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New England · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1934

284 stories in New England's papers · page 5 of 15

Hawkesbury Floods Damage Estimated at £50,000. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 28 February 1934 · page 1

An unofficial estimate placed the damage caused in the Hawkesbury River district by the recent floods at £56,000…

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Torrential Rains North Queensland Floods SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 13 March 1934 · page 1

Further torrential rains have fallen in Northern Queensland, especially between Cairns and Innisfail, and all rivers are again in…

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Yesterday's News General Strike in Spain--Recission of Wage Cut Applied For--New Russian Plane--Wheat Prices--O'Duffy's Policy--Novelist Dead--Young Man Dies From Injuries--Snow in U.S.A.--Outbreak in Manchuria--German Decree for Storm Troops. SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 13 March 1934 · page 7

A Spain-wide-general strike is announced for mid-night to-night. The Government has declared it illegal and has taken special precautions to…

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Fierce Tornado Great Floods Innisfail and Mossman INNISFAIL

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 14 March 1934 · page 1

During a tornado which struck Innisfail (Q'land) many buildings were demolished and a one thousand gallon tank full of water was…

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-- Six Members Of One Family Drowned -- Cyclone Victims Launches and Lugger Lost in North Queensland Waters Brisbane

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 15 March 1934 · page 1

Ten lives were lost when the lugger Mildred, foundered between Schnapper Island and Cape Tribulation, about 35 miles…

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Queensland Cyclone Lugger Missing BRISBANE

The Inverell Times · Friday 16 March 1934 · page 1

There is still no news of several overdue luggers which were evidently battered in the recent cyclonic gale. The worst is feared, as only…

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Severe Cyclone Wrecks Shipping Four Luggers Sink COOKTOWN

The Inverell Times · Friday 16 March 1934 · page 1

A message says that twenty survivors from the lugger Waipi, one of the vessels wrecked during the recent cyclone, arrived here last night in a…

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Victims of Cyclone Harrowing Time For Settlers Hardly a House Stood Up To "Blow" Brisbane

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 16 March 1934 · page 1

According to information which reached here last night, settlers at Daintree had many harrowing experience during the recent…

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Wind and Water Wreak Havoc at Sea Disaster! Overtakes Luggers Many Men Drowned Terrific Cyclone on Queensland Coast Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 16 March 1934 · page 1

Further details of the disastrous cyclone which struck a fleet of luggers off the North Queensland coast…

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Cyclone in Queensland Increasing Death-roll BRISBANE

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 17 March 1934 · page 1

It is believed the death roll from the recent cyclone now exceeds 75. Further reports of missing vessels were received…

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The "Lexia" Safe Weathered the Cyclone. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 19 March 1934 · page 1

Fears for the lugger "Lexia." which had been practically given up for lost. were at ayed yesterday when the vessel arrived at Cairns with 16 Japanese…

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Cyclone Toll 1899 Disaster Recalled When 307 Lives Were Lost

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 20 March 1934 · page 7

The news from Queensland of the recent cyclone and its toll of 79 lives revives memories of the disaster of 1899 which practically wiped out the…

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Mysterious Vessel Cyclone Survivors' Story Collecting Shell and Weed Brisbane

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 22 March 1934 · page 1

Survivors of the launch, Mildred, on their arrival in Cairns reported that they boarded a mysterious vessel north of Cape…

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Cold Change Follows Welcome Storm

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 27 March 1934 · page 4

Following unusually hot weather for March, a storm broke over Glen Innes on Sunday afternoon, followed by a cold easterly…

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Mysterious Vessel Cyclone Survivors' Story

The Uralla Times · Thursday 29 March 1934 · page 2

Survivors of the launch, Mildred, on their arrival in Cairns, reported that they boarded a mysterious vessel north of Cape Tribulation. It…

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Contour Drains Prove Their Value In Recent South Coast Deluge

Guyra Argus · Thursday 5 April 1934 · page 4

"Although hill land on the far South Coast was not flooded by the recent deluge, in many instances it suffered greater damage than did alluvial land…

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Houses Collapse In Fierce Cyclone Marooned Mail 'Plane Pilot's Story Parth

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 6 April 1934 · page 1

The mail aeroplane which was mar[?]ed at Br[?]e as the result of [?] cyclone last week arriv[?] here last night…

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English and Ceylonese Prepare for Australians Fierce Cyclone on Westralian Coast Buildings Demolished PERTH

The Inverell Times · Friday 6 April 1934 · page 1

The mail aeroplane which was marooned at Broome as a result of the cyclone last week, arrived here last night…

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The Flood Tide! For the Bee[?] Cattle Industry Australia's Chance To Sell on European Markets

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 6 April 1934 · page 4

"It has been said that everything comes to him who waits, and, also, that there is a tide in the lives of men which, taken…

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Big Floods in United States

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 7 April 1934 · page 4

Hot weather with torrential rain sweeping the central and eastern States, is carrying away the last vestige of the winter snows, causing…

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