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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1938

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

Storm at Nyngan

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 1 November 1938 · page 7

When a severe storm passed over Nyngan on Saturday the roofs were torn from houses and sheds, and galvanised iron was blown about like…

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Disastrous Storm

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 15 November 1938 · page 7

A cyclonic storm which passed over North Star, two miles from Boggabilla. yesterday, was responsible for great damage to wheat crops…

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Violent Gale

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 25 November 1938 · page 2

LONDON.—A fierce gale which swept the British Isles resulted in 13 deaths and many injured. Many small steamers were washed ashore…

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Cyclone Damage

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 13 December 1938 · page 2

During a cyclone damage in the central coastal area between Hawkesbury and Wyong was casued estimated at more than £70,000 [?] Over…

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Disastrous Gale

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 13 December 1938 · page 6

Considerable damage was caused throughout the Braidwood district on Friday night by one of the most violent gales experienced for many…

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America’s Dust Storms

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 December 1938 · page 6

For 25 years rainfall between the Corn Belt and the Rocky Mountains has been diminishing And during that period farmers, in order to plant…

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