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New England · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1928

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180 Points in an Hour £1000 Flood Damage Claimed

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 14 January 1928 · page 5

When 180 points of rain fell recently in an hour, the Big Hill on the Armidale-Kempsey road suffered severely…

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Flood Tragedy. Little Girl Drowned in Backyard

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 14 January 1928 · page 12

Patricia Margaret Patrick, who would have attained her third birthday an March 2, was drowned under tragic circumstances at Murwillumbah…

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Storm at Wagga Girl Receives Shock

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 17 January 1928 · page 7

The heat-wave, which had continued over the Wagga district for some weeks, broke on Friday afternoon, when a heavy thunderstorm occurred…

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Terrific Storm. Woman's Head Cat by Hail. ROCKHAMPTON

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 18 January 1928 · page 4

A terrific hailstorm has passed over the city and district,doing great damage to pineapples. Dairy cattle suffered terribly, while poultry on…

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District Roads Much Storm Damage Helping the School Children

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 19 January 1928 · page 3

Mr. S. H. Smith, Under Secretary, Department of Education, wrote to Tuesday's Severn Shire Council meeting in reference to the unsatisfactory…

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Ungarie Flooded Damage to Railway Line SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 19 January 1928 · page 5

As a result of the heavy rain which fell yesterday, considerable damage has been done in the Wyalong and Lake Cargellico area. Parts of the…

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Storm Damage

The Inverell Times · Friday 20 January 1928 · page 4

The heavy hail and rain storm which visited parts of Bannockburn Shire on Monday night last occasioned a fair amount of damage to the…

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Anglican Storm Canon Rogers' Opinion LONDON

The Inverell Times · Friday 20 January 1928 · page 1

The rector of Birmingham, Canon Rogers, one of the leading clergymen in Bishop Bare's diocese, expresses the opinion that if the laity were…

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Terrific Thunderstorm. Melbourne Streets Flooded. MELBOURNE

The Inverell Times · Friday 20 January 1928 · page 1

A terrific thunderstorm passed over the city aud suburbs last night. All the streets were inundated, and within a few minutes traffic was…

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Heavy Rain Widespread Falls 110 Point in Glen Innes

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 4

The rain during the past few days has been of a very general character, and heavy falls have been registered throughout the greater part of…

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Heavy Storm

The Uralla Times · Monday 23 January 1928 · page 2

On Friday the weather conditions were humid, and in the afternoon a widespread bank of storm clouds had collected to the south…

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Last Night's Storms Mann River Up 'Phones Disorganised

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 24 January 1928 · page 4

All parts of the district report very heavy rains, as a result of storms, yesterday, last night and this morning…

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Tenterfield Suffers. In Heavy Had Storm

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 24 January 1928 · page 4

On Friday afternoon last one of the severest hall storms that has over been experienced in the Tenterfield district passed over the town and out…

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The Parks Flooded

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 24 January 1928 · page 4

The rain during and after the in[?]hour to-day brought the park street down a banker. The water at [?] was [?]…

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Flood Rains Cloudburst Near Glencoe Touring Car Washed Away Swollen Rivers--smashed Crops

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 24 January 1928 · page 4

Torrential rains have been recorded in various parts of the district in the last two days. From all quarters come stories of swollen rivers, hail-battered crops, and demolished fences…

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In Flooded Creek Touring Party Caught Near Glencoe Car Swept Bodily Down Stream Wall of Water Overwhelms Stationary Motor

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 24 January 1928 · page 4

A [?]table [?]va[?]he of water passing a stationary car in a [?]ji ca[?]way an whirling it [?]ds of yards down…

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A Hold-up River Flooded

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 24 January 1928 · page 4

Though the Beardy River was normal at about noon yesterday a little more than an hour later it was runing a banker. For a couple of hours…

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Storms. Throughout the North. Armidale Downpour

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 25 January 1928 · page 4

Storms of varying severity have passed over Armidale during the past few days, but the heaviest occurred on Friday evening last when for ten or…

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In Flooded Creek. Car Swept Bodily Down Stream. Wall of Water Overwhelms Stationary Motor

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 25 January 1928 · page 4

A veritable avalanche of Water catching a stationary car in a small causeway and whirling it hundreds of yards…

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Black Tuesday Memorable Day of Storm Imp Flood Many Crops Ruined Rain Three to Six Inches

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 26 January 1928 · page 4

TUESDAY last will not soon be forgotten in Glen Innes-- it was in very truth a "Black Tuesday." Torrential rain, accompanied in some parts by terrific hail, wrought great damage, and the aggregate loss in the district must be…

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