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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1935

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A Cloudburst Heavy Rain on Clarence GRAFTON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 September 1935 · page 9

Heavy falls of rain have occurred at various centres in the Clarence River district. The heaviest was 400 points at Shark Creek and South Arm, 506 at…

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Flood Threat On Coast Nambucca River Rising Rapidly Drought Stricken Areas Relieved Ten Inch Deluge Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 13 September 1935 · page 8

After having brought relief to the drought stricken areas over the greater part of the State, the monsoonal rainstorm which has been in evidence in the past week is now expected to cause floods on parts of the North…

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More Heavy Rain Riverina Gets Good Share Wheat Belt Saved Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 14 September 1935 · page 2

"This morning the southern wheat belt has received over an inch of rain," said Mr. Mares. "Hitherto the rain in the Riverina has been…

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Torrential Rain Motorists Held Up Flooded Creeks Grafton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 September 1935 · page 11

Travellers by car from Sydney arriving at Grafton report terrific rains between Macksville and Kempsey, where roads and bridges were under water. Residents…

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More Rain Coming Dust Storm in Advance Snow in South Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 16 September 1935 · page 7

More State-wide rain is expected within the next few days. Already light rain is falling in South Eastern sections of…

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The Sun Stop Press S.a. Town Flooded

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 16 September 1935 · page 1

Adelaide, Monday: Noarlunga, a town 20 miles from Adelaide, was flooded to-day when the Onkaparings River overflowed [?] banks…

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Girl's Dive Into Flooded Creek Suburban Drama in Melbourne Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 17 September 1935 · page 7

After having sat for a time reading the morning paper early to-day, a 23-year-old Brunswick girl put on a coat over her pyjamas, hailed a cart…

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Severe Gale in England Six Lives Lost London

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 18 September 1935 · page 1

Four lives have been lost at sea and two on land during an equinoctial gale, which swept the English Channel and the…

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S.A. Flood Danger Passes Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 September 1935 · page 9

The flood danger has now passed at Noarlunga and Port Noarlunga, as the Oakaparinga River is subsiding almost as quickly as it rose. Fifty families are still…

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Four Lives Lost Severe Gale in England Shipping Disorganised London, September 17

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 September 1935 · page 7

Four lives have been lost two by drowning at sea, and two by injury from falling objects, daring, a gale which raged aver the English Channel and the South of Eng…

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Gale Destroys Roses LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 20 September 1935 · page 1

Hundreds of pounds worth of damage was done to roses and other blooms at Thame (Oxfordshire) Show to-day, when the gale blew down a huge…

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Cyclone's Havoc New Zealand District Wellington (N.z.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 September 1935 · page 11

A cyclone caused havoc in the Tikorangi district, near New Plymouth, last night. The wind smashed the windows of a house, bringing in quantities of earth and…

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Melbourne Storm Thousands Wet at Show MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 September 1935 · page 11

An unusually heavy hailstorm burst over the city of Melbourne this afternoon causing podestrians to scatter for shelter. Thousands who were attending the…

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Gale in Britain Much Damage Reported Heavy Seas in Channel (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, September 19

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 September 1935 · page 11

Continued high winds have done much damage in various parts of the country to-day. At the Thame show in Oxfordshire —the largest one-day agricultural show held…

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Electrical Storm Lightning Shatters Hamilton Church Steeple Man and Woman Stunned Electric Supply Affected: Lights Dim in City and Suburbs

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 September 1935 · page 11

The steeple of St. Peter's Church of England, Hamilton, Was shattered by lightning, a man and a woman were stunned, and lights in the city and district were dimmed, and in some places extinguished, in a severe electrical storm last night…

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Ship's Ordeal Flooded by Wave Off Newcastle Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 September 1935 · page 7

The steamer Changte was flooded by a great wave which broke over it while the vessel was off Newcastle on Saturday night Cabin windows were smashed, and…

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"Surge" in Electric Light Current Slight Hitch Due to Storm

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 25 September 1935 · page 6

Due, it is thought, to some fault caused by Friday night's severe electrical storm, Newcastle and district residents last night observed the result of…

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Floods and Gale Damage Near Auckland Welington (N.z.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 September 1935 · page 8

Torrential rain, accompanied by a cyclonic wind, swept North Auckland to-day, and quickly flooded the countryside. At To Aroha, south of Auckland, the wind…

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All Hands Drowned Gale Destroys Trawler Eleven Lives Lost London

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 26 September 1935 · page 1

All the eleven members of the crew of the trawler Skegness were drowned when the vessel was wrecked and pounded to pieces off…

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Storm Is Feared Memel Elections To-morrow Nazi Propaganda London

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 28 September 1935 · page 1

The Italian, French and British Ambassadors have taken steps in Berlin, the correspondent of "The Times" states, to prevent…

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