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Riverina · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1935

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Inverell District Damaged by Cyclonic Storm Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 2

A storm similar to the one which devastated Mungindi during the weel end struck Inverell to-day. A wide swathe was cut through the district…

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Terrific Storms Melbourne Streets Flooded Severe Weather in Gippsland

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 2

Another terrific storm broke ever Melbourne and suburbs this morning, and quickly inundated all low lying parts. Elizabeth street, one of the…

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Storms Melbourne Streets Flooded Severe Weather in Gippsland MELBOURNE

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 1

ANOTHER terrific storm broke over Melbourne and suburbs yesterday morning, and quickly inundated all low-lying parts…

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Heavy Rain Throughout the State Flood Warnings Issued Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 1

Very heavy rain fell in Sydney throughout the day, and, according to the Weather Bureau these conditions are operating over the greater…

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Melbourne Storm Tropical Downpour

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 14

Pouring down with tropical intensity during a vivid electrical storm at 1.10 a.m. on Thursday, rain registered 104 points in 23 minutes at the…

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Terrific Storm Wrecked Jamboree Camp Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 1

A terrific storm played havoc at he Jamboree camp early this morning. About 100 tents were blown down…

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Flood Damage £51,000 for Victorian Rail Repairs

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 2

The chairman of the Victorian Rail way Commissioners (Mr H. W. Clapp) in the first official announcement of the cost to the department of last…

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Scout Camps in Peril Gale and Storm Havoc MELBOURNE

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 1

Struck by a terrific storm that swept in from Port Phillip Bay and reached its peak at 4 a.m. on Saturday, the jamboree camp was threat,…

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Scout Jamboree Camps in Peril Gale and Storm Havoc Insurance Policy Helps MELBOURNE

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 2

Struck by a terrific storm that swept in from Port Phillip Bay and reached its peak at 4 a.m. to-day, the scouts' jamboree camp Was threatened with…

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Storm at Melbourne Thousands of Pounds Damage Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 2

A repetition of the fierce gales which preceded the November flood was wit-nessed throughout Saturday night and to-day when a storm, of cyclonic fury…

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Heavy Rains Drench. Whole of State Flood Dangers

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 2

Heavy rain is drendhing the whole State, and, in the expectation of substantial rises in the levels of inland rivers, the Government Meteorologist…

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Scout Jamboree Camps in Peril Gale and Storm Havoc

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 3

Struck by a terrific storm that swept in from Port Phillip Bay and reached its peak at 4 a.m. on Saturday, the scouts' jamboree camp was…

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A Rainy Year Most Wet Days Since 1893 Phenomenal, Thunderstorms

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 1

Weather Bureau records show that the amount and distribution of rainfall in 1934, owing to an annually large number of storms, were…

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The Weather Yesterday's Dust Storm

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 4

The minimum temperature for Tuesday night was 65 degrees, and the maximum heat yesterday up to 3 p.m. was just over 80 degrees…

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Air Mail and Storms

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 5

Despite storms raging around Darwin arid across the Timor, the Astraea bringing the fourth London air mail to Australia, arrived at Darwin on…

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Crop Report Storms Delay Harvesting Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 2

The monthly crop report of the Department of Agriculture states that rainfall registration in most parts of the wheat areas were below the…

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Jamboree Camp Struck by Terrific Storm

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 4

With, the fury of a tropical hurricane a terrific rainstorm swept through the jamboree canvas city at Frankston early on Monday, blowing…

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Murray Street Drainage Problem Liable to Flood Back

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 12 January 1935 · page 6

Reporting to the Council on Thursday night on the problem of draining Murray Street, near Morgan Street, the Municipal Engineer (Mr. H. J…

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Heavy Storm Disorganises Electricity Supply

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 14 January 1935 · page 3

A heavy gale upset the Burrinjuck hydro-electricity supply to Temora, Stockinbingal, and Combaning between the hours of 9.14 p.m. on…

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Terrific Storm Hits Gundagai District Vivid Lightning and Roaring Thunder Over Two Inches of Rain in Several Places

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 14 January 1935 · page 2

A terrific tropical-like storm lashed the Gundagai district on Saturday night last when vivid lightning illuminated the…

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