Memories of the Great Flood of 1852 And every creek and gully sends forth its little flood, Till the river runs a banker, all stained with yellow mud
The Land · Friday 9 November 1934 · page 18
.....Did Henry Lawson have in mind the Great Gundagai Flood of 1852 when, in much later years, he penned the above lines? From various authentic sources we learn of how the valley of the Murrumbidgee river in that year was converted, for the best part of a week, into an inland sea, sweeping away some 80 inhabitants of Gundagai…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Flood-proof Fence As Solution to a Recurring Problem
The Land · Friday 9 November 1934 · page 16
Not least among the items of loss resulting from the floods which periodically lay waste many low-lying rural districts is that represented by…
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The Labor Daily · Saturday 10 November 1934 · page 1
FOUND by a search party one and a half miles from his property, at Mount Dixon, near Gunning, to-day, with a bullet wound…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 November 1934 · page 16
The following telegram was sent by the Duke of Gloucester to the Portland Shire Council:—"I am distressed to hear of the damage caused at Heywood by the storm…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Wanted To Complete Air Race In Full Evening Dress How the Dutch Planned to Startle the Natives Albury Storm Upset Everything
Smith's Weekly · Saturday 10 November 1934 · page 3
NOW that the air-racers have had a chance to wash the hoarseness from their voices, and talk things over, some interesting news is forthcoming. There were the plans of the K.L.M. Douglas, for their Melbourne arrival. If the plane had made its last stage as per schedule, the arrival at Laverton would have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heard by the Way Churned by the Flood—Buckland Hospital— Dogs and Car Accidents—Feeding the Medicos—B.M. Shire Election, etc. Churned by the Flood
Nepean Times · Saturday 10 November 1934 · page 1
UP north where a river had been considerably swollen by flood waters some time ago, a flying fox was used to send milk cans across the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods in Venice. Extensive Damage Caused. VENICE, Nov. 8
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 November 1934 · page 15
Exceptional tidal floods are causing great damage to the gondolas which carry the populace over St. Mark's-square. Several towers and old houses have…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Savoyards Storm Broadway the Theatre in New York
The Sun · Sunday 11 November 1934 · page 9
As the curtain rises on New York's 1934-35 season, the most important event is not a new dramatic "smash", but the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →In Storm Brick Avalanche Manly Flats Like Thunder-clap
The Sun · Monday 12 November 1934 · page 11
WITH a thunder-clap crash, part of the exterior face of a big building of flats at Manly broke away while the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Conference to Deal with Floods. Wagga
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 November 1934 · page 10
Owing to frequent flooding of the Murrumbidgee in recent years, despite the fact that it was considered that the Burrinjuck Dam would prevent floods, the Wagg[?] Flood…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 November 1934 · page 9
Intermittent rain fell at Sydney yesterday. Most of the registrations were moderate, but in the Northern Suburbs area the downpour was torrentially heavy at places, at about…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Men Swim In Street As Floods Submerge Manly Houses and Shops Swamped Tram Runs Off The Rails
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 November 1934 · page 7
AFTER hours of torrential rain, parts of Manly were under feet of water yesterday. Streets became lakes. Houses…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 November 1934 · page 10
Squadron-leader J. D. Hewett, the New Zealand airman who flew the de Havilland Dragon with Flying-officer Kay in the centenary air race, stated yesterday that he had…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Swift Floods at Grafton Series Of Heavy Thunderstorms
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 November 1934 · page 4
GRAFTON, Monday.--Grafton was flooded by a series of steady heavy thunderstorms this afternoon, 236 points falling in 2 12…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 November 1934 · page 10
Although no more substantial rain has occurred on the catchments of the inland river systems, the Weather Bureau states that progressive flooding will continue for some time…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mr. Lyons in Hospital. Trying Journey from Canberra. Car Breaks Down in Heavy Rain
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 November 1934 · page 13
The Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) became seriously indisposed after attending a Cabinet meeting at Canberra yesterday, and upon medical…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Flood Prevention. Corowa
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 November 1934 · page 14
To discuss flood prevention Councillor G. Duncan, president of the Coreen Shire Council, convened nt Coreen a meeting of landowners along Twelve-Mile Creek. Mr. R…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Queensland Storms. Crops Damaged by Hail. BRISBANE
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 November 1934 · page 12
Thunderstorms over a scattered area of the State were accompanied in places by hail. At Reld's Creek, in the Burnett district, a cyclonic hailstorm did much damage, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →In Storm Tasman Ordeal AUCKLAND
The Sun · Thursday 15 November 1934 · page 8
Describing the Tasman flight, Frank Stewart, radio operator on Hewett and Kay's 'plane, said that during the storm encountered on the trip,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →In Cave Storm Shelter Then to Dance
The Sun · Thursday 15 November 1934 · page 35
THEY were introduced one rainy night, and took shelter from the storm in a cave in a park. Then they went dancing together…
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