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Floods & storms, 1936

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Melbourne Gale Lifeboat Returns Long Battle with Mountainous Seas Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 15 September 1936 · page 1

The Queenscliff lifeboat, which went out in the gale yesterday to look for two missing fishermen, returned to Port Phillip Bay to-day after having…

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Landslide in Norway Seventy-Four Killed Mountain Falls Into Lake Flood Waves Demolish Homes OSLO (Norway)

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 15 September 1936 · page 1

Seventy-four persons, including 30 children, were killed and 13 injured to-day when a huge landslide from a peak on the 6000 feet…

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Violent Cyclone Serious Damage in Northern Town Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 September 1936 · page 4

The small town of Goonegerry, eight miles from Mullumbimby, on the North Coast, was visited by a severe cyclone this afternoon and…

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Flooded Farm Irrigation Area Commission Appeal Fails Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 18 September 1936 · page 1

The Supreme Court to-day dismissed the appeal of the Water conservation and Irrigation Commission against the award of £827 in the Narandera…

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Cyclone Causes Havoc School Children Escape

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 19 September 1936 · page 5

A disastrous cyclone swept through, the Guyra district on Wednesday, and wrecked houses, dairy buildings, and destroyed crops…

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Minimising the Flood Danger

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 September 1936 · page 4

Scarcely a year passes without the Murrumbidgee threatening an inundation; without the river readings being anxiously scanned, and without the rainfall recordings in the catchment area being closely watched. But while it. is some years ,since the river has actually, overflowed on the…

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Flood Prevention Snagging River Channels Advocated in Victoria MR. L. E. East's Views

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 September 1936 · page 3

Remedial measures for mitigating flooding and erosion on Gippsland rivers were suggested by Mr. L. R. East, a member of the State Rivers…

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Spanish Fighting Government Opens Dam and Floods Rebels Effort to Check Advance on Capital Fate of Refugee Ship London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 26 September 1936 · page 1

The Spanish Government troops are now making desperate efforts to check the insurgent advance on Madrid, says the Madrid…

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Mr. Lang Predicts Flood of Immigration

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 2 October 1936 · page 2

Addressing a conference at the Trades Hall, Mr. Lang forecast a new flood of organised immigration from Britain to Australia. He said…

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Obituary Cecil Charles Flood

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 6 October 1936 · page 2

The death occurred at the Narandera District Hospital on Saturday last of a representative of Narandera's oldest family in the person of…

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50 Killed Terrific Storm Strikes Philippines MANILLA

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 13 October 1936 · page 3

Fifty people have been killed, while 400 are missing as a result of a terrific storm, which was one of the deadliest in the history of the…

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Terrific Storm Strikes Philippines Fifty People Killed Typhoon May Reach Japan MANILA

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 October 1936 · page 2

Fifty people have been killed, while 400 are missing as a result of a terrific storm, which was one of the deadliest in the history of the…

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The Weather Storms Expected in West Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 October 1936 · page 4

The State Meterologist (Mr. Mares) said to-day that indications heralded a depression from the Great Australian Bight, where conditions generally…

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12 Drowned Terrific Storm Launch Sinks Suddenly SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 19 October 1936 · page 1

A dreadful tragedy was brought to light early this morning, when Norman Jones and Wolfe Kalenstein were found, almost…

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Sudden Gale Causes Excitment on Sydney Harbor Many Boats Overturned Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 19 October 1936 · page 4

A sudden westerly gale late this afternoon caused havoc on the Harbor. The bright, hot summer day resulted in hundreds of small sailing craft…

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Kyeamba Shire Monthly Council Meeting Sandy Creek Flood Area Protest From Tacutta

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 October 1936 · page 3

A meeting of the Kyeamba Shire Council was held yesterday. The president (Councillor O'Brien) presided. Others present were Councillors E. H…

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Severe Gale Upsets Shipping LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 27 October 1936 · page 1

A severe gale in the English Channel to-day forced many vessels to seek shelter. Ordinary mall steamers experienced a very bad passasge, as well…

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Terrific Gales Thirty Known Dead LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 28 October 1936 · page 1

Terrific gales continue to lash Europe and the British Isles. The total of known dead is now thirty. The North Sea shipping is…

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Gale in Channel Queen Mary's Stormy Trip London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 October 1936 · page 1

A severe gale in the English Channel to-day forced many vessels to seek shelter and caused the cancellation of the new train-ferry service between…

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European Gales Are Abating LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 29 October 1936 · page 1

The terrific gales which have raged over Europe for the past two days are now abating, but the death roll continues to grow. Two seamen were lost…

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