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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1929

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Train Flood Bound. Rockhampton

The Wellington Times · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 2

The passenger train, which was marooned at Mille Creek, owing to the flood waters, succeeded in reaching high ground. The passengers…

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Queensland Floods Train Marooned Brisbane

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 1

A message from Rockhampton states that a train which was marooned at Hill's Creek owing to the flood waters succeeded in reaching the high…

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Monday's Dust Storm

The Wellington Times · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 8

Monday's heat culminated in a severe dust storm, which worked up from the west at a little after fow o'clock in the afternoon. Dense…

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Received Full Brunt of Storm

The Wellington Times · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 8

Mr. T. Dowd, at Maryvale, received the full force of Monday afternoon's storm on his property, The force of the wind carried away…

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Floods in Queensland. Railways Held Up. Brisbane

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 1

Yesterday was the sixth day in succession on which there has been no traffic on the Great North Coast Railway between Ingham and Tully. The…

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Quambone Cyclone

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 4

The recent cyclone which passed over the Quambone district was the worst on record. The track of the wind was about a mile in width, and…

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Latest Telegrams. North Queensland Floods. Passengers Marooned. Man Drowned in Herbert River. Brisbane

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 1

Five hundred train passengers are marooned in the Cairns district, Queensland, owing to flood waters. They are sleeping in the carnages, and are said…

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Hail Storm at Belara

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 17 January 1929 · page 3

On Wednesday afternoon a very heavy, hail storm accurred, at Belara, the home, of Mr. Ferguson, causing much damage. to the dry…

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Items of Sport From Field, Flood and Ring

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 3

Percy Williams is the "boy wonder" who won both sprints at the Olympic Games. Ball gained second place in the 440 metres, being beaten on the…

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The Deluge

The Wellington Times · Thursday 24 January 1929 · page 2

WAS this old world ever at any time entirely under water? That is a strange question, you will say, and yet startling though it may…

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Ants Foretell Heavy Rain

The Wellington Times · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 2

Aboriginals of the early days always looked to nature to give them indications of the near approach of heavy rains, so that they could shift…

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Wedding Bells Shaw -- Flood

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 2

A quiet but pretty wedding lo[?] last [?] when [?] daughter of Mr. J. Flo[?]d, Bourke street, was married to George, eldest…

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Milk and Thunderstorms the Real Cause of Souring

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 31 January 1929 · page 2

A Dutch milk supplying company recently investigated the subject of the influence of thunderstorms on the development of acid in milk in a hope of…

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Milk and Thunderstorms the Real Cause of Souring

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 31 January 1929 · page 4

A Dutch milk supplying company recently investigated the subject of the influence of thunderstorms on the development of acid in milk in a hope of…

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Heavy Falls of Rain. Scattered Storms

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 5 February 1929 · page 6

Weather conditions all over the State still maintain a general drought, and the temperatures still soar up to and over the century mark. Occasionally…

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Latest Telegrams. Heavy Storms. Sydney Drenched. Numerous Accidents. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 5 February 1929 · page 1

A severe thunderstorm passed over the city and suburbs last night, during which considerable damage was done. Many streets in the eastern suburbs…

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Heavy Rain at End of February

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 7 February 1929 · page 4

Mr. Inigo Jones, the Queensland weather profit, says that the drought is practically over, and that heavy rain will come at the…

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Storm in Sydney Randwick Flooded

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 February 1929 · page 9

A cloud burst struck Randwick on Monday night, flooding all the low lying areas, and houses were almost knee deep in places;…

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Storm at Binnaway

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 February 1929 · page 9

The terrific heat reached a climax at Binnaway on Monday, when a storm, unprecedented in the district, occurred. For an hour and a half…

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Storm Damage at Dunedoo

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 February 1929 · page 9

Tuesday afternoon's storm did great havoc in parts of the Dunedoo district, and it is reported that 1000 sheep were swept away in the…

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