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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1926

12 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers

Big Storm at Queanbeyan. Streets Flooded

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 2

Yesterday evening, at 7 o'clock, a heavy thunderstorm passed over the town and torrential rain fell for about half an hour, particularly on…

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Disastrous Floods

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 7

Floods in a number of districts in Holland have assumed the character of a great catastrophe. Railways and dykes have collapsed in several…

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Heavy Thunderstorm

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 2

APhenomenatly heavy thunderstorm passed over Bombay on Sunday afternoon. It was probably the heaviest ever experienced there. The rain lit…

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Telegraphic News Sydney Monday. 4 p.m. the Floods

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 30 March 1926 · page 2

During the week-end fine, weather prevailed throughout the west. Reports last night from Dubbo, Warren and Trangie were to the effect that the…

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Cyclonic Storm

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 27 July 1926 · page 6

On Thursday night a wind and rain storm struck Braidwood (thunderstorms in midwinter are rather a novelty hereabouts). The wind blew…

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Canberra Strike Sewer Workings Flooded

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 6 August 1926 · page 2

The sewer workings below the Molonglo River bed on Sunday through a rise in the river, following heavy rain…

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Gold Discovery Unearthed by Gale

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 14 September 1926 · page 1

Much interest is being shown in the new goldfield shown at Niangala about 40 miles from Tamworth, as the find promises to rival some of the…

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Telegraphic News Floods in India Over 200 Lives Lost Prisoners Liberated from Jails. CALCUTTA

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 5 October 1926 · page 2

Over 200 lives were lost in floods in the Mandla and Central Provinces recently. The floods rose rapidly and houses and animals were washed…

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Cyclone at Havana Many Homes Demolished VANCOUVER

Queanbeyan-Canberra Advocate · Thursday 21 October 1926 · page 2

Reports from Havana describe a heavy storm on Wednesday which flooded the streets and stopped transportation…

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A Flood-Proof Fence an Effective Design

Queanbeyan-Canberra Advocate · Thursday 11 November 1926 · page 4

Wire netting fences of considerable value are periodically destroyed by flood waters in certain districts. A departmental officer gives some…

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"Johnstown Flood" Is Grim Melodrama

Queanbeyan-Canberra Advocate · Thursday 18 November 1926 · page 3

"The Johnstown Flood," Fox Films engrossing dramatic narrative which comes to the Triumph Theatre, on Monday and Tuesday next, centres…

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Flooding Electorates

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 3 December 1926 · page 4

The Government is working overtime to prepare for the election, and with this object in view (says the Goulburn "Post") elaborate plane are…

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