of [?]oods, has occurred at Dundulla, at the farm of R. Baker, who, with his wife, had been held up…

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Drowned in Flooded Creek. New Koreelah Resident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 5

While attempting to cross New Koree lah Creek on his way home about six o'clock the other evening, Horace Barnett is understood to have been…

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Queensland Floods Thousand of Stock Destroyed

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 28 April 1928 · page 4

After having spent three days and nights on an improvised platform placed on trees, two of the nine cotton pickers who were…

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Queensland Floods. Harrowing Scenes

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 28 April 1928 · page 4

The last ray of hope for the safety of Mr. Muldoon and his employees, who, it was surmised, had been swept away at Gelobera on Saturday night,…

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Toll of the Flood. Two More Bodies Recoverel. Brisbane

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 28 April 1928 · page 6

Two more bodies, a woman and a child, have been recovered from the flood waters at Globera (Queensland). It is reported that at the State Coal…

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Flood Perils Shooting or Drownng? Many Narrow Escapes ROCKHAMPTON

The Inverell Times · Monday 30 April 1928 · page 1

During the recent flood two Greeks found themselves trapped by the rushing torrent near the Don River. One attempted to shoot himself in order…

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N. Z. Gale-swept AUCKLAND

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 1 May 1928 · page 1

There were heavy gales in parts of New Zealand last night. Auckland water front suffered severely, the damage being estimated at…

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