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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1930

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Floods Invade Thames Valley

Evening News · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 1

An aerial view, showing the extend of the roads in the Thames Valley, England, during the heavy rains which accompanied much stormy weather recently…

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Bradman Tops 1000 in Successive Seasons Run Deluge Q'land Bowling Flogged

The Sun · Sunday 5 January 1930 · page 14

"That's bittin' 'em!" There's a full, satisfying sound in the expression. Don Bradman and Alan Kippax brought it from the lips of thousands at the Cricket Ground yesterday, when,…

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Gale Strikes Morinda in Path? Cairns Prepares Cairns

The Sun · Sunday 5 January 1930 · page 2

AN intense cyclone is reported out to sea between Cairns and Cook- town, and, unless she is sheltering, the Burns, Philp liner…

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HEARD S.O.S. Ship Saved From Chair Howling Gale Ex=radio Man Thanked London

The Sun · Sunday 5 January 1930 · page 4

HOW a ship was saved from an armchair is revealed by the letter of thanks sent by the Postmaster-General…

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Ah! That's Fine, and Ditto To-day -- MARES But Beware! Cyclone is Growling and May Come Our Way

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 5 January 1930 · page 2

Fine!" That is Mr. Mares's message of goodwill to the people of Sydney, and for the time being the wet…

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Cyclone at Sea Cairns Sends Warning Cairns

The Labor Daily · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 5

An intense cyclone is reported working up at sea between Cairns and Cooktown, and preparations are being made in case it should sweep that…

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Prince in Gale Ordeal on Liner London

Evening News · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 1

THE [?] Castle, on which the Prince of Wales is travelling to South Africa, encountered a heavy gale in the Bay of Biscay last night. The…

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Torrents with N.Q. Cyclone Rivers Rising Cairns

The Sun · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 10

Heavy rain is still falling throughout the north, and rivers are rising. The mail trains between…

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In Cyclone Young Men's Thrill Reached Boat Cairns

Evening News · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 5

A PARTY of young men from Cairns had an unenviable experience while trying to reach [?] in an open motor boat during the…

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Cyclone's Course. Through North Queensland. Influences in N.S.W. Forecast. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 11

The Weather Bureau announced to-night that the cyclone, which was between Thursday Island and Willis Island on Saturday morning, crossed the coastline north from…

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Torrential Rain Rivers in Flood

Evening News · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 5

CAIRNS, Monday. Torrential rain accompanied the cyclone, which passed through the district at the week-end, and several…

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Hawkesbury Floods Settlers Complain About Warnings

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 12

Contending that lack of reliable information regarding floods in the Hawkesbury and Nepean causes considerable loss and great inconvenience to farmers, the federation of…

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Flooded Out--then Warned of Flood Hawkesbury Settlers Worse Off Than Noah

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 5

Imagine the feelings of the Hawkesbury settler, who, after half his holding has been washed away, receives official notice that…

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Land and Sea Gales Play Havoc on English Coast

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 8

BLACK BEAUTY of Sally Cat, winner of a championship at the National Cat Club's Show, London. STARTLED A SHOPWALKER yesterday…

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Open Launch in Cyclone Party's Five-mile Trek Cairns

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 3

When the wind reached 44 miles an hour on Saturday fears were entertained for the safety of a Party of young men who were attempting to…

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Morinda Caught in Cyclone Fears for Safety of Fishing Party

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 5

CAIRNS, Monday. -- Buffeted for 24 hours in the thick of a cyclone and shipping tremendous seas, the Burns, Philp passenger…

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Prince of Wales. On Board Liner in Heavy Gale. LONDON, Jan. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 11

The liner Kenilworth Castle, in which the P[?] of Wales is travelling to South Africa, encountered a heavy gale reaching 60 miles an hour and torrential rains in the Bay of…

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85 M.P.H. Q'land Cyclone Lugger Wreck Fish Launch Missing. Cairns

Evening News · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 9

THE steamer Kallatina arrived in Cairns last night from the Gulf of Carpentaria, having…

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Japan's Men Reception in Great Britain Storm in Teacup London

The Sun · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 1

Tokio's official circles do not endorse comment in certain newspapers that Britain's reception to Japanese delegates to the Naval Conference…

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Nineteen Trucks in Creek Goods Train Topples Adelaide Storm Echo Adelaide

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 1

Nineteen trucks attached to a goods train toppled into a creek three miles north-east of Outalpa (249 miles from Adelaide), early this morning…

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