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Floods & storms, 1934

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The Saar Fight Propaganda Flood Growing Saarbrucken

The Sun · Sunday 25 November 1934 · page 5

The Soar district is ablaze with posters such as "Vote for Germany," "Vote Against Hitler's Germany," "Vote for the Status Quo."…

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Lightning Strikes Melbourne Battered by Electric Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 November 1934 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A house at Brighton and another at Glen Iris were struck by lightning and badly damaged during a severe…

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Prince Goes Riding Over Camden Countryside Race Home To Beat Storm Is Enjoying Rest He "Slept In" Saw Film of Tour

The Sun · Monday 26 November 1934 · page 1

RELAXING completely to the peace and English countryside charm of Camden Park, beautiful country homestead of Major-General and Mrs. J. W. Macarthur Onslow, Prince Henry established…

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Flood Escape Scheme. Lismore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 November 1934 · page 15

The Department of Public Wolks estimates the cost of the Tuckombil flood escape scheme at £80,000 and the Richmond River local governing engineers have estimated the cost…

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Heavy Storms in Queensland. Torrential Rainfalls. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 November 1934 · page 13

A severe storm passed over the Cooyar district to-day, six inches of rain being recorded in an hour. Crops of lucerne and tomatoes were washed away, and other crops were cut…

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Deluge at Lismore for Prince But Town May Be Drier To-day

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 November 1934 · page 10

WHILE yesterday Sydney bathed in the season's stickiest humidity percentage, Lismore was deluged on the eve of…

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Coastal Gales

The Sun · Thursday 29 November 1934 · page 27

The Weather Bureau reports that a severe cyclone is moving from the south-east coast. North-east winds to gale force and rising seas are…

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Motor Cycles Storm Brewing Over First Test

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 November 1934 · page 7

The English team of motor cycle dirt-track speedway riders will arrive in Melbourne to-morrow morning…

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Ulm Now Wind Bound Gales Tie Plane to Midland Midland (Texas)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 November 1934 · page 10

Strong winds prevented C. T. P. Ulm from taking off in continuance of his flight to Vancouver yesterday. They reached hurricane force' at…

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Gale-tossed Ketch. Fumes From Engine. Captain Almost Suffocate. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 November 1934 · page 15

The ketch Helen Moore, of 48 tons, narrowly escaped disaster on her return passage from Portland where she represented Henry's famous schooner, Thistle, in the centenary…

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Flood Damage. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 November 1934 · page 12

Mr. R. T. Ball, M.L.A., has been advised by the Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission that Mr. G. Huddleston, inspecting engineer to the Commission, has been…

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Fine Week-end In Spite Of Storms

The Sun · Friday 30 November 1934 · page 9

A MILLION square miles of territory--one-third of our continent -- has been affected in the last few days by a cyclonic…

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Three Die Electrocuted Melb. Storm Melbourne

The Sun · Friday 30 November 1934 · page 9

Three men--a lorrydriver and two bystanders who went to his assistance--were electrocuted at Montague to-day, when the roof of a warehouse…

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Flooding in Queensland. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 November 1934 · page 12

Flooded creeks in the Hodgson and Dargal districts have interrupted traffic and mail services. In the central west the Culgoa and Balonne Rivers are in flood and bridges are…

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Uprooted By Gale

The Sun · Saturday 1 December 1934 · page 3

Damage caused by yesterday gale in Melbourne.--A scene at Brighton, showing a large tree apro[?]ed and thrown on to a roof…

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Rain and Gales Ruin Crops

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 December 1934 · page 9

Heavy rain yesterday in southern and south-eastern country districts meant more trouble for the farmer. While it had the effect of…

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Melbourne Gale. Interferes With Shipping

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 1 December 1934 · page 4

One of the most severe gales for years was experienced at Melbourne on Thursday night, and shipping was considerably hampered. The Swedish…

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Storm Wrecks Melbourne Pier: Seven Sought Ship Ashore In Crashing Seas Eight Feared to Be Dead Victoria's Worst Gales Floods Ruin 800 HOMES Elwood Water 5 Ft. Deep

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 December 1934 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday.--The worst gales in memory, raging through Victoria, have taken toll of five lives and wreaked tremendous damage to homes, buildings and crops…

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Grandeur of a Storm

The Labor Daily · Saturday 1 December 1934 · page 9

IF admission were charged to view the world and awful grandeur of a storm, to see the gloriously beautiful fireworks of Nature. to hear…

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DEATH & Chaos in Terrific Storm Victoria Lashed by Gale Lightning Kills Four; Families Homeless Pier Rocks Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 1 December 1934 · page 5

THE worst storm for years occurred last night, and continued today. Torrential rain, accompanied by a gale which at times…

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