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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1933

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

Terrific Storm Trail of Damage Left by Hail and Lightning

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 1

A terrific storm swept through the district last week doing great damage by hail and leaving fires started by lightning…

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Violent Storm

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 17 January 1933 · page 7

A violent cyclonic thunderstorm struck Narrabri yesterday, causing damage estimated at several thousand pounds. The railway locomotive…

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Terrific Storm Sydney Suffers Seven Persons Drowned

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 2

The week-end deluge in Sydney was terrific, and was reminiscent of the Easter the year the Duke and Duchess were out here…

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Flood Dangers Not Serious Sydney

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 1

Mr. Mares said to-day that the danger of floods in the north-east quarter of the State was not expected to become serious immediately…

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New Zealand Floods

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 March 1933 · page 2

The latest news in connection with the floods in the Taumanunui district (New Zealand) shows that the damage amounts to many thousands…

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Hawkesbury Floods Market Gardens Suffer SYDNEY

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 April 1933 · page 1

List night flood waters broke over the hanks of the Hawkesbury River and South Creek at Windsor, McKenzie and Cattai Creeks…

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The First “Floodlighting”

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 June 1933 · page 4

The first example of floodlighting was in 1813, when William Murdock, the Scot father of gas, “floodlit” Westminster Bridge, London, with about 30…

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Drought and Flood Relief

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 14 July 1933 · page 2

The Minister for Lands (Mr. Buttenshaw) invites attention to the fact that the Government has decided to extend the time for lodgment…

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Elizabeth Ann Gale

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 August 1933 · page 1

On Sunday night, shortly after returning from a religious service, Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Gale, second wife of the late John Gale, passed away suddenly…

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Golf Notes Associates Play Through Storm

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 August 1933 · page 3

On Wednesday, playing in the qualifying round for the championship, Queanbeyan Associates experienced the worst possible for golf…

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Telegraphic News Sydney, 2 p.m. Flood Danger Removed

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 5 September 1933 · page 7

A rapid return to fine weather during the week-end removed all danger of serious flooding in the Murrumbidgee and Murray Rivers…

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Drowned by Storm Water Sydney

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 September 1933 · page 1

A man whose name is believed to be Edward Young, aged 65, was found dead in a lane in Surry Hills this…

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Gaynor and Farrell Score in New Film "Tess of the Storm Country"

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 27 October 1933 · page 3

Leaving the tranquil Middle West setting of "The First Year" for the stern and rock-bound cliffs of Maine, : Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell…

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Flood Warning

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 21 November 1933 · page 3

The following message was received at the local post office yesterday: The Weather Bureau advises that heavy rain has fallen during the…

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Flood Danger Not Yet Past

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 November 1933 · page 2

The rain in the country eased off considerably during the past 24 hours, and floods in various parts arc gradually receding, although there have…

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Heavy Rain

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 December 1933 · page 2

Torrential rain over western New South Wales during a cyclone caused extensive flooding of low-lying areas in the Broken Hill district on Wednesday…

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Damage in Victoria Caused by Heavy Rain MELBOURNE

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 December 1933 · page 1

Further details of widespread rainstorm in Victoria yesterday show that the railway lines in Bendigo. Ballarat, Creswick…

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Local and General Violent Storm

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 1 December 1933 · page 2

Braidwood had only a few points of rain on Tuesday, but a terrific storm swept over the districts to the north. Crops at Gundary and…

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Floods in Victoria

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 12 December 1933 · page 7

A message from Kerang (Vic.) states that the outer embankment protecting the township:—from the rising flood waters broke yesterday…

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Storm at Goulburn

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 December 1933 · page 4

A Goulburn report says that traffic by rail and road was temporarily dislocated and private property suffered heavy damage as the outcome of…

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