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Floods & storms, 1934

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Floodlit

The Sun · Tuesday 13 February 1934 · page 11

In a demonstration last night the Anzac Memorial was shown under the floodlighting scheme which will be used when the memorial is completed…

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Disabled Ship Fights Tasman Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 February 1934 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--After her second unsuccessful attempt to sail to the New Hebrides, the auxiliary mission…

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Marooned All Night In Cars: Bridges Go In Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 February 1934 · page 1

BATHURST, Tuesday.--Torrential rain fell in this district to-night, and in places three inches were recorded within an…

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Trapped in Big Storm Men Escaped Bridges Down Bathurst

The Sun · Wednesday 14 February 1934 · page 8

Terrifying experiences were endured in last night's torrential downpour at Bathurst. where, after a…

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Flood-lit Anzac Memorial

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 February 1934 · page 16

Experiments are now being carried out with flood-lighting…

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Art Gallery Flooded. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 February 1934 · page 18

The floors of the print room and the Buvelot gallery in the National Art Gallery were flooded when a fire hydrant in the print room was accidentally turned on to-day. No damage…

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Lessee's Relief Act South Coast Floods Lead to First Application

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 12

THE first case under the Agricultural Lesson's Relief Act in the Bega district occupied the attention of the Land Board for ever two days. The subject…

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Car Marooned Three In Flooded Creek GRAFTON

The Sun · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 25

Two women and a boy were in danger of being drowned when a car driven by J. Ratcliffe, of Cangai, was caught in the floodwaters of…

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Roofs Fly In Furious Gale CESSNOCK, Thurs

The Labor Daily · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 1

SEVERE damage to crops and property resulted when a terrific hailstrom swept over Cessnock this afternoon…

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Terrific Storm Hits Junee Junee

The Labor Daily · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 8

Bursting with dramatic suddenness a terrific wind and hall storm passed over portion of the town yesterday. Many buildings were…

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Many Vessels Wrecked in Gale (The [?] ISTANBUL, Thurs

The Labor Daily · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 1

A VIOLENT gale and snowstorm wrecked many vessels in the Black Sea and interrupted land and sea…

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Hail As Big As Tennis Balls Cessnock Windows Broken in Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 9

CESSNOCK, Thursday.--Cattle and horses were hurt, and people endangered, when an ice-storm, with hail the size of tennis balls, struck…

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Over Lines Queensland Rivers Flood TOWNSVILLE

The Sun · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 10

Heavy rains to the north of Townsville caused the South Johnstone River to flood, submerging the railway bridge on the branch line to…

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Trapped in a Flooded Car Dragged to Safety on Wire Grafton

The Labor Daily · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 7

Stranded in a car in the rising floodwaters of Jackaderry Creek, two women and a boy had an anxious time until resouers…

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Deluge of Dead-'uns Horses Stopped at the Park Backers Smiled

Sydney Sportsman · Saturday 17 February 1934 · page 7

THERE was a real Morgueish flavor about the Victoria Park meeting on Wednesday. It is many a year, in the…

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Pursued Wife in Storm "Only for a Drive," She Said

The Labor Daily · Saturday 17 February 1934 · page 5

THE story of a husband's raid in torrential rain on a motor car in the scrub at Long Bay was related to Mr. Justice Pike yesterday…

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Flood in Queensland. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 February 1934 · page 16

The Tully River in North Queensland is again flooded and threatens to disorganise railway services. At 12.30 p.m. to-day water was four inches above the railway bridge, and…

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N. Queensland Floods Railway Services Threatened

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 February 1934 · page 7

TOWNSVILLE, Friday. -- The Tully River is again flooded, and threatens to disorganise railway services to the north…

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Fleet Was Fleet Enough To Weather A Worrying Storm Little Sea Room Just Made Port Charalf Ran A Sterling Race

The Sun · Sunday 18 February 1934 · page 17

FLEET obviously is a nautical name from her sire Caravel, but she was more verbally inclined at Warwick…

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Deluge At Wagga Causes Heavy Damage Wall of Water From Hills

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 February 1934 · page 7

WAGGA, Sunday. -- Wagga was deluged to-day by the most severe storm in the history of the town, and thousands of…

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