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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1923

9 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers

Freak Storm

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 23 February 1923 · page 4

A remarkable storm of a whirlwind nature occurred at Kirkton, near Singleton, on Sunday afternoon. The wind lasted only a minute, but…

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Remarkable Storm

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 20 March 1923 · page 6

A sight which would need to be seen to be believed was witnessed at Quaama on Saturday evening (reports the Bega "Star"). During the…

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Storm in Sydney

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 23 March 1923 · page 2

During the storm on Tuesday evening a number of Sydney suburbs were plunged in darkness. Several trams a church, and a number of tramway…

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Storm in France Wild Half Hour

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 15 May 1923 · page 4

Eye-witnesses of the storm which swept over Orne Department, France, say the countryside is now like a battlefield. Following a darkening…

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Telegraphic News. SYDNEY. Monday, 4 p.m. Gales and Rain

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 10 July 1923 · page 7

Gales of a cyclonic character swept over the coast yesterday, accompanied by heavy rain and rough, seas. Torrential rain fell id the…

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[Published by Arrangement.] Breaking the Drought With Floods of Liquor

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 3 August 1923 · page 3

More than 500,000 counterfeit prescriptions, each calling for a pint of whiskey, were filled by New York City drug…

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Deluge of Liquor Systematising New York Trade (Published by Arrangement)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 September 1923 · page 5

About the only difference in the flooding of New York State with liquor before and after the repeal of the Enforcement Act by the State of…

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Yesterday's Wind Storm. Much Damage Done

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 21 September 1923 · page 2

Yesterday was the wildest day experienced for many years locally, in fact by some it was described as the worst ever a experienced…

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Telegraphic News. SYDNEY Monday, 4 p.m. Heavy Gales

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 2 October 1923 · page 2

Yesterday the heavy gale did considerable damage n the cty and suburbs. The gale, which was accompanied by blinding dust, reached a…

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