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Floods & storms, 1930

1,653 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 83

Gale's Toll Death and Ruin Seven Lives Lost Central States Swept

The Sun · Saturday 3 May 1930 · page 1

OMAHA (Nebraska) Friday. A series of tornadoes in sections of the States of Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska killed seven…

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Floods? Camm Warns Rivers Rise Rough Seas, Too

Evening News · Saturday 3 May 1930 · page 5

FOLLOWING the heavy rain over the State during the last few days the Acting-State Meteorologist, Mr. H. C. Camm,…

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Fears of a Flood

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 3 May 1930 · page 15

W.R.B. (Watehope).—We have had a lot of rain here. and Dad become a bit worried because he thought there would be a flood and he would lose all his corn, as happened last…

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Widespread Rain Flood Warnings Issued Some Inland Districts Benefit

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 May 1930 · page 16

The likelihood of a continuance of heavy rain on the coast has raised fears of floods on the lower reaches of rivers north from the Clarence and south of Moruya. Flood…

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Flooded Rivers

The Sun · Saturday 3 May 1930 · page 6

The Weather Bureau advises that heavy to very heavy rain has fallen on the coast, south of Sydney, and on the cast slopes of the Highlands. More…

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Flood Ffars South Coast Drenched Easier in North Dodalla Has Over 6 Ins

The Sun · Saturday 3 May 1930 · page 6

More or less serious floods in the rivers on the far South Coast may result from the drenching in which the whole coastline has…

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Help for Flood Co-operation Sought Maitland

The Labor Daily · Saturday 3 May 1930 · page 6

The Tarro Shire Council is seeking the co-operation of Newcastle and Maitland districts and the Municipal and Shire Councils interested in the Hunter River…

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City Deluged By Blustering Storm Flood Risk Grows in South

Daily Pictorial · Sunday 4 May 1930 · page 2

Blustering up from the south, a rainstorm deluged Sydney yesterday, happily easing off to a mere drizzle during the G.P.S…

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300-ton Landslide Wipes Away Street Swift Destruction of Deluge

Daily Pictorial · Sunday 4 May 1930 · page 3

Three hundred tons of sand and concrete were swept away yesterday by the deluge at Chaleyer Street, Rose Bay, and…

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Watch for Floods! Warnings Issued North and South

Sunday Times · Sunday 4 May 1930 · page 1

FLOOD warnings have been issued by the Acting-State Meteorologist, Mr. Camm, to the South Coast and Hawkesbury districts. The danger of extensive flood applies particularly to the areas south from Sydney, but if rain continues with the severity that…

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Captain Cook. Kurnell Ceremony. Performed in Heavy Rain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 May 1930 · page 10

There was a touch of reality about this year's commemoration of Captain Cook's landing at Botany Bay. The official party made a stormy passage from La Perouse to Kurnell…

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Storm at Newcastle. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 May 1930 · page 11

Rain has been hanging about Newcastle throughout the week-end, and there was a particularly heavy storm late last night. Private registration suggested that some inches…

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Shipping INTELLIGENCE & Weather Struck Gale Off Coast American Steamer Has Nasty Night

Daily Pictorial · Monday 5 May 1930 · page 11

The American steamer, Golden Eagle, which; arrived from Los Angeles on Saturday, had a rough Voyage off the New South Wales coast…

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Severe Storm in Japan. Heavy Loss of Life. TOKIO, May 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 May 1930 · page 11

Last night the most severe storm in the history of Japan devastated the Japanese half of Saghalln, causing heavy loss of life on land and sea…

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State Govt. Thinks It Will Weather Storm Test To-morrow Will There Be Any Rebels? Economic Whirlpool Attitude of Tressider, M.l.a

Evening News · Monday 5 May 1930 · page 9

FACED with the most anxious time in its history, the State Government is confident of surviving the test of…

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Danger of Flood. Lismore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 May 1930 · page 11

Steady rain fell on Saturday afternoon, and showery conditions continued to-day, 166 points being recorded. The Richmond River shows a slight rise, and there is danger of…

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Heavy Rains. Flood Danger Passes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 May 1930 · page 11

Weather conditions on the coast of New South Wales moderated considerably over the week-end. During the 24 hours ended at 9 o'clock on Saturday morning, very heavy falls…

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Drenching Not Over Further Rain Fall Likely: Floods Feared

Daily Pictorial · Monday 5 May 1930 · page 3

New South Wales is in for some further heavy falls of rain, and in some places, especially from Sydney southwards, there…

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A Sudden Political Storm

The Sun · Tuesday 6 May 1930 · page 10

IT is an indication of how our lives are colored by the war that even now, twelve years after it has ended, an Australian Government is threatened by one of its minor remanets. At a time when public admiration and gratitude were at their full…

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The Storm-ridden Coastline of Antarctica As Seen From Sir Douglas Mawson's Ship Discovery

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 May 1930 · page 14

Official photographs by Captain Frank Hurley. Reproduction outside Australia and New Zealand is forbidden…

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