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Floods & storms, 1931

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Sudden Storm in Sydney Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 October 1931 · page 4

Torram[?]dal rain, accompanied by hall, swept the city and suburbs for a Short while this afternoon, leaving the streets covered with a white…

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British Unemployed Attempt to Storm Parliament Police Disperse Mob London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 October 1931 · page 6

Several thousand unemployed, coming from Hyde Park and singing the "Red Flag" and shouting "down with the National Government," marched…

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Flood Damage at Yenda Rice Sheds

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 2 October 1931 · page 4

In reply to a question at Saturday's meeting of vice growers, the chairman of the Board, Mr. Hankinson was reported as having said that…

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Kyeamba Shire Flood Damage Repairs Cost About £1200 Voluntary Work by Ratepayers

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 October 1931 · page 6

The monthly meeting of the Kyeamba Shire Council was held yesterday, the President (Councillor E. H. Hedditch) presiding. Others present…

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Parks and Gardens Flood Damaged Trees Teachers' College Site

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 October 1931 · page 5

The works committee reported at last night's meeting of the Wagga Municipal Council that the report from the head gardener and a letter…

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Corowa Races Off Heavy Rain on Murray Corowa

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 17 October 1931 · page 23

Corowa races to have been held to-day have been postponed until Tuesday. It rained throughout the night and this morning…

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Dunedin Gale Worst in History Wellington (N.z.)

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 October 1931 · page 2

Dunedin was swept by the worst gale in its history to-day. Great damage was done, and a large number of people narrowly escaped injury…

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Flood in India Thirty Killed in Landslide. Villagers Panic-stricken Calcutta

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 22 October 1931 · page 1

Disastrous floods, followed by monsoons and earthquakes, have caused communication between many towns to be cut off. Many landslides have…

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Australia's Forests Regulation of Floods

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 24 October 1931 · page 7

Impressive facts relating to the importance of forestry were presented by Mr. Russell Grimwade in an address to members of the Royal…

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Storm at Junee

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 October 1931 · page 2

About 4.30 o'clock yesterday afternoon a blinding dust storm swept the streets of Junee, and for sometime it was impossible to see any distance…

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Violent Gale Lashes British Coast Schooner Wrecked London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 November 1931 · page 2

Great Britain and the surrounding coasts to-day experienced a violent gale. The St. Anne, a French three-masted schooner, went ashore at Port…

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Flood of Imports Into Britain Emergency Tariff Possible London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 November 1931 · page 2

The "Daily Telegraph" says that the British Government will take steps to stop the flooding of the home market with imported goods, especially…

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Thunder Storms Amazing Cyclonic Disturbance City and Suburbs Swept SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 9 November 1931 · page 1

THREE distinct thunderstorms, described by the State meteorologist as the most amazing cyclonic disturbance he had ever witnessed,…

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Three Thunder Storms Amazing Cyclonic Turbance City And Suburbs Swept SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 November 1931 · page 2

There district Thunderstorms described by the State Meteorologist (Mr. Mares) as the most amazing cyclonic disturbance he had ever…

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Severe Storm at Grabben Cullen Every House Unroofed £10,000 Damage CROOKWELL

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 November 1931 · page 2

The full force of yesterday's cyclone struck the little town of Grabben Cullen, seven miles from Crookwell, and created such havoc that every…

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Flight to Australia Scott's Record Broken Butler at Darwin Dangerous Conditions on Last Hop Fierce Electric Storms Darwin

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 November 1931 · page 2

Winging his way through fierce electric storms on a 500-mile hop over the sea from Koepang, Mr. Arthur C. Ruder, the Cootamundra aviator, arrived from England at 4.23 o'clock this afternoon, completing the flight from…

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Sunday's Storm

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 11 November 1931 · page 2

Temora.—During a terrific hailstorm on Sunday, jagged lumps of ice, as large as pigeon eggs, fell thickly Rain fell in torrents for a few…

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Storm Fatality

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 11 November 1931 · page 2

With his neck broken, the body of Isaac Gibbs, 68, an employes of Bumbaldry station, 16 miles from Cowra, was found in a paddock,' two miles…

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Storm at Grabben Gullen Every House Unroofed £10,000 DAMAGE

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 11 November 1931 · page 3

The full force of Sunday's cyclone struck the little town of Grabben Cullen, seen milles from Crookwell, and created such havoc that every…

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Gale in English Channel South Coast Storm-swept Streets Under Water London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 13 November 1931 · page 2

A gale in the English Channel continued with unabated force on Monday and Tuesday, and the whole of the South Coast experienced storms…

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