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New England · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1934

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Storms on Coast Special Warning Issued Sydney

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

The Weather Bureau to-day issued a warning to shipping that violent storms are expected along the coast…

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Victims of Storm Woman and Child Drowned Sydney

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

Mrs. Florence Germyne (34), of Weston, and Bernice Ellis (7), of Kurri Kurri, were drowned when a boat overturned at Hexham…

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Strom Fiend Takes Toll of Nine Lives Disastrous Storm Ravages Coast Fatalities Reported in Two States Nine Persons Lost in Swirling Waters. Two Others Missing Believed to Be Drowned. Sydney

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

Violent storms which swept New South Wales and Queensland during the week-end left a trail of tragedy. Nine persons lost their lives, while two others are missing and are believed to be dead…

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Heroic Youth Drowned Thrilling Rescue in Whirling Waters Bathers Trapper in Flooded Nymboida Armidale Schoolgirl's Escape Grafton

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

William McCarthy, aged 13, was drowned in a gallant attempt to rescue two persons who had been trapped by the…

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Floods at Moruya Many Homes Inundated Farmer Swept to His Death Campers Seek Refuge in Town Sydney

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

Serious floods are reported at Moruya, where the river has overflowed its banks, inundating a large area of the…

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Boy Drowned Swept Away By Flood Waters Sydney

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

William Clark, aged 12, was swimming in the Mulwaree River at Goulburn when he was swept away by raging flood waters caused by the…

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Extensive Damage Disastrous Storm in Queensland Family Marooned on House-top Brisbane

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 1

During a terrific storm on Sunday night in the Mogill district roofs were lifted, windows broken, haystacks razed, farm implements scattered, stock and poultry killed and fences and telephone lines broken…

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More Showers The Flood Position No Definite Improvement Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 1

The Weather Bureau advises to-day that there is no definite improvement in the weather conditions in New South Wales…

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Ocean Of Water Will Inundate Country If Dam Overflows All Eyes on Burrinjuck Flood Position Almost as Serious As In 1925 SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 1

A message received in Sydney late last night stated that the Murrumbidgee River was dangerously high and there was every sign of the Burrinjuck Dam overflowing and inundating the…

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Floods in Victoria Gippsland Towns Isolated Bridge on Prince's Highway Swept Away Melbourne

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 1

Torrential rains caused floods in many parts of the State especially in East Gippsland. The township of Orbost is experiencing the worst flood in its history…

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Record Floods Orbost Homes Submerged Deluge at Bombala Much Damage Reported Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 10 January 1934 · page 1

The police at Orbost (Victoria) have issued a warning to all residents of flooded areas to vacate their homes, as a…

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Severe Typhoon Storm in China Sea

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 10 January 1934 · page 6

Upon her arrival at Melbourne recently, officers of the Eastern and Australia Line steamer Nellore gave graphic accounts of a severe typhoon…

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Great Floods Souther Areas Considerably Damage SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 10 January 1934 · page 1

The police at Orbost, Victoria, issued a the [?]ded area to [?]te theft homes, as a further rise in the…

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South Coast Floods

The Uralla Times · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 4

A report yesterday afternoon stated that the position in the far South Coast lias eased somewhat. Flood waters have receded, but many…

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Flood Epic

The Uralla Times · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 3

An epic of the floods in the south was provided by J. Barkett, postal assistant at Orbost. He rode a hundred miles through flooded country in…

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Cyclonic Storms

The Walcha News · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 1

Violent storms which swept New South Wales and Queensland during the week-end left a trail of tragedy. Nine persons…

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South Coast Floods Individual Losses Up to £800 Worse Than 1919 Deluge. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 1

A. C. Orman, Inspector of the Department of Agriculture, said today that floods on the Sooth Coast had come at a time wh [?]. that…

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Walcha Girl's Escape Heroic Youth Drowned. Bathers Trapped in Flooded Nymboida

The Walcha News · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 8

William McCarthy, the 13-year-old son of Mr. T. McCarthy, a well-known grazier, sacrificed his life in an effort to rescue two…

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Heavy Losses Farmers in South Coast Floods SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 13 January 1934 · page 1

According to Mr. A. C. Orman, an inspector of the Agricultural Department, farmers on the South Coast suffered very heavily as a…

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Disastrous Floods

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 15 January 1934 · page 6

The death-roll following the floods which roared over South American low-lying lands during the past few days is now between 50 and 60…

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