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Northern Rivers · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1935

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Intensely Hot in Lismore Heavy Storm

Northern Star · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 4

After two days, in which Lismore endured oven-like heat, a violent rain-storm, beginning shortly after 5 p.m., swept the…

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£6000 Fell Into Sea 'Plane Buffetted by Gale London

Northern Star · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 4

A gale described in some districts as the worst in living memory swept Britain during the weekend. A Hillman Airways…

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Tore Awat Roofs Flying Iron At Casino Town Suffers in Storm Casino

Northern Star · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 4

Damage which will cost several hundreds of pounds to repair was caused shortly after 6 p.m. to-day by a strong wind which,…

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A Muggy Day Murwillumbah Storm Passes Off

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 4

Yesterday in Murwillumbah was one of the muggiest days experienced over the present summer. For most citizens, fortunately, it was a holiday,…

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Furious Gale In Britain Snow, Sleet and Hail Worst Within Living Memory

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday:--A furious gale, reaching a velocity of 86 miles an hour, and accompanied by storms of snow, sleet and hail, is sweeping the British Isles. The gale started early yesterday and is still continuing…

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Sun Beamed on Holidayers Twin Towns Many Left Before Late Storm

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 4

Hot conditions prevailed again yesterday in the Lower Tweed district and as on the previous day, nightfall was accompanied by…

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Storm Damage at Casino

Northern Star · Wednesday 30 January 1935 · page 4

A cyclonic storm at Casino early on Sunday night caused a considerable amount of damage in the main section of the town. The top picture shows damage done to the balcony of F. A. Roberts' Royal Hotel. Bedrooms (centre) were exposed when the southern wall of Kearney's Commonwealth…

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Vancouver Floods Deaths Now Total 17

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 30 January 1935 · page 5

VANCOUVER, Monday:-- The flood conditions in the lowlands east of Vancouver are little improved. On Sunday hundreds of small farm homes were…

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Storms on Lower Tweed Remarkable Spectacle at Sunset

Tweed Daily · Thursday 31 January 1935 · page 4

Following a hot and sultry day, several electrical storms occurred on the Lower Tweed last night. The first came from the south and, working up…

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Buffeted by Gale C. W. A. Scott as Yachtsman

Tweed Daily · Thursday 31 January 1935 · page 6

LONDON, Tuesday:--C. W. A. Scott, the airman, has brought a 20-ton auxiliary yacht which he intends to race at Burnham on Crouch in Essex…

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Hail Eight Inches in Circumference Storms on Clarence Grafton

Northern Star · Thursday 31 January 1935 · page 6

Hail up to eight inches in circumference fell in different parts of the middle and lower Clarence districts to-day…

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Stadium Flooded Brisbane Fight Postponed

Tweed Daily · Thursday 31 January 1935 · page 3

BRISBANE, Wednesday:--Owing to torrential rain flooding the arena at Brisbane Stadium, the fight between Reg Delaney, of Sydney, and Jack…

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Trains Running Again Vancouver Floods Conquered

Tweed Daily · Thursday 31 January 1935 · page 5

VANCOUVER, Tuesday:-- Railway services were resumed in Vancouver to-day, when the first trains for 10 days were operated. Five thousand…

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'Phone Precaution in Storm

Tweed Daily · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 4

So severe was the electrical disturbance experienced during a storm in Lismore on Wednesday afternoon that the girls on duty at the telephone…

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Another Graf ton Storm Severe Lightning Burns Out Transformer

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 3

Terrific lightning marked Monday afternoon's storm at Grafton. It flashed low and vividly over the city. One particularly bright flash, which was…

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Illicit Drugs Flooding The World GENEVA

Northern Star · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 7

A serious warning against the grave danger of illicit drug manufactories flooding the world with greater quantities of illicit drugs…

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Storms at Casino

Northern Star · Saturday 2 February 1935 · page 6

Heavy rain and hail accompanied two storms experienced here to-day, as a result of which 60 points of rain were recorded in the official gauge between…

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Sharp Storm Lismore's Hailstones

Northern Star · Saturday 2 February 1935 · page 6

A severe storm broke over Lismore and district shortly before 1 p.m. yesterday. This storm, which was accompanied by rain and hail, soon passed…

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District Storm Reports Woodburn

Northern Star · Saturday 2 February 1935 · page 8

After the terrific heat on Wednesday last a storm, accompanied by thunder and lightning, broke over Wodburn about, 9 o'clock on…

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Severe Lightning Heavy Storm at Ballina

Tweed Daily · Saturday 2 February 1935 · page 5

BALLINA, Friday:--A heavy thunderstorm struck Ballina this afternoon, accompanied by wind, lightning and heavy thunder. The lightning was…

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