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Floods & storms, 1929

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Riverina Prospects Monthly Dairying Report Heavy Rain Needed

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 June 1929 · page 2

Mr. I. W. .Scott, Dairy Instructor of the Department of Agriculture, reporting on the conditions in May in Riverina and the South Western Slopes,…

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Gale in Sydney Damage to Property Clouds of Dust SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 June 1929 · page 2

Accompanied by clouds of dust, a gale, which at times attained a velocity of 52 miles an hour, struck Sydney this afternoon and did considerable…

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Five Persons Killed Flood at Westport Imminent

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 June 1929 · page 1

The latest reports show that five persons were killed, although particulars of their deaths are not yet available…

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Devastating Floods Indian Villages Wrecked Appeal for Belief Calcutta

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 June 1929 · page 1

Due to an abnormal monsoon, devastating floods have occurred in Assam. Many villagers perished in Silchar, where hundreds of houses were washed…

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Assam Floods 5,500 Square Miles Inundated Calcutta

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 1

The Assam floods are spreading and now cover an area of 5,500 square miles. The Government of Assam is making urgent appeals for help to other Indian…

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Town Flooded 40 DROWNED; 100 Injured Bogola (Colombia)

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 1

Forty persons were drowned, and more than 100 injured when floods almost wiped out the town of Sevilla in the district of Cauca. The Quileade…

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New Zealand Earthquake Aftermath of Floods Feared Waters Rising Ominously Further Landslides Reported Wellington (N.z.)

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 2

The backed-up waters of the Buller River and its tributaries caused by landslides, the result of the earthquake, are rising ominously. Hundreds…

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N.Z 'Quake Aftermath of Floods Feared Waters Rising Ominously Wellington (N.z)

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 1

THE BACKED-UP waters of the Buller river and its tributaries caused by landslides, the result of the earthquake, are rising,…

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Southern Cross Departure Delayed Gale at Richmond Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 June 1929 · page 2
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A gale of between 40 and 50 miles an hour swept down on Richmond from the Blue Mountains yesterday. This put a stop to the projected departure…

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More Earthquake Shocks Increased Intensity Flood Danger Over Wellington (N.z.)

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 June 1929 · page 2

The Post Office reports that shocks of increased intensity preceded by lord detonations, were experienced throughout the night at Takaka (Nelson)…

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Gale on Coast Shipping Delayed Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 June 1929 · page 2

A terrific gale which swept the coast during the week-end and continued to-day, hampered shipping operations considerably. Vessels are arriving late,…

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Snow and Rain Floods Likely in Northern Tasmania Burnie (T.)

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 June 1929 · page 3

[?] snow and rain have made further flooding likely. The rivers are running a banker in many places. The mining town of Waratah,…

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Snow and Rain Floods Likely in Nth. Tas. BURNIE (Tas.)

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 25 June 1929 · page 1

Heavy falls of snow and rain have made further flooding likely. The rivers are running a banker in many places. The mining town of Waratah,…

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Under-sea Coal Mine Miners Trapped by Flood Tokio

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 June 1929 · page 2

Forty-eight miners were trapped so a result of the inflow of sea water in the Khushiu coal mines. A rescue squad, the number of which is…

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Assam Floods Villages Submerged Efforts to Reach Starving People Damage Estimated at £1,000,000 CALCUTTA

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 June 1929 · page 1

The Assam floods are still taking toll of life. Relief parties, in boats, are trying desperately to reach the marooned and starving villagers with…

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Landing at Singapore Fresh and Untired Heavy Rain and Mist Singapore

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 29 June 1929 · page 4

Looking fresh and untired, despite 20 hours in the air, the crew of the Southern Cross alighted at the naval base at 12.45 o'clock this afternoon…

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In M[?]dst of Cyclone Vessel Severely Buffetted Off Queensland Coast Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 July 1929 · page 2

Late last night the Swedish-Australian steamer Roxen (4258 tons) was in the midst of a terrific cyclone off the South Queensland coast. So serious did…

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Floods in the North

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 1 July 1929 · page 2

Heavy floods have occurred on north-coast. .The Richmond River is now 29 feet above normal level Many families have been…

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