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Riverina · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1929

316 stories in Riverina's papers · page 10 of 16

Dust Storms

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 2 September 1929 · page 2

Cootamundra was enshrouded with dust on Saturday and yesterday. It hung over the town, penetrating everything, to the dismay of householder…

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Dust Storms Rain of Red Mud Sun Obsured Wheat Crops Damaged

Daily Advertiser · Monday 2 September 1929 · page 2

Stirred up by boisterous winds in the interior of the continent, heavy dust storms raged throughout New South Wales an Victoria on Friday night…

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Dust Storm Sweeps the Plains Clouds of Dust From the West

The Daily Express · Monday 2 September 1929 · page 1

Saturday was the most disagreeable day locally for several years past. All day long and throughout the night a pall of red dust from the…

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Flood of Oil Sweeps Liner's Cabins Colombo, September 1

The Daily Express · Monday 2 September 1929 · page 4

About eighty passengers from the F. and O. branch liner Baradine, including a number of children, were feted to come ashore on Friday…

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Dust Storms

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 3 September 1929 · page 3

Stirred up by boisterous winds in the interior of the continent, heavy dust storms raged throughout New South Wales and Victoria on Friday…

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Saturday's Dust Storm Covers Whole State

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 3 September 1929 · page 2

Stirred up by boisterous winds in the interior of the continent, heavy must storms raged throughout New South Wales and Victoria on Friday…

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The Dust Storm Birds Walk the Ground

The Daily Express · Tuesday 3 September 1929 · page 4

Saturday's dust storm was by far the worst ever experienced at Junee, and continued throughout the night. On Saturday night a Junee…

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Heavy Rain Menangle Races Off Sydney

The Daily Express · Wednesday 11 September 1929 · page 4

The Menangle Races, which were to have been held to-day, were postponed until Thursday owing to heavy rain. The decision to postpone…

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Storm in Parliament

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 12 September 1929 · page 2

Great uproar occurred in the Queensland Legislative Assembly yester night, resulting in four members being suspended for a week…

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Coastal Storms Shipping Paralysed Danger of Floods Sydney

The Daily Express · Thursday 12 September 1929 · page 2

A terrific sale was raging off the coast this morning and shipping was completely paralysed, Many interstate steamers and coasters are…

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Terrific Gale Sweeps N.S.W. Coast Floods Likely in Many Areas Cyclonic Disturbance SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 September 1929 · page 1

A terrific gale was raging off the coast this morning, and shipping is completely paralysed. Many interstate steamers and coasters are…

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Steamer Ashore the Pappinbarra Caught by the Gale Newcastle

The Daily Express · Thursday 12 September 1929 · page 2

The north coastal steamer Pappinbarra ran ashore near the lighthouse at Port Stephens during a heavy gale to-day. The crew landed…

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Typhoon and Flood Japanese Visitation Tokio, Sept. 11

The Daily Express · Thursday 12 September 1929 · page 1

A very severe typhoon swept here yesterday, when 75,000 houses were flooded by overflowing rivers, Sailors were blown overboard from a…

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Coastal Storm Sydney

The Daily Express · Friday 13 September 1929 · page 2

When the steamer Pulgambar arrived at Sydney this morning from Byron Bay, the Captain reported that when the vessel was abreast of…

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Dam Bursts Flood Feared West Maitland

Daily Advertiser · Friday 13 September 1929 · page 5

The Wallalong Dam at Woodville burst its walls last night, and it is likely that the Patterson River will flood the low-lying farms alone its…

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Storms in Europe London, Sept. 18

The Daily Express · Friday 20 September 1929 · page 2

A remarkably warm late summer has culminated in a series of terrific thunderstorms, in which three were killed by lightning in England…

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Late English Summer Ends in Terrific Storm Three Killed by Lightning. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 September 1929 · page 2

A remarkably warm late summer culminated in a terrific thunderstorm, in which three people were killed in England. They were struck by…

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Wall Street Flood of Liquidations New York. Sept. 25

The Daily Express · Friday 27 September 1929 · page 2

The top heavy speculative structure created by wild speculation of the past few months crumbled on the Stock Exchange to-day. under a flood…

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Fierce Gale Steamer's Ordeal Minor Casualties Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 30 September 1929 · page 1

Flooded cabins, a stout door stove in, and broken crockery, were some of the effects of a fierce storm which the liner Maunganui encountered in crossing the…

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Rain in Three States Wonderful Recovery for Wheat Harvest Two Inch Fall Throughout the Riverina Floods Now Anticipated on the Murrumbidgee Catchment

The Daily Express · Monday 30 September 1929 · page 1

Rain has fallen over practically the whole of the inland districts of New South Wales during the past two days," while the coastal areas have also benefited to a lesser extent. The State Meteorologist, Mr Mares, described the falls as the…

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