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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1931

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Wild Bird Lfe. The Storm Bird

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 January 1931 · page 6

I appreciate the comments in your issue of December 16 of Arthur P. Vogan of Pymble and also of Bird Lover on my article on Wild Bird Life in your issue of December…

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Storm at Marble Bar. Telegraph Services Dislocated. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 January 1931 · page 7

A willy-willy, considered to be one of the worst ever experienced, struck Marble Bar on Saturday night, doing considerable damage to the Post-office, police station, court…

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Transcontinental Rail Delay Transhipped Passengers At Kalgoorlie Floods Are Receding Adelaide

Evening News · Thursday 1 January 1931 · page 3

PASSENGERS by the Perth-bound [?] which was detailed on the Nuliabor Plains, [?] wost of Fort Augusta, early yesterday, reached…

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Flood Damage. On South Coast. Girl Campers in Peril. Kiama

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 January 1931 · page 7

Owing to the torrential rain at Jamberoo on Monday, it was decided to abandon the Girl Guides' camp, where 50 were under canvas on the banks of the Minnamurra. Three…

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Train Derailed by Floods on Transcontinental Adelaide

The Labor Daily · Thursday 1 January 1931 · page 5

Owing to a was[?]away on the transcontinental line to-day three coaches, a ma[?]van, and a water carriage were derailed about 750 miles…

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Cyclone Warning To Shipping

Evening News · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 6

THE State meteorologist, Mr. Mares. issued the following warning to shipping to-day:— "The closed-curve tropical depression,…

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Fine Week-end Weather Prospects To=day's Storms

The Sun · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 7

Fine weather ushered in the new year, but the elements soon revolted, and Sydney to-day is experiencing the first thunderstorms of the…

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British Liner's Great Rescue in Gale LONDON

The Sun · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 1

Magnificent rescue work at sea in the height of a gale was performed by the P. and O. liner Viceroy of India, when she went to the…

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The Moving Picture Show The Gathering Storm

The Sun · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 6

"Sleuths of the Taxation Department will be busily on the job early in the new year." They should have plenty to do. Peter knows that…

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Heavy Coastal Rain Showers, Then Fine Weather Inland

The Land · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 6

Heavy rain fell in coastal districts during the eight days ended at 9 a.m. on Wednesday. General showers, with a few isolated heavy falls in the…

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Looking Back Tramp Saved Off Coast Thrilling Rescue In Gale

Daily Pictorial · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 9

A severe gale on July 5, 1913, almost brought disaster to the coastal schooner Tramp, which was on her way to Sydney…

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Man Overboard From Yacht Rescue In Southerly Gale WELLINGTON, N.Z.

Evening News · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 1

THRILLS were provided for the crew of the yacht Windward, which according to a radio message, reached Wattangi, in the Chatham Islands,…

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Thunderstorm Breaks Fine Spell Likely To-morrow

Evening News · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 6

SYDNEY was in a "col," and experienced a thunderstorm late this morning. A "col," explained the State…

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Year's Weather. Rain a Mixed Blessing. Floods and Heat Wave

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 6

Rain in the New South Wales wheat belt during the year Just ended proved a mixed blessing. Excellent spring falls presaged a bumper crop, which appeared, just before the…

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Storm Spoiled Harvest

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 7

"BERYLEE," (Dubbo).—Harvesting has commenced here again, so we are very busy. The crops around here are affected with the rust. Ours is not very bad, but. I am sorry to say…

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Roof lifted Off Stand In Big Cyclone

Daily Pictorial · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 5

ARMIDALE, Friday.--A cyclone this afternoon at South Armidale lifted the roof off the racecourse grandstand…

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Niagara at Sydney. Was in Centre of Cyclone

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 4

The Union Co.'s liner Niagara arrived at Sydney yesterday morning. For three days the vessel was in a hurricane on the run down from…

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Storm Did Not Deter "Pictorial" Cricketers!

Daily Pictorial · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 5

Nobody found the ball yesterday at the Cricket Ground. A sodden ground made play impossible…

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Cyclone Sweeps Town Property Damaged At Coolangatta COOLANOATTA

Evening News · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 3

A CYCLONIC storm which struck Coolangatta and Tweed Heads last night, rendered hundreds of campers temporarily homeless, and…

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Won't Stop Amy Meets Storms Struggles on London

The Sun · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 3

Undismayed by the wintry bitterness of the weather, Amy Johnson is pushing on with her flight to China…

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