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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1928

33 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 2

Heavy Storm

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 2

Goulburn experienced a very heavy storm between one and two o’clock yesterday afternoon. Lightning and thunder presaged the visitation which…

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Heavy Storm

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 17 January 1928 · page 2

Although the storm which passed over Braidwood on Thursday last only gave us 10 points of rain, it was far heavier in the south. At Farringdon,…

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Heavy Thunderstorm

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 2

On Saturday last a heavy thunderstorm fell to the east of the town. It was particularly severe in the neighborhood of Charley's Forest. A…

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Heavy Storm

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 2

On Friday afternoon a particularly heavy thunderstorm passed over the western side of the district. In Braidwood it was accompanied by hail…

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Disastrous Cyclone

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 14 February 1928 · page 3

The cyclone which swept through the three goldfield towns—Kalgoorlie, Coolgardie and Boulder City—early on Friday afternoon has left desolation…

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Thunderstorms

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 16 February 1928 · page 2

The humid conditions of the past few days culminated in heavy rain yesterday afternoon about 4’o clock. The streets were soon flooded and gutters…

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Terrific Rain Storm

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 2

Our Majura correspondent writes: An extraordinary fall of rain occured close to our Valley on Sunday evening. It was so dense that it looked like a…

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Big Floods Country Soaked

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 3

New South Wales has become more firmly held in the grip of devastating floods. The seriousness of the situation is confirmed by a Weather…

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The Floods

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 2

The flood menace in the southern districts increased during the weekend. There has been enormous damage and loss of life. Railway…

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Motorist Caught in Flooded Creek

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 4

Last Friday roads leading to Canberra were more or less flooded, and many creeks overflowed. Cars were held up for hours on the Cotter…

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The Floods

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 3

A feature of the N.S.W. floods on Monday was the sudden rush of flood water at Nyngan, whore the police, asking for relief, say many persons…

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The Floods

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 28 February 1928 · page 6

When the rescuer managed to reach the half-submerged cottage be found a mother standing on the iron rail of the bedstead, holding her three…

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Toll of the Floods

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 7

An estimate baa been made that flood damages on the Clarence River amount to £750,000…

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More Queensland Floods

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 7

Further floods in the north of Queensland are delaying train traffic, which was gradually being restored. Grossing the flooded…

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Floods Probable Sydney

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 March 1928 · page 1

Mr. Mares states that New South Wales is likely to have a repetition of the disastrous floods of last month, probably affecting the Namoi, Gwydir…

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Storms En Queensland

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 19 April 1928 · page 2

One of the severest storms on record is reported from the Coastal Area of Queensland Low-lying parts in Brisbane and suburbs were also…

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Floods in Queensland Seven Persons Drowned People Flee for Safety

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 2

A family of six, named Williams, and the owner of the farm Lawrence Muldoon, are still missing at Fletcher’s Creek, Queensland. It is…

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Queensland Floods

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 2

The death roll in connection with the Queensland floods is still growing, the figures now being nine. Seven cotton-pickers working oo a farm…

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Flood Victims Two Bodies Recovered Brisbane

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 1

Two more bodies, those of a woman and chlid, have been recovered from the flood waters at Globera, Queensland…

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Queensland Floods

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 1 May 1928 · page 6

The The Fitsroy River at Rookhampton was still rising on Saturday. It had reached a height of 27ft., and water was encroaching on the main…

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