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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1930

1,653 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 83

Floodogram

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 22 February 1930 · page 6

OLD Noah let out a roah When the waters came his way. So he built a kind of proa…

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Floods Are Feared at Melbourne Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 22 February 1930 · page 1

PRACTICALLY the whole of I Victoria received the benefit of the saturating rains last night and to-day…

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Two Trains Marooned W.A. Floods Air and Rail Traffic Suspended Perth

The Labor Daily · Saturday 22 February 1930 · page 6

NOT only were East-West and West-East trains held up by washaways on the Kalgoorlie Port Augusta section, but the mail…

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Gale Scores Win

Evening News · Monday 24 February 1930 · page 7

The Corella, with Lord Stonehaven on board, coming home under a jib after withdrawing from the third heat of the…

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Gale Buffets Yachts —— Tug's Escape

Evening News · Monday 24 February 1930 · page 14

YACHT ASHORE IN GALE.—The gale that caused exciting [?]dents in the final stage of the 21-footers' championship at Melbourne sent the yacht, Sydney of the Royal St. Kilda Yacht Club. ashore on the beach…

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Held Up by Cyclone Desperate Race For Life

Daily Pictorial · Monday 24 February 1930 · page 2

DARWIN, Sunday.--In a desperate race from Goulburn Island to Darwin to get a doctor to combat the ravages of a…

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Thirteen Hurt Cruiser's Crew Suffer in Storm London, Sunday. (British Official Wireless.)

The Labor Daily · Monday 24 February 1930 · page 1

THE Admiralty, states that during the severe and sudden storm at Nassau (Bahamas) on Monday last, violent seas broke over the forecastle…

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Severe Storm. Buildings Unroofed. Two People Injured. Damage at Molong. Molong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 February 1930 · page 12

Two people were severely injured, many others suffered shock, at least two buildings were unroofed, many windows were smashed, and gardens were battered, during a…

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N.S.W. Iii. Wins Forster Cup. In Violent Storm. Remarkable Seamanship. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 February 1930 · page 16

By a remarkable exhibition of seamanship on the part of the skippers and crews, and of seaworthiness on the part of the boats, New South Wales III. (which gained the lead in points when a…

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Loss by Flood and Fire. Murrumburrah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 February 1930 · page 12

Mr Henry Walker of this town was one of the victims of the recent flood his home being flooded out and his furniture badly damaged through water. He stored his…

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Flood Delay Mails Still Held Up

The Sun · Monday 24 February 1930 · page 8

The Postal Department advises that because of the washaways on the trans-Australian railway, the Commonwealth Railways do not…

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More Floods East-west Line Delays Melbourne

The Sun · Monday 24 February 1930 · page 9

Further floods on tile trans-Continental raliway line have washed away portion of the line near Hughes, 567 miles from Port Augusta. Advices…

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Rationed on Express Plight of Flood-bound Passengers

Daily Pictorial · Monday 24 February 1930 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Sunday.--Passengers are being rationed as food supplies are running short on the trans-continental express, which…

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Red Storm ? a World Battle Array Moscow Move London

The Sun · Tuesday 25 February 1930 · page 1

March 6 will be known to posterity as "the unemployed's great day," according to prophecies by Soviet agents in England, France, Austria, Germany,…

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21-Footers. Forster Cup Storm Skittles 'Em N.S.W. EASILY

Sydney Sportsman · Tuesday 25 February 1930 · page 12

THE third race on Saturday for the Forster Cup was marred by a terrific storm that skittled nine of the eleven 21-footers and left only…

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Country News Man Struck by Lightning Cyclonic Storm Damages Many Buildings

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 25 February 1930 · page 15

MOLONG, Monday.--In a cyclonic storm on Saturday afternoon, Mr. J. H. Gadd was struck by lightning, and became unconscious, but is…

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Getting Back-to Normal East-west Trains Transhipment in Flood Areas Perth

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 25 February 1930 · page 6

The East-West railway position is returning to normal. The Transcontinental train service will be resumed to-morrow night, after a week's hold…

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On Motor Trolleys Passengers by Flood-bound Train Rescued

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 25 February 1930 · page 4

PERTH, Monday.--By transhipping the passengers from train to train through the flooded areas on motor trolleys, the…

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Lonely Outpost Cyclone Warning Station

The Sun · Wednesday 26 February 1930 · page 10

About 270 miles east of Cairns there is a small Island, less than thirty acres in extent, without trees or shrubs of any kind, on which two and…

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League Team at Wembley--train Stranded in Floods

Daily Pictorial · Wednesday 26 February 1930 · page 24

INTERESTED visitors watch the Australian Rugby League team practise their war cry at Wembley. RATCLIFFE…

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