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Floods & storms, 1930

1,653 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 83

Floods Disorganise Traffic Heavy Falls All Over Queensland

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 January 1930 · page 4

BRISBANE, Tuesday. -- The floods have disorganised railway and mail services in several places…

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Anxious Days Luciston in Trouble Cyclone Threat

The Sun · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 15

Making the most of her speed in her crippled state, the steamer Luclston is heading south to meet the powerful tug Coringa, despatched post haste from…

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Fighting Cyclone Steamer in Trouble Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 1

On her way from Ocean Island to Brisbane, the British steamer Luciston was partially disabled in a gale off the Queensland coast…

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Lashed by Gale Driven to West Anxious Three Days on Discovery Mawson's Radio (All Rights Reserved.) CANBERRA

The Labor Daily · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 5

TOSSED at the mercy of a violent gale for three days. the Discovery was driven 150 miles through unknown Antarctic waters before the wind…

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The Discovery. Anxious Days. Ship Driven 150 Miles by Gale. (By wireless from Sir Douglas Mawson on board the Discovery.) (All Rights Reserved.) Jan. 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 12

"On January 19 the wind increased to a high gale, before which we were driven far to the west. The 20th and 21st were anxious days, and we have to in an easterly gale. The…

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Who's Who in Australia's Test Crusaders Sank in River Second Struggle Queensland Floods Toowoomba

Evening News · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 12

POLICE from Cunnsmulls have left to search for Gerald Byrne manager of Barrons Station for five years, who is reported to have been…

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Riders Die in Floods Horse Goes Wild--Trains Off Rails

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 3

BRISBANE, Wednesday.--One man washed from his horse while fording a river: and one thrown and drowned when his…

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Liner Delayed Dimboola in Cyclone

Evening News · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 7

WORD has been received In Sydney that the veteran coastal passenger steamer, Dimboola, is sheltering near Port Alma, an Island close to…

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Three Drowned. In Flooded River. Many Lives Endangered. Tragedy in Queensland. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 11

Three men were drowned in the Burdekin River to-day, when one of the rowing boatconveying train passengers across the flooded stream capsized…

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7 Miles Wide Flooded Q'land River Man Believed Drowned Toowoomba

The Sun · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 9

Owing to the heavy rains, the western rivers continue to rise. The Warrego River, at Cunnamulla, is over 25 feet high, was still rising last…

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13 Plunged Into River Three Perish in Ferry Disaster Flood Tragedy

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 2

BRISBANE, Thursday.--Three out of 13 people who were thrown into the flooded Burdekin River when a ferry capsized…

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Fought Flood for Life Terrible Time of Man Given Up As Lost

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 2

BRISBANE, Thursday.--Given up for dead when his horse was found on the bands of the flooded Russell River, William Haslam…

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Floods Subside Q'land Cyclone Goes Brisbane

Evening News · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 7

THE cyclone which has been raging on the Queensland coast has disappeared and the weather is improving. The Burdekin River Bridge is now clear of…

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Wind, Rain mid Dust Storm

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 15

VICTOR A. [?] One day of school we discovered it was growing darker and darker, and whistled around the school…

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Steamers Shelter. From Great Cyclone. Off Queensland Coast

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 18

Cyclonic conditions off the Queensland coast have delayed all shipping in that area, and several vessels have been compelled to seek shelter…

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Ryder's Omission Raises Storm at Melb. Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 1

Intense indignation is felt by many residents of Collingwood at the omission of Ryder from the Test team Endeavors are being made to hold a…

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Shipping INTELLIGENCE & Weather Queensland Cyclone Delays Vessels Two Forced to Shelter from Weather

Daily Pictorial · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 13

Tempestuous weather caused by a cyclone off the .Queensland coast has delayed two Sydney-bound passenger vessels…

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Trawling the Elusive Dividend! Red Funnel Storm Brewing "Outsold" or "Sold Out" Ask Shareholders

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 7

A STORM of first magnitude is developing among shareholders of Red Funnel Fisheries Ltd., which, although successful in catching fish, has not managed to trawl the elusive dividend since 1927. Signs of the approaching disturbance manifested themselves on…

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N. Queensland Floods

The Sun · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 6

Although the weather in North Queensland is improving it will be some time yet before normal train services are restored. All the country…

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Flood Diviner

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 15

WHEN you see the fresh water turtle leave the bed of the creek inhere he lies like a flat stone in the mud, it's time to shift…

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