Marooned by Floods Boggabilla's Sad Plight Conditions Better Mo[?]ee
Thirty miles of countryside covered by the flood waters of the Macintyre, the ballast under the train track washed out for a…
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Floods & storms, 1935
499 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 25
Further Storms Northern District Indications Tropical Influences Weaker Sydney
Variable and rather scattered rain was recorded this morning over the eastern half of the State. A series of heavy thunderstorms resulted in moderately heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Flight From Saar Refugees Increase Daily Fear Nazi Violence Storm Expected to Burst Soon (Australian Press Association.) SAARBRUCKEN, January 17
The flight of all classes of refugees to France is increasing daily, including many Jews. French frontier guards are turning back those not possessing French…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Floods Receding Rivers Still High Railway Line Damaged Sydney
Boggabilla is still isolated by flood waters, and some days will elapse before road and rail communication with other centres can be re-established. The river…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →'Plane to Rescue Serum to Flood-isolated Town Dropped by Parachute Brisbane
With the life of a man in the little town of Dirranbandi, Southern Queensland, hanging in the balance, Captain L. J. Brain, of Qantas Empire Airways, left…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Film Fees Proposal for Tennis Players Raises Storm of Objection "Opening Door to Professionalism" Opponents' Views London
While Britain has endorsed the Czechoslovakian proposal for the relaxation of the rules to permit tennis amateurs…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Phoenix Park Grant for Floodgates
The condition of the floodgates at the river end of the Phoenix Park drain has been causing considerable anxiety to farmers of that area, and in response…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Macintyre River Flood Waters Recede BOGGABILLA
The Macintyre River is now falling, and mail trains are able to go through to Sydney at reduced speed. During the week-end the river fell 12…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Aborigine's Heroism Gives Life to Save Old Man Marooned in Flood Mount Isa
Hundreds of men, women and children, of Camooweal, yesterday watched a courageous aborigine swim to his…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Trapped in Motor Car Tried to Cross a Creek Caught by Flood Rockhampton
Trapped in a motor car when floodwaters in Blackwater Creek came down suddenly, J. Smith and family,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tarro Shire Council Wallis Creek Floodgates Work Delayed by Rising Waters
Cr. J. T. Butler presided at the Tarro Shire Council meeting in the Tarro Shire Office yesterday. Others present were Crs. W. N. Foster, B. N. Frith, P…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mosquitoes Follow Floods
Following the recent severe floods, the Boggabilla district has been invaded by swarms of mosquitoes. Residents have been forced to light smoke fires to repulse…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Northern Town Lights Smoke Fires to Check Mosquito Hordes Even Cattle Tormented Boggabilla in Grip of Flood Pest Fires in Shops, Yards, and Even Paddocks Pall of Smoke Over the Town Sydney
The mosquito plague at Boggabilla is growing worse. Even inside the shops smoke fires are burning. Station owners, too, are lighting fires in their paddocks to protect tormented cattle from the vicious…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Launch Safe Blown to Sea in Storm SYDNEY
After having drifted 20 miles in their launch, John Harris Stewart, his brother, Richard, and his son, Dick, were found at Woy Woy today. They were fishing…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Storm Conditions Air Mail Delayed Landing at Cloncurry Cloncurry
Storm conditions in the Camooweal- Mt. Isa districts delayed the Qantas machine carrying the London air mail to Brisbane…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Complete Hold-ue in Vancouver Flooded Areas Vancouver
British Columbia's railway services and communication lines are still interrupted. Heavy snow and rain continue on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →15 Perish in Snow Storms Disastrous Weather in Canada Vancouver
Six men have been killed by avalanches and nine deaths from exposure are reported. Continued rain and snowslides…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Many Houses Damaged Storm at Cloncurry Two People Injured Cloncurry
During a severe storm that struck Cloncurry this afternoon, property damage running into thousands of pounds was caused. Two persons…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Rush to Beaches Then a Rush for Shelter Heat Wave: Storm
After [?] wave conditions in the morning, which drove suburban and coalfields crowds to the beaches, a southerly change in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Electrical Storm Ordeal for Passengers Off New Zealand Coast Wellington (N.z.)
A terrifying experience befell those aboard the steamer Tess when en route from the Chathams to Lyttelton. Soon after leaving the island the vessel…
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