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Floods & storms, 1930

1,653 stories in Sydney's papers · page 59 of 83

North Again Menaced by Flooding Big Downpour Warning Issued From Sydney Rivers Rising

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 26 August 1930 · page 6

Aggravated by the heavy showers of rain which have fallen so consistently during the past few days, northern rivers are…

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Bountiful Rain Drenches Wheat Areas Flood Menace Feared in North

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 26 August 1930 · page 4

Everywhere farmers are jubilant over the bountiful falls in the chief wheat-growing centres of the State, the week-end rain having been…

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Storms Ahead When Reform Men Meet

The Sun · Wednesday 27 August 1930 · page 9

The meeting of the Civic Reform Caucus to-morrow will be the most vital since the new council took office. The resignation of Ald. McElhone from…

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MUNGANA. Action Against Mr. Theodore. Amending the Law. Storm in Parliament. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 August 1930 · page 13

A storm over the Mungana inquiry broke in the Queensland Parliament to-day when the Attorney-General (Mr. MacGroarty) moved for the…

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Flood Fears Die Rainless In Control

Evening News · Wednesday 27 August 1930 · page 9

WET weather condition which have been affecting the [?]ern half of N.S.W for the past week [?]lated the Arabs during last night and silently stole…

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Mostly Fine Is Forecast Rain Easing: Flood Position Normal

Daily Pictorial · Wednesday 27 August 1930 · page 3

The rains which have swept the State are easing off, and "mostly fine" weather is expected by Mr. Mares…

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Saved Mates in Great Storm Poison Fumes Grip Fishermen

Daily Pictorial · Thursday 28 August 1930 · page 7

ROCKHAMPTON, Wednesday.-- In the height of a cyclonic storm, a fisherman, Charles Weisse, last night saved two mates on his…

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Dogged By Hoodoo When Mascot Dumped Cat Thrown Overboard at Sea Inkula's Bad Run of Ill-luck Decks Cut Up and Used for Fuel STORMS : MISHAPS

Evening News · Thursday 28 August 1930 · page 5

BEHIND the cable telling of the distress of the freighter Inkula on the trip from Australia to the United Kingdom, lies the…

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A Western Dust-storm

The Land · Friday 29 August 1930 · page 14

Lake Cargelligo (Wee Willie Winkie, l3/8/'30): Yesterday we had a terrible duststorm. One wonders where it could all posssibly have come from, considering all the rain…

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Killed Fish Violent Highland Storm Glamis Cut Off London

The Sun · Saturday 30 August 1930 · page 2

A violent electrical storm broke over the Scottish Highlands early this morning. The lightning was incessant for three hours, and was…

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London Drenched Thunderstorm Follows, Heat Wave From Page 1 LONDON

Evening News · Saturday 30 August 1930 · page 5

THE stifling hest in London continued until midnight, when a thunderstorm broke unexpectedly, though terrific storms in Northern England had been previously…

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Flood Prevention Proposed Extensive Work in the Hunter River Valley

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 30 August 1930 · page 12

Mr. R. Vowell, director of public works, who visited Maitland (N.S.W.) shortly after the recent flood, has submitted a report dealing with the prevention or…

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"Members' Choice" Essay the Flood

The Labor Daily · Saturday 30 August 1930 · page 8

PEOPLE who live in the city do not have floods, and therefore do not realise the damage done by them. But to those who live in the country it is an…

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Dozens Clamoring In Vain For Food Relief Desperate Plight at Balmain Hungry Men Storm Shop Women's Tears

Evening News · Tuesday 2 September 1930 · page 5

THE pitiful spectacle of dozens of weeping, illnourished women clamoring in vain at the relief depot…

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Happiness Pours From 1000 Young Throats in Golden Flood of Music

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 2 September 1930 · page 7

SOUL - STIRRING in its vivid freshness was the…

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Shipping INTELLIGENCE & WEATHER Looking Back Ship's Fate Was Unusual Did Gale Affect the Chronometers?

Daily Pictorial · Wednesday 3 September 1930 · page 11

UNUSUAL circumstances brought disaster to the ship British Admiral on King…

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A Loud-speaker Terror Voice That Floods Whole City

The World's News · Wednesday 3 September 1930 · page 10

IT is suggested in all seriousness that a new menace to the peace of the world has made its appearance in the form of the new giant loud-speaker perfected by one of…

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Gale-swept West Indian Republic Big Damage Feared Havana (Cuba)

The Sun · Thursday 4 September 1930 · page 1

El Pais, a Spanish language newspaper, says that it is reported on authentic information that Santo Domingo City, capital of the Republic…

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Havoc of 160 Mile Gale Devastation Reported in West Indies VANCOUVER

Evening News · Thursday 4 September 1930 · page 1

A REPORT from Havana Mates that authentic information has been received that the City of Samp D[?]mingo in Santo Dommgo Island w[?]…

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Free Fights Break Out Reds Storm Meeting "To Hell with the T.u.c." London

The Sun · Thursday 4 September 1930 · page 1

Thirty Communist hunger-marchers, using faked tickets, "crashed the gate" into the gallery at the Trade Union Congress meeting at Nottingham and threw the congress into a state approaching bedlam…

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