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Floods & storms, 1935

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Violent Gale Lashes Victorian Coast Fishing Ketch Wrecked MELBOURNE

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 15 April 1935 · page 1

Until after dawn on Saturday the south western coast of Victoria was lashed by a violent shorn, which appeared to reach its maximum…

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Floods at Bega Bega

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 15 April 1935 · page 1

During the heavy floods which followed torrential rain during the week-end car traffic was interferred with and several telephone linesmen…

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Government Grant £5000 to Help Pearl Fishers Following Cyclone Canberra

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 1

The Federal Cabinet has decided to grant £5000 to assist sufferers in the recent pearling fleet disaster near Broome (W.A.), where more than 150…

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Floods on South Coast Bega

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 4

During heavy floods which followed torrential rains of Die week-end, car traffic and several telephone lines were interfered with. Campers on the…

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Dust Storms Damage Crops New York

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 April 1935 · page 1

The effect of the mid Western dust storms became virtually nation-wide to-day when a thin haze floated over New York, while vast clouds of dust…

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Flood Waters May Enter Homes at Monee Ponds Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 April 1935 · page 4

As a result of the heavy rains, residents of the low-lying partS of moonee Ponds may be forced to leave their homes, as the flood waters are…

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Heavy Rain At Wagga 90 Points in a Few Hours

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 20 April 1935 · page 1

After a week of bitterly cold weather there was a break of fine weather on Wednesday and Thursday. Friday was warmer, but early in the…

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Texas Drought Broken Farmers Trek From Dust Storms Chicago

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 20 April 1935 · page 1

Heavy, rains to-day broke the drought and sett[?]ed, the dust in Texas. Reports from Livingston, Montana…

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Mrs. Archie Flood Tells of Early Narandera

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Saturday 20 April 1935 · page 1

Away back in 1858, Mrs. Archibald Rood came to Narandera with her parents, she was, then aged only four years; she is now one of the oldest,…

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The Weather Torrential Rain Good Friday's Storm

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 April 1935 · page 4

A severe thunderstorm occurred at Wagga and in most parts of the Wagga district on Good Friday, and heavy rain fell for some hours, a total of…

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Floods in Victoria Settlers Leave Farms Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 April 1935 · page 2

The heavy rains have resulted in serious floodings in Eastern Gippsland. All rivers have risen considerably. A small railway bridge over the…

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Gippsland Floods Farming Centres Isolated. Settlers Marooned Electricity Works Threatened Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 23 April 1935 · page 1

Eastern Gippsland is in the grip of floods again, and many farming centres are isolated. It is the first time since December that this district was…

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Gippsland Floods Bomb Relief Experienced Heavy Mountain Rain Reported Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 April 1935 · page 1

There has been some relief in the flood conditions in Gippsland, although it is reported from Moe, one of the centres most affected, that heavy rain…

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The Weather Summer Conditions Followed by Heavy Rain

Daily Advertiser · Monday 29 April 1935 · page 5

After a glorious week-end bad been experienced in Wagga, with almost a return to summer conditions, heavy rain began to fall soon after 6 o'clock…

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Men Rescued From Flooded Mine No Hope for Others Johannesburg

Daily Advertiser · Monday 29 April 1935 · page 1

After having been imprisoned for three and a half days, R. Anderson, a miner, and two negroes Were found alive in the fifteenth level of the New…

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Royal Jubilee Increasing Interest in Procession Majestic Pageantry Expected Floodlit Buildings London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 29 April 1935 · page 1

Every new detail regarding the royal jubilee procession to St. Paul's Cathedral on May 6 is eagerly read. The general impression is that the…

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Survivor of '52 Flood Passes Death of Mr. Ambrose True

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 29 April 1935 · page 2

The Grim Reaper has claimed another grand old man in the person of Mr. Ambrose True, who passed away suddenly at his homea [?]Trangie on…

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Heavy Storm Motorists Caught Napping Beneficial Rainfall

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 30 April 1935 · page 2

AFTER TWO DAYS of unusually warm weather for this time of the year a heavy storm burst over Leeton and district…

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Torrential Rains Heavy Losses in Gippsland South Melbourne Flooded Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 May 1935 · page 4

Torrential rains have fallen in many parts of the State since Sunday last. Numerous farmers, particularly in East Gippsland, are faced with tremendous…

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Dust Storms in U.S.A. Kansas City

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 May 1935 · page 4

Disease, aggravated by the dust storms, has taken nine lives in the just week, while 6000 cases of fever were reported in the south-west, and 200…

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