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New England · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1934

284 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 15

Heavy Rain in Queensland

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 1 January 1934 · page 6

Reportsns from Northern Queensland in[?]te that very heavy rains have been expe[?]nced along the sugar belt. falls ranging from 440 to 800 points at…

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Storms Threatening Humid Weather at Armidale

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 1 January 1934 · page 4

The weather at Armidale during the week-end showed a tendency to assume its true summer function, and yesterday conditions were fine…

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Violent Storm at Kyogle

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 6

A cylo[?] disturbance visited Kyogle on Monday night, accompanied by a rainstorm of great intensity. Thick clouds of dust descended on the town…

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New Year Honours Storm in Canada OTTAWA

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 1

The bestowal of Canadian New Year honors threatens to result in a fierce storm when Parliament re-opens as it is contrary to the…

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Warm and Sultry Rain Follows Storm Brief Change Predicted

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 4

The warm, sunny weather which has been experienced since Monday was interrupted this afternoon, when a thunderstorms…

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New Year Honours Storm Brewing in Canada Ottawa

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 1

The bestowal of Canadian New Year honours threatens to result in a fierce storm when Parliament re-opens, as it is contrary to a resolution carried in…

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Train Derailed After Heavy Rain No Damage Luckily Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 1

Two engines and seven trucks of a goods train were derailed [?] and Borenore last night [?] the…

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Great Day at the Beardy Annual Swimming Carnival Sydney Men Compete a £100 Storm

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 2

For a number of years New Years Day has been set aside in Glen Innes for the annual Swimming Carnival. It is an event…

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Flood Rains Traffic Held Up Lightning Fires Haystack

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 4

On of the heaviest falls of rain in recent years was experienced at Deepwater last night. Waterways were flooded, and traffic on…

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The Motor World Keep Going in Storm

The Inverell Times · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 8

Referring to a recent instance of a car being struck by lightning near Murwillumbah, the chief engineer of the N. R. M. A. states that such cases…

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Terrific Storm Causes Excessive Damage Fierce South Westerly Demolishes Numerous Buildings

The Inverell Times · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 4

Lasted into a blinding fury by a fierce south -westerly, which quickly developed into gale force, a devastating storm on Wednesday afternoon enveloped the town and its immediate environments, in a veritable deluge, and left…

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Still Warm and Sultry Storm Yields 55 Points of Rain Further Showers Predicted

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 4

Compared with last summer Armidale has been comparatively free from thunderstorms this season, but a sharp, although brief,…

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Three Hundred Trapped by Alpine Storm in the Toils Imprisoned by Ice Predicament of Tourists Efforts To Relieve Sufferers Nice

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 1

Three hundred persons, including Britons and Americans and 30 children, were isolated in the village of Beuil at an…

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Born in Ambulance While Stalled in Flooded Mother and Babe Doing Well. Brisbane

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 1

A babe was born in an amb[?]ance car, which bad stalled in a flooded creek crossing at Upper Tallebudgera. during a heavy storm yesterday…

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Fierce Storm Damage In the City SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 1

A violent electrical storm was experienced in the city and suburbs last night, and heavy rain flooded the low-lying parts in…

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Heavy Rain Riverina Falls Many Places Flooded SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 1

Heavy rains have fallen practically throughout the Riverina, haystacks and wheat crops being damaged. At Ganmain the water overflowed…

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Cyclone in Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 6

Sydney and suburbs were swept late on Saturday afternoon and in the early hours o[?] Sunday morning by a cyclone which left in its path a trail of…

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Storms and Rain

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 2

Stormy conditions followed the few days of warmer weather with which the New Year was ushered in. Wednesday was the principal day…

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Stormy Week-end Heavy Rain on Saturday Weather Still Unsettled

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 4

A thunderstorm which passed over Armidale on Saturday night, yielding 91 points of rain, represented the city's share of the…

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Illawarra Deluge Campers Have Narrow Escape Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 1

A message from Wollongong reports extensive damage throughout the Illawarra district as the result of to rential rains. Many bridges have…

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