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New England · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1932

227 stories in New England's papers · page 2 of 12

Bannockburn Shire Council Decide on Drastic Action To Collect Outstanding Rates Engineer Details Enormous Flood Damage £750 Voted For Urgent Works

The Inverell Times · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 6

Bannockburn Shire Council decided to take drastic action in regard to outstanding rates at yesterday's meeting. The discussion was held in committee, but later it was ascertained that the current rates collected…

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Fighting Bush Perils Value of Organised Effort Fires, Floods, 'Hoppers

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 18 January 1932 · page 6

The good work done recently by volunteer bush fire brigades is a good indication of what might lie done if the fire-fighting resources of the…

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Severe Storms K. Smith Delayed SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 19 January 1932 · page 1

Amalgamated Wireless Limited received a radio from Koepang last night stating that Kingsford Smith had returned there. It is believed he…

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Queensland Floods Business Dislocated BRISBANE

Guyra Argus · Thursday 21 January 1932 · page 5

Business at Innisfall is still dislocated owing to floods. and passengers arriving at railway stations are brought to town in rowing boats…

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Bridge Gone Traffic Blocked Floods in the North Brisbane

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 21 January 1932 · page 1

Portion of the railway bridge at Elliott River has been washed away by the flood waters. Through the traffic being…

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Queensland Rain Floods Receding BRISBANE

The Inverell Times · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 1

Rain is ceasing in North Queensland and the flooded rivers are falling…

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Gostwyck Shire Council Flood Damage at Kingstown Holiday For Bundarra Show

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 9

A report on the flood damage to the Kingstown Bridge was before the Gostwyck Shire Council monthly meeting on Wednesday…

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Thunderstorm

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 27 January 1932 · page 7

A heavy thunderstorm passed over Guyra on Sunday evening, over fifty points falling in half an hour…

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98 DEGREES Record For Glen Innes Storm Breaks Last Night

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 30 January 1932 · page 4

According to the records kept at the local post office, covering the past 10 years, yesterday was the record hot day for that period…

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Heavy Storms

The Uralla Times · Monday 1 February 1932 · page 1

Following the humid atmosphere of Saturday, a heavy worked up during the night. Sunday was again marked cy humid conditions, with a…

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Cooler Weather Storms, But Little Rain

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 4

Warm and cloudy conditions on Sunday and Monday resulted in stormy conditions working up at nightfall, but there was little rain…

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£40,000 DAMAGE Cyclone Strikes Narromine Many People Homeless Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 1

A cyclone of almost unprecedented severity struck the town of Narromine yesterday afternoon, doing tremendous damage,…

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Cyclone in West

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 5

Damage estimated at £40,000 was done by a cyclone which struck Narromine late on Monday afternoon. The Roman Catholic Church, the golf…

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The Golden Flood. The Sunrise from an Aeroplane

Guyra Argus · Thursday 4 February 1932 · page 4

As we soar aloft (writes a romantic writer, Bruce Gould) the air, with the morning chill on it, brushes fresh and Invigorating past us. Below shadows…

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Caused by a Thunderstorm

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 4 February 1932 · page 4

A medical practitioner, who specialises in nervous disease, informed a representative of the Brisbane '"Courier" that as a consequence of a…

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Disturbance Coming Dust-Storms Probable Unsettled Weather to Follow

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 4

According to the State Meteorologist, there is likely to be a change, in the next few days, from the sultry heat-wave…

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Through Drought, Fire, and Flood Droving ays Recalled Incidents in the Life of Mr. "Jim" Keenan Queensland in the Earlies

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 6

For a vivid picture of the "great open spaces" of Australia, of life amidst floods, drought and bushfires, of…

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Japanese Storm Troops Defy Bullets Under Heavy Barrage Japanese Effect landing. Bridges Blown Up Schools Protected by Troops Shanghai

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 8 February 1932 · page 1

The scene of the greatest hostilities shifted to-day from Chapei to Woosung area, where the Japanese are heavily engaged with Chinese troops strongly entrenched in the vicinity of the ruined fortifications…

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Angry Crowd Storms Council Chamber Intrusion Resented Waratah Disturbance Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 10 February 1932 · page 1

Nearly two hundred unemployed marched to the Town Hall at Waratah, Newcastle, last night, to demand action…

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Effect of Thunderstorms

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 10 February 1932 · page 3

A medical practitioner, who specialises in nervous disease, informed a representative of the Brisbane "Courier" that as a consequence of a…

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