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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1931

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

The Floods

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 3 July 1931 · page 2

Danger of serious flcods has now passed. although rises occurred in the Murray and some tributaries…

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Terrific Cyclone Extensive Damage

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 July 1931 · page 2

Sydney was swept throughout yesterday by a cyclone which, accompanied by very heavy rain, reached a velocity of 68 miles an hour…

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Sydney’s Rough Time Another Cyclone

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 July 1931 · page 1

Another cyclonic disturbance passed over Sydney this morning, and the city and suburbs were again deluged. Several launches and boats dragged…

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More Floods

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 7 July 1931 · page 7

The Murrumbidgee River at Hay readied a record height, and is six miles wide in places. Several families have abandoned their homes and…

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Flood at Urana

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 14 July 1931 · page 7

The town of Urana is in a perilous position as the result of the floods, which are surrounding it, being feet deep In the main street. There is…

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Further Floods Citizens’ Fears Sydney

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 July 1931 · page 1

It is learned that “twenty men have been marooned in flood waters in the Jerilderie district, for over a week. They built a five-foot sand-bag wall to keep…

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Terrific Storms Lightning Kills Twelve People London

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 6 August 1931 · page 1

Terrific storms are causing widespread damage in Britain, Francs and Belgium. King’s Cross (London)…

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Fight Against Flood

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 August 1931 · page 2

"If the bank breaks it is good-bye to Wentworth." That, in the words or one of the beleaguered residents, sums up the…

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Terrific Thunderstorms

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 August 1931 · page 2

Terrific thunderstorms are causing widespread damage in Britain, Belgium and France. In the train tunnels at King's Cross underground…

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Floods in China Unparalleled Disaster Famine Feared SHANGHAI

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 20 August 1931 · page 2

Slow death is engulfing the entire Hankow district, where the water is continuing to creep to new high level records…

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Latest Cable News Disastrous Floods

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 21 August 1931 · page 2

Slow death is engulfing the entire Hankow district (China). Water is continuing to create new nigh level records. It is estimated that…

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Latest Cable News Chinese Floodds

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 8 September 1931 · page 2

It is estimated that 1,000,000 lives have been lost in the Chinese floods. A vast area of country is still threatened, and reinforcements are being…

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Some Storm

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 October 1931 · page 3

The “Great Storm” of England occurred November 26tb. and 27th, 1703. It was one of the most terrible, if not “the“ most terrible that ever raged in…

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Some Storm

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 6 October 1931 · page 6

The "Great Storm" of England occurred on November 26th end 27th, 1703. It was one of the most terrible, I if not the most terrible, that ever…

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When Storms Rage

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 October 1931 · page 3

The extent over which storms spread themselves is very variable. They are seldom less than 600 miles in diameter and often two or three times that…

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Russian Petrol Plan to Flood Australia

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 17 November 1931 · page 6

Reports have been printed that a syndicate of promoters and financiers In Australia have joined hands with Moscow, and in London have signed…

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The Floods

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 11 December 1931 · page 2

The highest recording on the north coast yesterday was at Port Macquarie, where 405 points were recorded. There hare been heavy falls…

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The Floods

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 11 December 1931 · page 2

Raymond Ross (17), son of a dairy farmer, while taking a can of cream across a flooded creek at Channon on horseback, was thrown into the…

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Floods in Queensland

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 11 December 1931 · page 3

Floods continue to menace many parts of Queensland. Traffic is completely disorganised in several districts, numbers of settlers' are…

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Violent Cyclone

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 25 December 1931 · page 2

During a cyclone which swept Nambour (Queensland) houses were unroofed, windows smashed and trees uprooted. Forty-five sheets of…

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