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Floods & storms, 1934

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Q'land Flood-waters Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 1

Flood waters in the north were recalling to day but had not gone dawn sufficiently to allow railway services to he resumed. Malls[?]…

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Rain and Storms Are Expected

The Labor Daily · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 14

THOUGH the weather should remain hot and sultry in northern and north-eastern areas cool conditions should…

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Mine Flooded By Underground River. Workman Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 15

When an underground river burst into the shaft of the Bright Star goldmine, at Newbridge, near Blayney, yesterday afternoon, a man was buried by a fall of earth and killed…

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Carried Out Man's Ordeal In Flooded Mine BATHURST

The Sun · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 3

With abrasions on his face, and suffering from a possible fracture of the spine, and at least three broken ribs, George Carrie, 30, one of the…

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Mail Trails Held Up by Floods Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 1

The Hobart and Tully rivers in North Queensland are still in flood as a result of the heavy rains following the cyclone which recently…

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Flood Kills Miner: Injures Mate

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 1

BATHURST, Friday.--Tonight, by lantern-light, his comrades are toiling at the pumps to recover the body of…

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Rugby League. Storms—then Came Calm Country Confab Will Be Success

Truth · Sunday 28 January 1934 · page 6

AFTER yesterday's conference between the newly-formed Country Rugby League and the N.S.W.R.L., "Truth" is tipping…

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Killed Her Child Then Suicided In a Storm Of Crazed Humiliation

Truth · Sunday 28 January 1934 · page 12

WINDS of chance blow through the slender reeds that human beings are, making shrill, melancholy, beautiful, pathetic their passions and desires. An ordinary, frail little country "woman is charged with infidelity by her husband, who has just belabored his suspected rival's head with a gun-butt; and she, confounded, humiliated, seizes a…

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Bursting of Douglas Credit Storm What Readers Think the Major and the Public Diversity of Viewpoint "All-in" Debate

The Sun · Sunday 28 January 1934 · page 3

Battle-cries for and against Major Douglas and his Social Credit system have risen to a furious crescendo. By the mere stating of two opinions in last week's issue of "The Sunday Sun," one for the Major and the other against him, a…

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"Deluge."

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 2

You'll see the world come to an end in this gripping Radio special; you'll see tidal waves and buildings smashed to the ground with only a few survivors left to carry on…

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Heavy Rain at Moree

The Sun · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 11

MOREE, Monday.--Heavy rain has fallen in the Moree district. Properties in the vicinity have received up to 2½ inches, and in one case nearly…

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Sky Of Fire In Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 1

CHARLEVILLE, Sunday.--During a severe thunderstorm yesterday, several people were stunned by lightning…

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Storms Hold Up Trains River Over Line in North Queensland

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 7

TOWNSVILLE. Sunday.--The northern railway services are still Interrupted by floods. The Herbert River at 6 p.m. to-day was 2ft. 9in…

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Church on Sea of Storms Why the Ship Will Never Sink

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 9

"The church, like a ship on a stormy sea, is fighting its way to a destination," said Rev. F. W. Pyke, at St. John's Church of England,…

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Flooded Mine. Victim's Body Not Yet Found. BATHURST

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 17

The water in the Bright Star goldmine at Newbridge, near Blayney, which was flooded yesterday afternoon, is 78 feet deep. The body has not yet been found of Clarence Gillian,…

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Thousands Die in Chinese Flood Many Are Frozen to Death London

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 8

At least 10,000 Chinese have been drowned or frozen in the province of Honan as a result of the river Hoang-Ho bursting its banks,…

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Deluge in Q'land Five Inches in 1½ Hours Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 1

Nearly five inches of rain fell in one and half hours at Charleville in a serve thunderstorm this afternoon. Water channels were…

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Finding Storms by Static New Plan for Keeping Watch on Tasman

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 14

Professor T. H. Laby, professor of physics at Melbourne University, and member of the Radio Research Board, who arrived by the Mariposa…

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Train Delayed Heavy Rain Over State

The Sun · Wednesday 31 January 1934 · page 17

Over practically two-thirds of New South Wales bountiful rain has fallen, welcome and refreshing after the recent heatwave. To the south,…

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