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Northern Rivers · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1933

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A Dust Storm Record for Kyogle?

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 4

The worst dust storm experienced in Kyogle for a long time occurred on Wednesday about 6 p.m. Clouds of dust blew right up Main Street with…

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Storm Damage Farm Buildings Kyogle District Kyogle

Northern Star · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 4

Reports from different country centres that have come to hand to-day show that considerable damage was done to…

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Heath Fire Storm Aids Fighters Homes Endangered Byron Bay

Northern Star · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 4

The promiscuous lighting of fires in such a dry period as the present is always a source of danger…

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One Killed, 2 INJURED Tree Crashes on Tent During Storm

Northern Star · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 4

When a tree uprooted during a storm and fell on a tent in which five men, employees of the Main Roads Board on the Bonalbo road, were taking refuge from a storm, on Wednesday afternoon, one of the men received injuries from which…

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Havoc at Bray's Creek Wednesday's Storm School Building Unroofed; Farmers Suffer

Tweed Daily · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 2

The wild wind storm which swept the Tweed about 6 p.m. on Wednesday caused havoc at Bray's Creek where apparently it reached its…

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Heavy Rain Storms Parched Tweed Drenched Brunswick Benefits Also

Tweed Daily · Saturday 14 January 1933 · page 4

Two heavy storms swept the Tweed yesterday afternoon, yielding over an inch at Murwillumbah. With one or two exceptions, all district centres benefited, the falls relieving dry conditions, which rapidly were becoming serious. The rain…

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Battery of Hail Storm at Kyogle Tight to Heavy Rain Kyogle

Northern Star · Saturday 14 January 1933 · page 6

A thunderstorm accompanied by hail passed over the town at 3 o'clock this afternoon. A battery of hailstones, many as…

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Storm Damage at Kyogle

Tweed Daily · Saturday 14 January 1933 · page 4

Considerable damage was done to buildings in the Kyogle district by a severe wind storm on Wednesday. Mr. D. Creighton lost part of the roof of…

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Down the Line Storms Over Brunswick

Tweed Daily · Saturday 14 January 1933 · page 4

Following intense humidity, a storm broke over the Brunswick district about 4.30 p.m. yesterday afternoon. There was a good fall of rain for about…

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Dust Storm Lynch's Ckeek

Northern Star · Saturday 14 January 1933 · page 6

One of the worst dust storms experienced at Lynch's Creek occurred on Wednesday. A fall of rain recorded 28 points…

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Flats Flooded Heavy Rain Experienced on Darling Downs

Tweed Daily · Monday 16 January 1933 · page 2

CLIFTON, Saturday:- The main railway line was damaged when severe storms broke over the district this evening. Five chains of rail were carried…

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Huge Hail- Stones . Storms at Kunghur

Tweed Daily · Monday 16 January 1933 · page 2

"The hail here last Friday afternoon was as big as tomatoes. Nothing like it has ever been seen to my knowledge in the district.''…

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Series of Storms District Reports Beneficial Showers

Northern Star · Monday 16 January 1933 · page 4

After a hot day at Lismore on Saturday, when the temperature soared to 98 degrees, relief was experienced,…

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Railway Torn Up Storm Strikes Queensland Brisbane

Northern Star · Monday 16 January 1933 · page 4

A storm which swept Clifton district, Darling Downs, on Saturday night, resulted in five chains of railway line being carried away south of…

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Record Hailstones The Kyogle Storm Buildings Battered Kyogle

Northern Star · Monday 16 January 1933 · page 3

In the opinion of old residents who have lived at Kyogle for the past 60 years, the hailstones that preceded yesterday…

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Struck Dead In Storm Dr. Page's Son Lightning Tragedy on Clarence

Tweed Daily · Monday 16 January 1933 · page 2

GRAFTON, Sunday:- Earle Charles Page (22), eldest son of the Federal Country Party leader, Dr. Earle Page, was struck dead…

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Sweeping Storms Over Tweed and Brunswick District Averages Two Inches Damage by Lightning, Hail and Wind Fireball Falls a T Cudgen

Tweed Daily · Monday 16 January 1933 · page 2

Sweeping down from the mountains in blinding white curtains of rain, storms have visited the basin of the Tweed over the last three days. Terrific lightning, heavy thunder, strong winds and hail have…

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Wild Storms Heat, Lightning, Rain, Wind

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 17 January 1933 · page 3

The clammy heat of Friday last, when the glass registered up close to 100 in many Richmond River centres, was temporarily eased by a storm which…

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Friday's Storm Enormous Hailstones

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 17 January 1933 · page 2

Friday afternoon's storm will be long remembered by Kyogle Residents. The bombardment of huge pieces of ice as they fell on iron roofs…

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Heavy Rain 160 Points at Murwillumbah Last Night

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 18 January 1933 · page 2

Heavy rain commenced to fall at Murwillumbah about. 9.30 o'clock last night and. continued without a break for the greater part of an…

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