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New England · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1939

199 stories in New England's papers · page 2 of 10

[?] Storm Inch[?] Minutes Windows Broken; Roofs L[?]ted

The Inverell Times · Monday 23 January 1939 · page 4

A severe [?] and rain storm swept over Inverell late on Saturday afternoon and in a little over half an hour 100 points were…

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Storms in W.A. Death and Damage Great Loss at Albany PERTH

The Inverell Times · Monday 23 January 1939 · page 1

Continued storms with heavy rain in the south-western districts have caused enormous damage and resulted in the drowning of a baby in a flooded creek…

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Torrential Rains Cause Havoc in Western Australia Baby Drowned in Flooded Creek PERTH

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 23 January 1939 · page 1

Continued storms with heavy rain in the south-western districts caused enormous damage, and resulted in the drowning of a baby in a flooded creek…

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Railway Flooded Trains Held Up SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 4

The bursting of a huge water main in the Town Hall Railway Station early this morning, turned one of the low-level tunnels of…

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Heavy Storm Experienced at Armidale Substantial Falls Probable

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 25 January 1939 · page 4

A heavy thunderstorm between 1 and 2 o'clock this afternoon resulted in the registration of 42 points of rain at the Armidale…

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Fierce Storm Damage in Upper Manning SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 1

During a heavy storm which swept the Upper Manning district yesterday, J. B. Richardson, aged 75, was knocked down by the wall…

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Astrology Broadcasts Bring Storm of Protests "People Gulled by So-Called Horoscopes" By Air Mail LONDON, January 14

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 30 January 1939 · page 5

The B.B.C. broadcasts of talks on astrology, in a series of variety programmes, have aroused the opposition of astronomers, both…

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Refugees Storm Frontier Road Strewn with Dead Frightful Toll of Bombs and Machine Guns Discord Now Punishable As Treason Mount Juich Fortress Reeks of Tragedy London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 30 January 1939 · page 1

Anarchists and Communists control Puigcerda, which is full of starving refugees from Spain, states a message from Perpignan (France). The Loyalist colonel commanding Puigcerda has left for…

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Queensland Floods Men Marooned in Trees BRISBANE

The Inverell Times · Monday 30 January 1939 · page 1

[?]igter men who left their camp in Moura district Central Queensland on Saturday, fearing they would be but off by floods…

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R[?] in Flood Rain in Queensland Southern Areas Favoured

The Inverell Times · Monday 30 January 1939 · page 8

Stormy conditions have developed into general rain over Queensland, and heavy falls in the south-west have caused floods in rivers and creeks (says…

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Gale and Floods Devastating New Zealand Young Couple Believed Drowned AUCKLAND

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 1

The Auckland province of New Zealand is being devastated by another gale. Heavy rain is falling and serious floods…

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Bitten By Adder 20-Mile Drive Through Floods With Seven Year Old Girl

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 8

After Dawn Clothier (7), of Weona, Condamine, near Miles, had been bitten by a death adder at her home on Friday, her father…

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Town Damaged New Zealand Storm SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 1 February 1939 · page 1

Great damage was done to the township of Te Aroha (New Zealand) yesterday by a heavy storm. Fences were demolished, roofs blown off and a…

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Considerable Damage New Zealand Storm SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 1 February 1939 · page 1

Great damage was done to the township of Te Archa. New Zealand yesterday by a heavy storm. Fences were demolished, roofs…

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Kentucky Cyclone and Hail

The Uralla Times · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 1

In last issue it was mentioned that Kentucky South had received 150 points of rain in a recent storm. It appears that the storm reached…

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Bitten by Adder Seven-Year-Old Girl 20 Miles Through Floods

The Inverell Times · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 13

A message from Miles [?] After Dawn Clo[?] (7) of Woman. Condamme had been bitten of a death adder at her home, her father and a…

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Dust Storms Inland Half State Covered

The Inverell Times · Monday 6 February 1939 · page 7

Pra[?] New South Wales was [?] at a dense [?] of day on H[?] northern to southern border…

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Four Drowned Gale at Wellington, N.Z. Wellington (N.Z.)

The Inverell Times · Monday 13 February 1939 · page 1

Three men, Thomas Haggerty 38, James Popenhagan, 43, and Frank Rask, 28; also Hilary Haggerty, 11, are believed to have been drowned…

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Floods in Africa Great Loss of Life Threatened Starvation Johannesburg, S[?]

The Inverell Times · Monday 13 February 1939 · page 1

Floods isolated Barberton, drowned forty people and thereaten food Shortage for whites and famine for natives on Kruger Reserve…

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Food Shortage Threatened Flood Isolates Town JOHANNESBURG

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 13 February 1939 · page 1

Floods have isolated Barberton, drowned 40 people, and threaten a food shortage for whites and famine for natives on Kreger reserve…

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