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New England · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1932

227 stories in New England's papers · page 10 of 12

Heavy Rain Play Held Up PERTH

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 22 October 1932 · page 1

Heavy rain, which fell almost the whole of last night, converted the cricket ground into a quagmire…

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Note Carried 40 Miles by Storm

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 26 October 1932 · page 3

Mr. Clancy, a North Arm (Queensland) farmer, was picking beans on his property about a mile from the township, last week, and came upon a…

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Caught by Flood Waters

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 26 October 1932 · page 3

Word from Melbourne states that several residents of Trafalgar who went out to inspect a large area of flood, waters near the town found Dr…

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A News-link. Summary of Important Hap. Penings in Yesterday's Wires. Storm at Roma

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 28 October 1932 · page 6

A fierce storm strock the township of Roma on Wednesday afternoon, wrecking many private residences. Several houses were unroofed and…

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Another Storm Great Growing Weather

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 1 November 1932 · page 4

Great banks of clouds to the south-west created a fear that we were in for a deluge last night, but fortunately, only 10…

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Sharp Storm Hail and Thunder Dull, Showery Weather Ahead

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 4 November 1932 · page 4

A thunderstorm, accompanied by a short, but severe, fall of hail passed ever Armidale about noon it day, occaasioning a drop in the…

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STORMS Almost Daily Event

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 5 November 1932 · page 5

The higher temperatures of the last few days have caused stormy conditions, and on Thursday and yesterday great inconvenience…

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Summer Days Very Even Temperatures Storms and Showers Predicted

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 7 November 1932 · page 4

Summer weather prevailed during the week-end, and a notable feature of the last three days has been the evenness of the pera…

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Flood Tide Balloting in U.S.A. Choosing President a Serious Business New York

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 9 November 1932 · page 1

The flood-tide of balloting, threatening to over-ride even the new high total of four years ago, inundated United States polling places today…

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Twelve Killed And Many Injured Gale at Havana Havana

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 10 November 1932 · page 1

At least 12 persons are known to be killed and more than a hundred injured and many houses destroyed to-day, when a…

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Heavy Storm

The Uralla Times · Thursday 17 November 1932 · page 1

A very heavy fall of rain occurred at Uralla on Monday last, the result of a thunderstorm. Ninety points were recorded for the day, the bulk of…

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Missed Out! No Storm Yesterday Higher Temperatures

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 17 November 1932 · page 5

On Tuesday night a heavy shower fell in Glen Innes, from a storm which worked back from an easterly direction. At the local post office…

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Heavy Weather. Rain and Gale Damage in Queensland BRISBANE

The Inverell Times · Monday 21 November 1932 · page 1

The wheat crops on the Darling Downs have been extensively damaged by rain. Three inches fell in half an hour…

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Terrific Storm

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 21 November 1932 · page 5

A terrific rainstorm om panied by severe thunder and lightning passed over the metropolitan are yesterday morning Between 7.20…

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Wheat Crops Damaged Heavy Rain on Darling Downs. Brisbane

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 21 November 1932 · page 1

Wheat crops on the Darling Downs were extensively damaged by rain. Three inches fell in a half-hour at Rockhampton, flooding parts of the…

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Storm at Glen Innes

The Inverell Times · Monday 21 November 1932 · page 4

A fierce storm occurred in the Glen Innes district on Friday night, and in consequence many parts were flooded, while the hail which accompanied it…

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Drenching Rains Accompany Violent Storms Close, Steamy Weather

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 21 November 1932 · page 4

Severe thunderstorms with warm, sultry conditions in between have been experienced in Armidale since Friday last. On…

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Heavy Storm City Suffers Telephone Lines Dislocated. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 21 November 1932 · page 1

During yesterday's heavy storm more than 900 telephones were dislocated. When the Petersham police station was struck by lightning, damage…

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Storm in Sydney Damage Done Struck by Lightning SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Monday 21 November 1932 · page 1

During yesterday's heavy storm more than 800 telephones were dislocated. When the Petersham police station…

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Terrific Storm.—Several Trees Struck

The Uralla Times · Thursday 24 November 1932 · page 1

Mr. F. Li. Taylor informs us that a terrific electric storm occurred at Prospect last Friday night. The lightning was the worst in all his…

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