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Floods & storms, 1934

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Heavy Storm at Junee Junee

The Sun · Monday 19 February 1934 · page 7

A severe storm passed over the Junee district between 3 and 4 p.m. yesterday. Nearly 285 points fell in an hour…

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Severe Storms. Widespread Damage. Wagga Inundated. Man Struck by Lightning

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 February 1934 · page 9

Violent storms in the Riverina district at the week-end caused damage estimated at thousands of pounds and resulted in extensive flooding…

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More Floods Many Washaways Serious Rivers Rising

The Sun · Monday 19 February 1934 · page 7

REPORTS of serious washaways, following heavy downpours, come from the country…

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Havoc by Storm in Country Several Railway Washaways And Floods Wagga Deluge

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 20 February 1934 · page 5

CONSIDERABLE damage, the result of heavy local storms, was reported from various country centres…

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Severe Gales Gwydir Met Heavy Weather

The Sun · Tuesday 20 February 1934 · page 9

Delayed by strong southerly gales, the Gwydir arrived from Newcastle to-day four hours late. Captain G. L. Tinkler said that the squalls had…

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Storm Waters Sweep Car Down Creek Peril Amid Floods in Country

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 February 1934 · page 7

SWEPT away by mushing storm waters in a creek near Wellington, a party of motorists had a narrow escape…

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Storm Damage. Train Derailed. Strikes Washaway. Trucks Over Embankment

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 February 1934 · page 9

An engine, a bogle flat truck, and seven goods trucks were hurled over an embankment when a goods train struck a washaway near Deringulla, on the line between…

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Showery in and About Town Monsoonal Storm Still Over Part of State

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 February 1934 · page 7

More showers are expected in town and in the metropolitan area. The week-end's monsoonal rainstorm is still influencing the State,…

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Bengal Bridge. Fight for Safety. Danger of Monsoon Floods. CALCUTTA, Feb. l8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 February 1934 · page 9

British engineers, with an army of 15,000 Indian labourers, are fighting day and night to save Hardinge Bridge, nearly two miles long, across the Pabna River, in North Bengal…

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Floods Mares Warns Heavy Rain River Danger

The Sun · Wednesday 21 February 1934 · page 11

IT never rains but it pours. Many districts of the State are likely to realise in the next few days that there…

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Abandoned Race Meeting Heavy Rain Ring Deluged

The Sun · Wednesday 21 February 1934 · page 11

The drenching rain which fell at the Kensington racecourse this afternoon, made the continuation of the…

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PARALYSING Fierce Storm Sweeps U.S. Seaboard New York

The Sun · Wednesday 21 February 1934 · page 1

One of the worst winter storms in years swept the United States Atlantic seaboard to-day, paralysing transportation and endangering…

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Steady Rain Minor Floods Expected At Brisbane BRISBANE

The Sun · Wednesday 21 February 1934 · page 11

Minor flooding is expected in the city area as a result of the steady rain which has fallen since midday yesterday…

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Stole When Left Hungry By Flood BATHURST

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 21 February 1934 · page 8

AFTER most of their belongings had been washed away in a cloudburst, William Lee, unemployed, stole honey from beehives and…

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To-day's Rain May Mean More Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 February 1934 · page 7

WITH a further rain-producing disturbance, local floodings in the north-east quarter of the State are expected, and some…

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Heavy Rain in Metropolis Areas Flooded

The Labor Daily · Thursday 22 February 1934 · page 5

The incessant rain which fell throughout yesterday in the city and suburbs caused flooding of a minor nature in most of the…

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Damage by Heavy Rain

The Sun · Thursday 22 February 1934 · page 22

BOWRAL, Thursday.-- Torrential rain last night, registering 378 points to 9 a.m. to-day, caused the collapse of the bridge spanning the railway…

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Heavy Rain. Inland Rivers Rise. Castlereagh in Flood. Campers Rescued

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 February 1934 · page 9

R[?]in fell throughout the State yesterday. Downpours have continued steadily in most of the northern and central districts since last Sunday. Large areas are saturated, and…

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Havoc of the Storm

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 22 February 1934 · page 15

BIND BODYCOTH (Mogilla).—We had a terrible storm here. One day it started to blow about three o'clock in the morning. and get rougher and rougher, blowing from…

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More Rain and Wind To-day Gale Force East to Sou-easter

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 February 1934 · page 7

Sydney and the metropolitan area can prepare for a day of rain and wind. Yesterday's 55 points of rain was…

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