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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1935

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Preference Storm L.G. Executive Protests Heated Debate Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 28 June 1935 · page 7

Soldier preference rouged a heated debate among members of the Local Government Association Executive to-day, and a…

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Floodlit Parachute Descent

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 June 1935 · page 5

The whole official explanation, however, seems somewhat unconvincing to me—for the very next evening I went to an exhibition of night-flying at Heston…

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Coastal Floods Queensland Rain Drought Areas Benefit Italian Drowned in River Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 July 1935 · page 7

Floods have occurred on the coast as a result of the rain in the past three days, and heavy falls have been recorded in the parched…

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Havoc in Japan Cloudbursts Flood Rivers at Least 68 Dead Tokio, June 29

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 July 1935 · page 7

Cloudbursts have occurred throughout West Japan, especially on the island of Kyushu and Kyoto, where the swollen Kamo River swept through the centre of…

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Disastrous Floods Long Death Roll in Japan Houses Swept Away Tokio

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 1 July 1935 · page 1

Another disaster, this time by flood, has occurred in the Chikugo Province. THE river has risen 23 feet,…

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Floods in Japan 85 Killed at Tokio TOKIO, June 30

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 July 1935 · page 5

More excessive rainfall in Chikugo Province has made the river rise 23 feet, and endangered refugees on higher ground. There was a death roll of 85 at Tokio,…

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Japanese Flood Toll TOKIO

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 2 July 1935 · page 9

The death-roll in the Japanese floods is officially stated to be 227…

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Queensland Victim of the Floods CAIRNS

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 2 July 1935 · page 8

The body of Felice Rando (34), who was swept off his horse in the flooded Mossman River on Saturday, was found yesterday. A native of Italy,…

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Boat's Fight for Life in Storm Steering Gear Collapses Skipper Lashed to Tiller Thirteen Hours' Ordeal

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 3 July 1935 · page 8

With the skipper lathed alongside the tiller through 13 hours of tossing seas, the crew of the little ketch Whileaway,…

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Flood Victim's Body Found Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 July 1935 · page 8

The body of Felice Rondo, 34, an Italian, who was washed from a horse while attempting to ford the flooded Mossman River during the week-end, has…

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Boxing Venture Contests Under Flood Light SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 July 1935 · page 13

Five international boxing contests are to be staged at the a Sydney Sports Ground under an electric light flood system during the summer…

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Toll of Floods 227 Japanese Killed £1,000,000 Damage Caused Tokio, July 1

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 July 1935 · page 7

The number of deaths caused by the flood is officially stated, to be 227. Fifteen coalmine, including that of Chikuho, which is Japan's largest, were flooded in…

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Rudder Damaged Miltonia Calls at Sydney Battered by Cyclone Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 July 1935 · page 10

Assisted by a tug, the British steamer, Miltonia, bound to Whyalla, South Australia, from Japan, put into Sydney to-day with a damaged rudder, A diver…

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Flood Lights at Cranes New Efficiency Move Handling of Coal

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 5 July 1935 · page 8

To facilitate the movement and shipment of coal, at night, the Railway Department has just completed an improved…

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Taree Flood Episode Recalled

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 July 1935 · page 8

The death of Mrs. Augusta Catherine Dempsey, of Toree Estate, at the age of 70, recalls (writes our Taree correspondent), some of the sensational experiences…

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Cyclone Lurks Off Coast Heavy Rain Likely If It Moves South Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 July 1935 · page 7

Though central coastal districts are enjoying temperatures milder than they have had for a month, a cyclonic condition is lurking off the central east…

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Maheno Adrift Off Queensland Coast in Cyclone Towline Broke Helpless with Crew of Eight BRISBANE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 July 1935 · page 7

Striking the full force of a cyclone near Sandy Cape to-day, the Maheno, which was being towed to Osaka, Japan, broke her towline. It…

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Flood Relief Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 July 1935 · page 6

Although no figure has been officially announced, it is unofficially stated that about £10,000 remains of the Melbourne Lord Mayor's Flood Relief Fund, to which…

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U.S.A. Flood Havoc Persons Are Drowned £2,000,000 Damage New York

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 9 July 1935 · page 1

Between 25 and 30 persons have been drowned in floods in the central and northern portions of New York State…

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Villages Flooded Over 25 People Drowned Loss in New York State New York, July 8

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 July 1935 · page 8

Between 25 and 30 people have perished in the floods which have swept the central and northern parts of New York State in the past 24 hours…

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