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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1935

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Rivers in Flood Further Heavy Rain Over State Warning Issued No Serious Losses Reported SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 October 1935 · page 7

Advice was received to-night from Wellington that the Bell and Macquarie Rivers were still rising and were reaching flood level…

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Stale Parliament Relief Work Attacked Is It Permanent, Ask Members Political Storms Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 October 1935 · page 9

Charges of bad faith, suggestions of dark plots against trade union conditions, and accusations that the…

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Rain Is Moving Away Flood Danger Is Now Over Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 October 1935 · page 7

Though the weather is still cloudy and unsettled over the greater part of the State, the heavy rain storms have practically ended, and it is…

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Cowboys Trapped In Fire in "Movie" Colony Flames Fanned by Gale Mansions Destroyed Los Angeles

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 24 October 1935 · page 11

A score of cowboys are trapped in a canvon, and £200,000 damage has been dope by a fire in the Malibu…

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Floodlit Church Tower

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 October 1935 · page 11

One of the sights in Maitland viewed from any of the highlands beyond the town boundaries is the tower of St. Mary's Anglican Church, which has been…

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Flood Warning in South of State Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 24 October 1935 · page 11

The Weather Bureau to-day issued a special flood warning, particularly in areas served by the Murrumbidgee and Murray rivers…

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'Plane Skirts Storms Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 October 1935 · page 11

A wide area in Central Queensland experienced scattered storms last night. Falls averaged from an inch to two and a half inches, although one station received…

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Brisbane 'Plane Turned Back Rain Storms on the Coast

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 25 October 1935 · page 8

Rain storms on the coast this morning caused the north-bound Brisbane mail 'plane to turn back to Karuah. About 9 a.m. residents of Karuah…

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"Only Storm in Teacup" Birdlovers' Dispute Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 25 October 1935 · page 6

The 10 New South Wales Ornithologists who yesterday expressed their disapproval of the method of collecting scientific specimens and walked…

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Watchfulness Advised Farmers in Riverina Still Possibility of Floods Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 October 1935 · page 12

The State Meteorologist (Mr. J. D. Mares) issued a warning to-day that although the position was not yet serious, and did not appear likely to become…

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Heavy Coastal Falls Rain in Eastern N.S.W. Passing of Cyclone Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 October 1935 · page 9

The operations of the rear of the extensive cyclonic disturbance resulted in light to moderate rain on the Central and southern coasts and tablelands, and in…

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Damaged 'Plane Kingsford Smith Reaches Croydon Battered by Storms Start Again After Repairs (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, October 24

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 October 1935 · page 11

When Sir Charles Kingsford Smith landed at Croydon at 8 p.m. officials stated they had not seen a machine in worse condition and…

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Cyclone on the Coast Warning Comes From Sydney Squally Weather

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 28 October 1935 · page 7

The Commonwealth Navigation Service in Newcastle was advised late this afternoon from Sydney that a severe cyclonic…

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Big Death Roll in Cuba Cyclone Thousands Homeless Port Au Prince (Haiti), Sun

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 28 October 1935 · page 1

Belated reports from remote sections of the island indicate that a major disaster followed the tropical hurricane, which last week-end caused…

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Lucerne Flats Heritage of the Floods

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 October 1935 · page 20

The Maitland district owed much of its prosperity in the early days to the development of agricultural pursuits along the river banks. Centuries of floods had…

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Floods in New Zealand Wellington (N.z.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 October 1935 · page 6

Continuous rain that fell last week-end has caused flooding in the Wellington and Manawatu districts. Main roads have been blocked by land slips, and rivers are…

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Schooner Fights Atlantic Gales— —A South Coast Farm At Rest

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 31 October 1935 · page 18

Left: The French fishing schooner, Jacques Berthe, which…

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Bodies Recovered Honduras Flood Victims TEGUCIGALPA (Honduras), Oct. 29

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 October 1935 · page 8

The bodies of 70 persons who were drowned in the Honduras floods were recovered at Corocito. Officials believe that further reports indicate that Honduras is…

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Peter Pan's Owner Receives Flood of Good Will Letters Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 31 October 1935 · page 12

The influx of Sydney visitors for the Cup began in earnest to-day, sportsmen who arrived by the express including several owners of Cup…

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Funnel Floodlit Hobsons Bay in Port Harbour Spectacle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 November 1935 · page 10

The British steamer, Hobsons Bay, 14,193 tons, lit up the harbour last night when five floodlights bathed the funnel in a brilliant white glow. The…

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