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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1931

1,487 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 75

BLIZZARD Sweeps Chicago. People Buried in Snow. New York Flooded. New York, March 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 March 1931 · page 9

Chicago citizens, aided by unemployed, are digging out after a 36-hour blizzard, Which left 13 feet of snow. The storm resulted in the death of seven…

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Heavy Rainfalls. Floods at Gunning. GUNNING

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 March 1931 · page 10

Four inches of rain in a few hours at the week-end resulted in the flooding of low-lying land, and damage to roads and fencing, in the Gunning and Dalton districts. Water-tables…

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Bowls Along Wind Helps Discovery Worry During Gale

The Sun · Thursday 12 March 1931 · page 10

(Wireless Message dated March 9, from Sir Douglas Mawson, on board The Discovery. All Rights Reserved.) Having arrived in the belt of…

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Heavy Storm Near Tamworth. Tamworth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 March 1931 · page 10

Limited to an area approximately one mile, wide, an exceptionally heavy storm occurred near Attunga late last night. Nearly [?] inches of rain was recorded in less than [?]…

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Fierce Storms. Anxious Nights on the Discovery. Iceberg Danger. (By Wireless From the Discovery.) March 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 March 1931 · page 9

Having arrived in the belt of westerly winds, which extend around the southern hemisphere between latitudes 40 and 60 degrees, our vessel is making splendid progress under sall…

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New Plans Flood Victims

The Sun · Friday 13 March 1931 · page 9

TO meet a visitor to Sydney, who has fled the Fijian flood, Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Hermann returned by car after experiencing a very trying…

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Cloud Burst Floods District

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 March 1931 · page 1

TAMWORTH, Thursday. -- Something in the nature of a cloud burst occurred late last night in the vicinity of Sulcor, near Attunga, in the Tamworth district, six…

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Storm Damage Protecting the Bulk Supply City Council Takes Action

Nepean Times · Saturday 14 March 1931 · page 1

The Electricity Department of the City Council has taken steps to prevent the recurrence of the trouble, due to storm, that caused a…

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Flood Reflections Strange Happenings

Nepean Times · Saturday 14 March 1931 · page 8

During the went brief flood in this district many queer things happened. A lady typist spent a few hours in her office chair [?]s top of the tallest table in…

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A Thunderstorm

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 14 March 1931 · page 11

ANNA MILL (Gunningbland).—On Wednesday, 10th February, we had a terrific thunderstorm. The first sign of a storm was that the sky began to grow darker and the wind…

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World Tea Market Is Flooded "Reimpose Duty of 4d!" CALCUTTA

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 March 1931 · page 8

In the course of the debate on the Assam Budget in the Assam Provincial Council to-day Mr. Roffey said that depression in the Indian tea…

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Into Haven After Storm of Trouble Old Lady, Found Amid Filth, Seeks Now to Forget Amazing Bondi Flat Case

Truth · Sunday 15 March 1931 · page 8

AT a haven of rest in Bondi-road, Bondi, is an old, old lady with a gentle voice and snow-white hair. For her the sands in the hour glass are running thinly and feebly. Almost three score years and ten have passed, her by…

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Depression Brainwaves Adversity Brings a Flood of Ideas Economy as the Keynote

The Sun · Sunday 15 March 1931 · page 3

WANTED, a magic carpet to whisk us out of the depression. Humanity, charged with…

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Northern Road Damaged Deluge Of Rain At Gosford Traffic Suffers

Evening News · Monday 16 March 1931 · page 7

SO heavy was the rain at Gosford during the week-end that extensive washaways occurred on the Great North…

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All-for-australia Fiery Cross New Movement Takes City By Storm Huge Daily Enrolment

Evening News · Monday 16 March 1931 · page 6

THIS is All for Australia League Enrolment Week. The league—an articulate condemnation of the pitiable inaction of the Scullin Government and of the financial depredations of the Lang Government—has taken…

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Fairfield's Geyser Street Flooded

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 16 March 1931 · page 4

Fairfield's main street, The Crescent, was badly flooded on Saturday morning, when a geyser from a burst 4in. water main flew into the air with terrific…

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Serious Floods. Damage at Gosford. Twelve Inches of Rain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 March 1931 · page 9

Serious flooding followed a terrific downpour of rain in the Gosford district on Saturday night. Shops, business premises, and private residences were inundated, and a…

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Flooded Gosford's Predicament Homes Invaded

The Sun · Monday 16 March 1931 · page 8

Rushing on the town so suddenly that the inhabitants--many of whom were sleeping--were taken by surprise, the flood waters…

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Swept by Floods Gosford and New Highway Heavy Damage

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 March 1931 · page 7

THE heaviest rain for years did thousands of pounds worth of damage to stores, hou[?]s, roads and bridges on…

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More Heavy Rain Predicted May Be Harbor Fog in Morning

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 March 1931 · page 10

More heavy fain over parts of New South Wales is forecast by Mr. Mares. The weather should be unsettled to-day over the eastern half,…

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