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Northern Rivers · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1931

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South Coast Serious Flood Damage SYDNEY

Northern Star · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 4

Considerable damage was caused to property and stock on the South Coast by floods, following torrential rain. Several bridges were washed away and…

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Three Drowned Launch Founders Overwhelmed by Cyclone

Tweed Daily · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday:--Three men. were drowned when a fishing launch sank during a cyclonic storm which swept Tuncurry this…

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Drowned Victims of Gale Three Men Perish Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 4

Three men were drowned when a fishing launch sank during a cyclonic storm which swept Tuncurry this afternoon. The gale lashed the water into…

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South Coast Floods

Tweed Daily · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday.-- Considerable damage was caused to property and stock on the South Coast by floods following torrential rain. Several…

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Storm's Violence Extensive Damage Many Houses Unroofed Tweed Heads

Northern Star · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 3

A severe storm of a cyclonic character raged for about an hour on Friday night, doing extensive damage in both Tweed Heads and Coolungacta…

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Roofless Homes Hurricane at Twin Towns Fences Ripped; Tents Razed Campers Flooded Out

Tweed Daily · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 2

Buildings were unroofed, windows smashed, tents ripped to shreds, and fences razed by the hurricane which ravaged a section of Tweed Heads and Coolangatta on Friday night. Familes in roofless homes were drenched and children in…

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Wind Storm Strikes Casino

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 2

Considerable damage was done by a windstorm which struck the Casino district yesterday. The new building of the Church of England at Warklea was…

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Aeroplanes Caught in Storm

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 2

Flying back to Sydney after having taken part in the Coff's Harbor aerial pageant, nine aeroplanes were severely buffeted by a storm near the Manning…

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Damage at Coraki Last Friday's Storm

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 4

Friday last was the hottest and most trying day experienced at Coraki this summer. The thermometer stood at 100 for several hours, reaching 102…

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Labor Disunity Scullin Will Weather Storm Optimistic Colleague

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 3

PERTH, Tuesday:--The Minister for Defence (Mr. Green), in discussing the Federal Cabinet position, said: "When the Prime Minister returns…

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Scattered Thunderstorms. Predicted on the Coast

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--Some scattered thunder showers on the coast, otherwise fine for the present; warm to hot and sultry; south-east to north-east…

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The Storm at Coraki

Northern Star · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 9

Church of England parish hall as it appeared after the storm at Coraki. Another view of the Church of England parish hall…

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Boats Capsize Gale Strikes Sydney Several Rescues SYDNEY

Northern Star · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 6

A southerly gale which reached Sydney shortly after four o'clock this afternoon caused havoc amongst the small craft on the…

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Severe Storm Clarence Visitation Wind, Rain, Lightning

Tweed Daily · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 2

A severe thunderstorm broke over the Clarence River about 4.30 p.m. yesterday, the centre appearing to be the Middle Clarence district. A high…

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Sydney Swept Southerly Gale Havoc Among Harbor Craft Three Capsized

Tweed Daily · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday:--A southerly gale which swept Sydney shortly, after 4 o'clock this afternoon caused havoc amongst the small…

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Beneficial Storm

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 2

The great heat that prevailed during the week brought up a storm on Thursday afternoon, and good rain fell for a time. In Casino the registration was…

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Storm at Tenterfield Tenterfield

Northern Star · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 6

A heavy rain storm broke over Tenterfield yesterday afternoon, from 150-points to over two inches being registered throughout the district…

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Hail and Rain Severe Storms Deepwater and Dorrigo

Tweed Daily · Monday 12 January 1931 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday:-- The heaviest hail storm remembered in the district was experienced at Deepwater on Friday night after sultry weather. It…

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Wind and Hail. Heavy Storm

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 13 January 1931 · page 2

Thirty-two points of rain were registered in a storm which passed over Kyogle on Friday afternoon. For a time the wind blew in powerful gusts,…

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Heavy Storms

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 2

Hail as big as hens' eggs shattered windows at Linville (Q.). At Deep water there was heavy hail, the stones being the size of duck eggs. All the…

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