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Floods & storms, 1934

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Heavy Rain Falling at Darwin Weather Unfavorable But Residents Rejoice Boggy Dromes Darwin

The Labor Daily · Monday 22 October 1934 · page 5

UNFAVORABLE weather conditions for flying will probably be experienced by competitors in the MacRobertson international air…

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Stricken Seaman. Successful Operation. Aboard Ship During Gale. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 October 1934 · page 8

While two freighters rolled in the high seas of an Indian Ocean gale recently, a successful operation was performed on a young apprentice seaman. The operation was the…

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Old Rites For New Fed. Parlt. Back Into Mists of the Past Ceremony Will Be Calm Before Storm Shoals Ahead Canberra

The Labor Daily · Monday 22 October 1934 · page 7

CENTURY-OLD customs -- legacies from the time when Parliament first defied the King, and from the House of Commons--will…

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Car Swept Away From Flooded Bridge. Three Persons Missing. Survivor Found in Tree. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 October 1934 · page 12

Two men and a lad are believed to have been drowned when a motor car in which they were travelling stalled in flood waters while crossing a bridge at Muckleford Creek,…

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Loddon in Flood Water 4Ft. Deep in Main Street

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 October 1934 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Following heavy rain the river Loddon has overflowed its banks. It is feared the levee banks at Newstead may give way…

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DAMAGE By Storms. Tumut

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 October 1934 · page 12

A severe [?]storm at West Blo[?] dripped trees, and other trees were uprooted bv the wind. Mr. David Stanfield's mark[?] garden and tobacco-plant nursery suff[?]…

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Deaths in Gale. Havoc on Pacific Coast. SEATTLE, Oct. 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 October 1934 · page 12

A gale with a velocity of from 80 to 90 miles an hour caused the death of at least 12 persons and widespread damage to shipping and propert…

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Gale Ravages N.W. Pacific Coast Of U.S.A. Twelve Known to Be Dead Fishing Graft And All Hands Lost SEATTLE

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 October 1934 · page 8

IT is known that twelve persons are dead, while two others have, it is believed, been lost, in widespread shipping and…

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Duke in Newsouth Wales. Great Welcome. Victorian Flood Areas Traversed. (From Our Special Representatives.) Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 October 1934 · page 12

Entering New South Wales across the Victorian border this afternoon, the Duke of Gloucester was accorded receptions at Albury and at Wagga which augur well for the success of his more extensive tour of the mother State…

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Three Dead in Floodsmash Car Swept Away by Current Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 23 October 1934 · page 5

A terrifically dense storm, which struck the Castlemaine district on Sunday afternoon. was responsible for three deaths…

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Flood Fears and Royal Train Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 23 October 1934 · page 5

Officers in charge at the transport arrangements spent an anxious time last night when reports were received that the railway at Wallan was…

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Lashed by Storm

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 24 October 1934 · page 1

Messrs. Moll (left) and Parmentier, who hope to get to Melbourne to-day and thus gain second place in front of the American aviator, Roscoe Turner…

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In Coma Fighting Storms Scott's Story How Job Was Done

The Sun · Wednesday 24 October 1934 · page 1

THE winner of the world's greatest air race, Mr. C. W. A. Scott, describes in an enthralling narrative, how the race was flown and won--his anxieties on land and in the air, the difficulties and dangers that beset the…

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Storm Terrors Fraulein Tells Lost Douglas Melbourne

The Sun · Wednesday 24 October 1934 · page 13

"A MOST terrifying experience," was the description of Fraulein Thea Rasche, the woman passenger in the giant…

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In Storm Douglas Lost Albury Mud Night Story Melbourne

The Sun · Wednesday 24 October 1934 · page 15

"WE did not worry because we had confidence in the crew," said Mr. R. G. Dominique, of Brazil,…

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Dramatic Incidents in Storm Dutchmen Flying Blind Off The Course Battled on Narromine

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 24 October 1934 · page 5

FEARING that the Dutchmen might be trying to dodge a terrific storm that broke hero to-night, the control officer, Mr. Bowden…

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Flood Rains Inland N.S.W. Warned

The Sun · Wednesday 24 October 1934 · page 12

The Weather Bureau this afternoon issued the following flood warning:-- "An extensive depression, which is approaching from the westward, is…

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Dutch Fliers Lost on Way to Melbourne Caught In Storm Near Narromine, Forced Down At Albury Lights Of Town Are Used To Flash Signals Roscoe Turner Makes Desperate Bid for a Plage in Race 1001000 Witness Finish

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 24 October 1934 · page 1

REACHING Narromine about 10 o'clock last night in their magnificent run for second place in the Centenary air race, the Dutch pilots, Parmentier and Moll, in their Douglas air-liner, became hopelessly lost in a blinding storm whipped up by a fifty-mile an hour gale, regaining their course after an hour…

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Heavy Rain. Possibility of Floods

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 October 1934 · page 11

Rises have occurred in the southern inland rivers, as a result of the persistent heavy rains, and it is thought that floods will be experienced if more rain falls. Weather conditions…

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Deluge in Melbourne Houses Flooded Many Homeless Melbourne

The Sun · Thursday 25 October 1934 · page 20

Melbourne has been deluged with rain since early last night and there seems no sign yet of cessation…

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