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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1930

1,653 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 83

Eight Trucks. Crash Through Bridge. Into Flooded Creek. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 February 1930 · page 15

Eight waggons of a goods train went through the Eastern Creek bridge. Luckily, the enginedriver, fireman, and guard escaped injury. It is thought that the damage will take a…

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Flooded Railway. Passengers Stranded. Eight Days on Train in Desert. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 February 1930 · page 12

All bookings by east-west trains have been suspended. Reports received by the Commonwealth Railways Department to-day stated tht…

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Flood-damaged East-west Rail Delays Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Thursday 27 February 1930 · page 1

Owing to the unusually heavy now of subterranean water, as a direct result of the recent floods, the foundations of the East-West railway, 30…

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Three Systems Flooded Railway Lines Melbourne

The Sun · Friday 28 February 1930 · page 12

The secretary of the Commonwealth Hallways (Mr. Simms), this afternoon issued a statement that flood difficulties were being contended with on…

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The Weather "Worm and Sultry, and Scattered Thunderstorms"

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 1 March 1930 · page 4

Warm to hot and sultry with some scattered thundershowers probable north-east to south-east winds chiefly…

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Floods Again North Q'land Rain Brisbane

Evening News · Saturday 1 March 1930 · page 6

HEAVY rain has fallen in the Cardwell, Ingham, and Innisfail districts and creeks and rivers are in high flood. Railway lines are under water at…

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Warm, Sultry Thunderstorm Likely

The Sun · Sunday 2 March 1930 · page 7

Metropolitan and Newcastle Forecast. -- Warm and sultry, with increasing tendency to thundershowers; north-easterly winds; fresh in afternoon…

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Queensland Deluge Brisbane

Evening News · Monday 3 March 1930 · page 7

A cyclone has formed over the Cora Sea between Samaria Cooktown, and Willis Island. Its centre at 9 a.m. today seemed to be north-north-west from…

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Severe Storm

The Sun · Monday 3 March 1930 · page 11

BATHURST, Monday.--Torrential rain, accompanied by gale wind and ha[?]l, fell in Bathurst during the weekend. At Marsden College, Kelso, 150…

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Inspires Terror Weird Dust-storm

The Sun · Monday 3 March 1930 · page 9

CONDOBOLIN, Monday.--A duststorm so dense that one could not see more than 30 yards, and so fine as to penetrate every building, passed over…

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Flood Rains Central Aust. Abnormal Falls Adelaide

Evening News · Monday 3 March 1930 · page 7

ADVICE was received at Adelaide to-day of abnormal rains in Central Australia. The Postmaster at Tennant's Creek reported that 20…

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N. Queensland Floods Brisbane

The Sun · Monday 3 March 1930 · page 9

A cyclone has formed over the Coral Sea between Samarai, Cooktown, and Willis Island. Its centre at 9 a.m. seemed to be north, north-west from…

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20 Inches Central Aus. Floods Adelaide

The Sun · Monday 3 March 1930 · page 9

The postmaster at Tennant's Creek reported this morning that 20 inches of rain has fallen during the past five days, and it is still…

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Another Cyclone Brisbane

Evening News · Tuesday 4 March 1930 · page 11

A new tropical cyclone was centred at 9 a.m. to-day north-east from Willis Island, at approximate intense and is moving…

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In Yards Queensland Rainfall Cyclone Warning Cairns

The Sun · Tuesday 4 March 1930 · page 20

Railway traffic between Tully and Ingham is still impossible to-day owing to the flooded Herbert and Tully rivers and the inundated Bellenden…

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Stables Wrecked. During Severe Storm. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 March 1930 · page 15

The brick stables attached to St. Vincent's Hospital were wrecked during a severe storm last night. Heavy rain was accompanied by hailstones…

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Country News Orchards Stripped Severe Storm at Yetholme

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 4 March 1930 · page 16

BATHURST, Monday.--A remarkable storm was experienced at Yetholme. when three inches of ram fell in half an hour…

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Fiji Hurricane. Splendid Rescue Work. Twenty Lives Lost in Floods. (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, March 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 March 1930 · page 11

The colonial Office has received from the Governor of Fiji further information regarding the hurricane which passed through the group of islands on December 11 and 12…

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Trains Moving Flooded N. Queensland Cairns

The Sun · Tuesday 4 March 1930 · page 5

As the result of the general easing off of rain, a special train which is bringing the Commissioner for Railways (Mr. Davidson), to Cairns, was…

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Flood Menace in Central Aust. Torrential Downpour

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 4 March 1930 · page 5

The torrential downpour continues in the heart of Australia, where the worst floods for 40 years are being experienced…

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