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Floods & storms, 1935

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

Eight Buildings Gutted Heavy Rain That Came Too Late DUNEDOO

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 22 July 1935 · page 1

Fanned by a strong wind, the most disastrous fire in the history of Dunedoo broke out at 2 a.m. on Saturday, and destroyed the Royal hotel,…

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Disastrous Fire Eight Buildings Gusted Heavy Rain That Came Too Late £15,000 Damage at Dunedoo Dunedoo

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 July 1935 · page 1

Fanned by a strong wind, the most disastrous fire in the history of Dunedoo broke out at 2 a.m. to-day, and destroyed the Royal Hotel, five shops…

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Four Killed Freak Electrical Storm New York

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 July 1935 · page 4

The hottest Saturday afternoon this summer was broken by a freak electrical storm at 3 o'clock, which killed four persons and injured [?]…

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Nine Killed in Swiss Air Crash Mountainside Tragedy 'Plane Encounters Severe Storm Two British Victims Pilot's Visibility Affected By Fog MILAN

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 July 1935 · page 1

The Royal Dutch air liner P.H.A.K.J., en route from Milan to Frankfurt, crashed at San Bernardino, Switzerland, during a severe storm Nine passengers, including two British, and four members of the crew were killed…

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Snags As a Cause of Flood

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 23 July 1935 · page 1

The Victorian Government is tackling flood prevention from a new angle. Banks, drains and other works have been suggested as a…

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Floods in New Zealand Roads 10 Feet Under Water in Auckland District Auckland

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 July 1935 · page 2

The worst flood in five years in the Auckland district has dislocates all road and rail communication, and the position is steadily becoming worse…

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A Conversation About a Storm

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 30 July 1935 · page 6

Mr. Brown and Mr. Jones, two farmers, were walking along, and talking about the storm. "My crop is not worth looking at said…

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Counterfeit Cash Floods Chicago District Gangsters Blamed Chicago

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 July 1935 · page 3

During the last two years, and more especially in the last six months, this district has been flooded with counterfeit money, which the Federal officials…

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Severe Dust Storm Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 31 July 1935 · page 4

A dust storm, such as is rarely witnessed in these areas, swept over tie Liverpool and Smithfield districts this afternoon. The wind reached gale…

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What Will Group Secretary Disclose? Are Serious Disclosures Behind Resignation? Another Maher Cup Storm

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 1 August 1935 · page 2

It looks at if the Matter Cup is again going to shake things up in Group Nine. Someone early this year said that peace had…

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When Gundagai Was a Tragic Sight a Story of the '52 Flood

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 1 August 1935 · page 6

MANY and varied are the stories written of the devestating flood of 1852; but none more interesting than those which flowed from the pen of of the late Mr. H. Turnbull, who, under the nom de plume of “The Little Rascal,” contributed many…

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Storm Expected in House of Commons Over Child's Essay London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 August 1935 · page 4

A storm is expected in the House of Commons when Sir Gerald Hurst will again raise the question of the 13-year-old Maude Mason's Royal…

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Violent Gales and Storms Victoria in Throes of Cyclone

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 3 August 1935 · page 2

Violent gales, with lashing rain, hail and thunder, throughout Victoria; pink, chocolate and red snowfalls in a blizzard on the eastern…

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South Australia Heavy Rain and Snow Adelaide

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 August 1935 · page 1

Heavy rain and snow was reported from various parts of South Australia yesterday. The Torren[?] broke its banks at Fulham, while strong winds and high…

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Blizzards, Bush Fires, and Snow Storms Tourists Marooned Rough Weather in Four States Severe Gales on N.S.W. COAST Wagga Experiences Its Coldest Days

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 August 1935 · page 1

Severe wintry weather conditions at the week-end is reported from four States. Heavy gales on the coast caused great, concern, blizzards and snow storms occurred in several centres, and the high winds were held to be responsible for the spread of a number of bush fires. Much…

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Wild Week-end in Four States Gales on N.S.W. Coast SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 5 August 1935 · page 1

SEVERE wintry weather conditions at the week-end were reported from four States. Heavy gales on the coast caused great concern,…

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Fierce Gale Sweeps N.S.W. Coast Wind Reached 60 Miles Per Hour Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 August 1935 · page 1

Several launch parties had narrow escapes on Botany Bay to-day, when sudden westerly squalls, estimated at nearly 60 miles an hour, swept the bay…

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Shipping Delayed Floods in Victoria Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 August 1935 · page 1

Many vessels arriving at Port Phillip to-day are days late, and all of them are hours late, owing to the mountainous seas along the coast…

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Floods in Victoria Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 August 1935 · page 2

Floods occurred in Gippsland and the western districts of Victoria to-day as a result of heavy rain at the week-end. At Casterion, where the Glenelg River…

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Battered Steamers Arriving in Melbourne Stories of the Storm Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 7 August 1935 · page 1

Masters of steamers which arrived in Melbourne to-day reported having encountered the worst weather of their experience along the coast during the…

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