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Northern Rivers · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1933

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Widespread Damage Cyclonic Storms in Queensland

Tweed Daily · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 2

BRISBANE, Wednesday:-Much damage has been caused in the country, by cyclonic storms. Houses were unroofed and sheds and dairies blown over at…

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Cyclone Plays Hav Oc in Queensland Brisbane

Northern Star · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 5

Much damage has been caused in the country by cyclonic storms. Houses were unroofed and sheds and dairies blown over at…

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Deluge at Kyogle Kyogle

Northern Star · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 6

Nearly 2½ inches of rain fell at Kyogle in two and a half hours to-night. Of that registration 1½ inches fell during six and seven o'clock. After…

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Wind Rain and Hail Severe Storm Take Heavy Toll

Tweed Daily · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 2

BRISBANE,Thursday:--A severe thunderstorm struck the Yandina district afternoon, Resulting in, falls ranging from one to four pouches Friday…

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Stock Drowned Flooding at Toowoomba

Tweed Daily · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 2

TOOWOOMBA, Thursday:-A severe storm swept the city to -night Rain fell in torrents and writer rushed through a number of shops in Ruthven, Street. Up…

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Storm Damages House

Tweed Daily · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 4

The chimney of Mr. V. Kinneally's residence at Nobby's Creek was blown down during a storm last Sunday evening. The side verandah also was…

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Terrific Storm Memorable Deluge of Rain Falls Cattle Carried Away at Bilambil

Tweed Daily · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 2

With sudden and tropical intensity, a rain deluge burst upon the Tweed on Saturday night, drenching the district. Falls ranging up to 9 12 inches were recorded within a few hours and instances of local…

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Storm Damage In Queensl'd. Towns Brisbane

Northern Star · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 5

Parts of the Darling Downs, North Coast and South Coast districts were swept by a terrific storm during the early…

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Ship Abandoned in Storm Four of Crew Perish (Australian Cable Service.) New York

Northern Star · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 8

The steamer Exeter City was abandoned yesterday afternoon in a sinking condition, the liner American Merchant, which had…

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Lapped Bedside. Flood at Bilambil

Tweed Daily · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 2

When awakened as a result of a banana case falling on him,in the early hours of yesterday morning, a man in a banana shed at…

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Rain Over Southern Queensland Some Damage From Flood Waters

Tweed Daily · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 4

BRISBANE,Sunday.-Severe storms again swept a wide area of southern Queensland during the week-end, falls ranging from one to three inches…

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Averaged Eight Inches Tweed Rainfall and More Storms Predicted !

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 2

A representative list of district rainfall registrations covering the last 10 days reveals that an average fall of…

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Sydney Storm-swept. Enormous Damage. Sydney

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 2

A terrific storm swept Sydney and suburbs this morning. All low-lying parts were quickly flooded, and the damage to furniture, fences,…

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Wreaks Havoc in Sydney and Suburbs Family Swept to Death Drowned in Swirling Torrent of Flood Lightning, Landslides and Gale Damage Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 5

A terrific storm which swept the metropolitan and coastal districts last night and this morning took a heavy toll of human life. A family of five and two other children were swept away and drowned in flood waters at Stanwell Park and a lad was overwhelmed by a landslide near Bulga Beach, Helensburgh, a few…

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Terrific Storm Deluges Northern Rivers. Destruction at Oaklakd. Torrential Downpour at Coraki

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 4

One of the heaviest and most widespread storms on record swept over the North Coast on Saturday night, carrying destruction in its train, but on the whole it…

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Violent Storm Crisis Looms Pessimism in China Anti-british Moves Shanghai

Northern Star · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 5

Very deep pessimism is prevailing throughout China as a result of the breakdown of the conciliation procedure at Geneva and the…

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Lashed by Storms Coast of N.S.W. Heavy Toll of Life and Property Sydney, Monday.--

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 3

Severe storms which lashed the coast of N.S.W. last night and to-day were responsible for ten known deaths and…

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Latest Telegrams. Weather Forecast. "Flood Danger," Sydney

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 2

Forecast: Sultry and unsettled, with more rain, and thunderstorms, scattered in the north-west quarter, further heavy falls elsewhere; hail, mid severe local…

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Bridges Submerged. Floods in Queensland

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 3

BRISBANE, Monday:--The Condainine River, is five feet over the railway bridge at Yandilla and about one mile wide and is still rising. The bridge at…

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Line Washed Away North Coast Trains Delayed Hastings River Flooded

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 3

GRAFTON, Monday.--A cloud-burst at Wauchope resulted in 10 inches and 19 points of rain falling between 9 o'clock last night and 1 a.m. to-day. At Heron's Creek, between Wauchope and Cundle, the railway line was washed…

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