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Floods & storms, 1934

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Fleet's Cyclone Finish in Farm Sprint First Win Of The Season, But She Was One Of The Favorites Diamond De Rouge Still a Cur

Referee · Thursday 22 February 1934 · page 4

THE suddenness with which Charalf had the Glenfield Handicap won and then lost gave the Warwick Farm spectators on Saturday a real thrill. What was more to the point, the late arrival, who put in a cyclone finish…

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Storm Brought Kensington Races to Sudden Finish Action by Stewards Order Abandonment of Three Races Portion Of The Course Was Under Water Division of Prize Money

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 February 1934 · page 2

WHEN half the programme had been decided at Kensington yesterday a storm broke over the course, and the rain became so heavy in the next hour that parts of the course became flooded, and the stewards decided to abandon the remaining three…

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Sydney Cut Off Flood Fears At Many Centres

The Sun · Thursday 22 February 1934 · page 15

WITH the exception of the main Northern Highway, flood waters, making roads impassable, have cut off Sydney from the country for a radius of about 50 miles. The information was received by the N.R.M.A. this afternoon…

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Search for Bullet Sea of Mud Holds Mystery Clues in Car Floods Hamper Police at River

The Sun · Thursday 22 February 1934 · page 15

BUGILBONE STATION, Near Pilliga, Thursday FROM this 15,000-acre cattle station which has become the police headquarters in the investigation of the mysterious disappearance of George Nott…

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In South Roads After The Floods

The Sun · Thursday 22 February 1934 · page 27

Since the flood rains early in January, repair work has been carried out at different places on the cross-country roads between the southern highlands…

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The Floods Country Alarm

The Sun · Thursday 22 February 1934 · page 16

COONAMBLE, Thursday.--The Castlereagh River rose to a height of lift.--the highest for some years-- but is now receding. Light rain is still falling…

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Danger of Floods in Country Monsoonal Rainstorm The Cause City Drenched

The Labor Daily · Thursday 22 February 1934 · page 5

ALREADY swollen by the steady rains of the past week, the northern and central river systems of the State will be in grave…

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Flood Warning

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 February 1934 · page 13

A widespread monsoonal rainstorm is still operating over Queensland and greater part of New South Wales. Heavy rain is indicated over the…

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An Exploded Cartridge Points to Murder Found in Car of Missing Pilliga Agent Was Not Kept for Police Footprints Being Preserved Flood Rains Hold Up Investigation

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 February 1934 · page 1

PILLIGA, Wednesday.--The theory is held that George Nott, the Pilliga stock and station agent, who is mysteriously missing, was shot dead, and his body disposed of. This is…

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State-wide Rain Brings Flood Warnings

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 February 1934 · page 7

DESCRIBED as "preliminary" rains by Mr. Mares, yesterday's State-wide falls are likely to become more serious in the…

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Ready in Storm

The Sun · Friday 23 February 1934 · page 10

The steamer Ready, which left Sydney on Wednesday for Penguin, Ltd., bound to the Clarence River, is one of the ships out in the storm. Her…

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DEATH & Havoc in the Gale Nepean Is Flooded And Camden Surrounded Ships Delayed

The Labor Daily · Friday 23 February 1934 · page 7

ACCOMPANIED by winds rising at times to gale force, a heavy monsoonal rainstorm swept the State yesterday,…

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Heavy General Rain Inland Rivers Rising Rapidly

The Land · Friday 23 February 1934 · page 27

HEAVY rains have fallen in many parts of the State during the week, and there were fears of floods in the…

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City Storm Sharp Downpour This Afternoon

The Sun · Friday 23 February 1934 · page 9

Seventeen points of rain were registered within 10 minutes of the breaking of a thunder-storm over the city at 3.30 p.m. to-day…

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Death and Storm Suffocated Man Pinned Under Lorry Toll of Storm (Continued from Page 7.)

The Labor Daily · Friday 23 February 1934 · page 8

DURING the day in the metropolitan area, several accidents occurred which are attributed to the rain. The victims were:--…

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Floods Almost Isolate Sydney Only One Road Open Rising Rivers Endanger Many Towns Worse in Store for To-day Centre of Cyclone Nears City

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 February 1934 · page 1

AFTER one of the wildest nights for years in the history of south-eastern New South Wales, to-day reveals great areas of flood-waters, with threats of further flooding,…

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The Hawkesbury River in Flood—the Bridge Near Windsor Under Water

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 February 1934 · page 14

ALL TRAFFIC TO WINDSOR WAS STOPPED AT 3 O'CLOCK YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. THE SUBMERGED BRIDGE IS ON THE RIGHT OF THE PICTURE…

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Castlereagh River in Flood Near Gilgandra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 February 1934 · page 14

The highest floods recorded since 1924 have been experienced in the Castlereagh this week. The river is usually dry at this time of the year…

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Queensland Floods. Sixty Men Marooned. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 February 1934 · page 12

Heavy rain is continuing throughout Queensland. About 60 men were marooned on the north side of the Barron River, at Cairns, where…

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Floods in South-east. Towns Isolated. Hawkesbury Rising Rapidly

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 February 1934 · page 11

Serious floods are developing in the south-eastern part of the State following on the southward movement of the centre of the cyclone which was…

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