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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1945

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

Notes and News Severe Electrical Storm

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 2

On Monday afternoon a violent storm broke over the district. It was accompanied by one of the most violent electrical displays we have seen…

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Another Food Muddle. Britain Flooded with Rabbit Skins!

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 1

Mr. George W. Watkins, of the Australian Country Party, writes:—When meat and butter rationing was introduced more than a year ago…

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Local and General Thunderstorms

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 2

Just as the effects of the recent bounteous rains were beginning to fade away the district had a succession of thunderstorms on Friday and…

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Heavy Storm

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 23 February 1945 · page 2

, Braidwood was deluged on Wednesday afternoon when a heavy storm, which had been threatening all day, broke over the town. For over half…

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Latest War News Floods Hamper Russians

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 16 March 1945 · page 2

LONDON.—Floods are hampering the Russians in their pursuit of the Germans since the fall of Kustrin. A vast area west from Kustrin has been…

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Rivers Flooded Heavy Rainfall in District

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 April 1945 · page 1

Heavy rains up the river caused a considerable rise in the Queanbeyan River which continued to rise from early yesterday morning until about…

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Captain's Flat Floods

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 13 April 1945 · page 2

Writing from Captain's Flat on Wednesday, a correspondent says it is impossible to give the correct rainfall figures there, as the gauge at the post…

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The Flood's Toll Part of Clyde Mountain Road Slips Into Gorge Widespread Damage

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 13 April 1945 · page 2

The great floods which followed the torrential rain of last Saturday and Sunday caused widespread destruction throughout the Braidwood and…

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The Great Flood Trail of Havoc in the Braidwood District. Araluen and Upper Shoalhaven Suffer Most

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 17 April 1945 · page 2

Bathed in glorious sunlight and lying serenely 'midst the verdant green of pastures and corn crops, with sheets of water everywhere…

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£14,000 Flood Damage in Shire

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 24 April 1945 · page 2

At Saturday's Shire meeting the acting-engineer, Mr. T. L. Thompson, presented, a detailed estimate of the recent flood damage in the Shire. This…

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£14,000 Flood Damage Roads and Bridges in Tallaganda Shire

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 27 April 1945 · page 1

AT Saturday's meeting of the Shire Council the acting-engineer, Mr. T.L. Thompson, in a comprehensive report in connection with the recent floods, estimated that at least £14,000 would be required to restore roads and bridges in the Shire. This does not…

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Raging Gale Drives Two Vessels Ashore Crews SYDNEY

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 June 1945 · page 1

A south easterly gale is still raging with great fury off the coast and to-day a small tanker was reported aground near Seal Rocks, north of…

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Flood Danger on North Coast

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 12 June 1945 · page 2

Torrential rains over the past 48 hours have given rise to fears of serious flood dangers on the far North Coast of N.S.W., where the cyclone…

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Flood Damage to Oallen Bridge

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 12 June 1945 · page 2

Reporting to the Mulwarree Shire Council at its meeting on Tuesday, the engineer, Mr. H. B. Darke, said that the recent flood in the…

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Floods in the North

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 June 1945 · page 1

Hundreds of people are homeless on the north coast of New South Wales as the result of disastrous floods. Transport has been halted,…

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Serious Flood Position at Moruya

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 15 June 1945 · page 3

"When the Moruya River broke its banks on the south coast early today the Moruya township of about 1.000 people was isolated by flood waters,…

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Flood Rains Over 11 Inches at Araluen

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 15 June 1945 · page 2

Within the space of less than three months the Braidwood district has been twice deluged by flood rains, though on the second occasion not to…

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Flooded Coast

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 June 1945 · page 2

Th. disastrous floods experienced on the North Coast this week have caused, immense damage. At Lismore two-thirds of the…

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Prompt North Coast Flood Relief

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 29 June 1945 · page 4

The Acting Premier, Mr. J. M. Baddeley, states that he has conferred with the State Flood Relief Committee which recently visited the Lismore…

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Local and General Flood Damage

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 July 1945 · page 1

The Municipal Council has received advice from the Department of Public Works that a grant of £95 has been made towards meeting the cost…

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