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New England · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1929

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Severe Storms in Sydney. Several Seriocs Accidents Reported. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 6 February 1929 · page 4

Considerable damage was done Sydney and suburbs last night, during heavy thunderstorms. Many low-lying parts were quickly submerged, and…

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Storm Damage Fierce Lightning Bridges and Fences Washed Away Hundreds at Sheep Drowned [?] GATE

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 7 February 1929 · page 1

A violed[?] which swept the town [?] considerable damage to[?] The Railway Hotel was [?] by lightning. Half…

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Flood Rain 5 Indies at Furracabad Creeks a Banker Horses Replace Motors

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 7 February 1929 · page 4

Further storm rains fell in Glen Innes yesterday, bringing the total registration since the break to about four…

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Visit of Area Commissioner. Inspection of Storm-water Channel

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 9 February 1929 · page 12

The Railway Area Commissioner, Mr. W. C. Quinton, with staff, met the Mayor and Aldermen of the City Council on Wednesday morning, in…

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Floods

The Uralla Times · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 4

All rivers from Gloucester to Bellingen were in a flooded state at the week-end, and great damage was caused…

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Coastal Floods Trains Cancelled Waters and Landslides SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 1

The North Coast railway north of Taree is still blocked by flood waters and landslides. The North Coast mail, which was to have left at 8.30…

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North Coast Country Swept By Big Flood Cannibalism! Wrecked on Ice Floe Smugglers' Adventure HELSINGFORS

The Inverell Times · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 1

The newspaper "Hafvudstad Bladet" reports that four suspected alcohol smugglers were shipwrecked on ice in the Gulf-of Finland…

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Storm Showers North-West Benefits

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 12 February 1929 · page 1

Further storms have occurred in parts of the Glen Innes district, and though the registration at the local post office for the 48 hours ended 9…

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Another Flood Victim Swimming the Manning SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 12 February 1929 · page 1

A message from Wingham states that a immigrant lad named Nuttall was swimming across the river on the Upper Manning when he sank and…

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North Floods Drowning Fatalities Enormous Damage Buildings Carried Away SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 12 February 1929 · page 8

Floods on the North Coast have caused enormous damage, all rivers from Gloucester to Bellington [?] affected…

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Big Floods on North Coast. Railways Held Up; Roads Impassable. Two Men Drowned

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 February 1929 · page 2

Floods on the North Coast have caused enormous damage, all rivers from Gloucester to Bellingen being…

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Latest Telegrams and Cables [Through our Metropolitan Agents.] SYDNEY, Monday. Floods North Coast Suffers

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 February 1929 · page 1

The North Coast railway north of [?] is [?] blocked by flood [?] [?]…

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The Sick King. Raging Gales And Cold. LONDON

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 13 February 1929 · page 1

A sixty mile gale raged around Craigwell House until dawn, when the sun rose in a clear sky. Despite earlier sleeplessness the King's…

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North Coast Floods. Youth Drowned. Mail Train 29 Hours Late. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 13 February 1929 · page 4

The North Coast mail arrived in Sydney at 11.30 last night, 29 hours late, as the result of being held up by floods…

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North Coast Floods. Youth Drowned. Mail Train 29 Hours Late. Sydney

Guyra Argus · Thursday 14 February 1929 · page 2

The North Coast mail arrived in Sydney at 11.30 last night, 29 hours late, as the result of being held up by floods…

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The Floods Soldier Settlers' Plight Stock Starving Hawkesbury Falling SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 14 February 1929 · page 1

The Government has been requested to grant free rail carriage for fodder to the soldier settlement areas in the territory swept by floods,…

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Grey Street Flood Torrential Rain the North's Wet Season

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 14 February 1929 · page 4

As a result of torrential rain the greater part of Grey Street was covered by water on Tuesday night. It was with difficulty that…

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Traffic Held Up Flooded Creeks on Grafton Road

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 14 February 1929 · page 4

Swollen creeks on the Glen Innes Grafton Road have made travelling on that road a most joyless venture during the past few days. Up till…

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The North Coast Deluge

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 2

At Kempsey over 24 incites of rain in a week At Wauchope over 30 incites. These two facts explain the tremendous floods,that have occurred in those districts…

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The Sick King. Raging Gales And Cold

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 2

A sixty mile gale, raged around Craigwell House until dawn, when the sun rose in a clear sky. Despite carlier sleeplessness the King's…

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