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Floods & storms, 1931

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In Teeth of Gale Rescue of Crew of Sinking Ship LONDON

Daily Pictorial · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 4

Dashing through mountainous seas for eight hours in the teeth of a heavy gale, the P. and O. liner Viceroy of India, in answer…

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Nine Aeroplanes Caught in Heavy Storm. Pegged Down for Night

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 12

Flying back to Sydney after having taken part in the Coff's Harbour aerial pageant, nine aeroplanes from the Aero Club were severely buffeted by a storm near the head of the…

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Forster Gale Victims "No Chance" Second Body Found 100 Boats Search Newcastle

The Sun · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 6

A second body--that of Stanley James Hart, 22, shop assistant--was recovered at midday to-day, following the…

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Three Die in Tragic Capsize Caught by Cyclone Dying Man Clung To Fruit Case Rescue Fails

Daily Pictorial · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 5

FORSTER, Friday.--Three men were drowned this afternoon oh the Cooloongolook River, when, in a sudden cyclone, a launch was…

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"I'm Splendidly Fit," Says Amy Johnson Reply To Critics Of Flight More Storms London

Evening News · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 1

MISS AMY JOHNSON, held up by customs and other formalities, did not leave Liege for Berlin until…

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100 Boats Seek Bodies Lake Wallis Fishing Tragedy Victims of Storm Newcastle

Evening News · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 5

ALL last night 20 boats searched in the moonlight on Lake Wallis near Forster for the bodies of two of the three man who were drowned when a…

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THUNDERSTORMS. Damage in the North

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 11

Severe thunderstorms which occurred in parts of the north-eastern corner of New South Wales yesterday caused damage to houses and fruit crops…

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The Saving of Maitland Peril of Flood Davidson Visits the District Will Make Plans Maitland

The Labor Daily · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 6

TO hear claims for the restoration of the Hunter River embankment, damaged by floods in June last, Mr. M. A, Davidson,…

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Bad Storm 'Planes Turn Back

The Sun · Sunday 4 January 1931 · page 6

The nine New South Wales Aero Club machines, under the leadership of Captain Leggatt, which arrived back at Mascot at. 9.30 yesterday…

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Cyclone's Path of Wreckage Heavy Damage on the North Coast

Daily Pictorial · Sunday 4 January 1931 · page 2

COOLANGATTA, Saturday. -- A cyclonic storm which struck Cool angatta and Tweed Heads last night, caused considerable damage…

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Two Found Forster Gale Victims Search by Moonlight Forster

The Sun · Sunday 4 January 1931 · page 5

Hundreds of people are still searching for the body of Geoffrey Prior, 22, who with his cousin, Stanley Hart, and his uncle, Arthur Prior, was…

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Tasmanian Gales HOBART

Evening News · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 1

The strong winds experienced over Southern Tasmania during the weekend did much damage to fruit crops in the Derwent Valley. The greatest…

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Sheds Shattered by Cyclone Hives of Bees Blown Right Off a Farm!

Daily Pictorial · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 3

TAMWORTH, Sunday.--Twenty large sheds were blown over today in a cyclone, and several hives of bees were carried right Off a…

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Camping Colony Devastated Cyclonic Storm Coolangatta Region Suffers Coolangatta (Q)

The Labor Daily · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 6

THE cyclonic storm which struck Coolangatta and Tweed Heads on Friday night rendered hundreds of campers temporarily…

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Wild Storm. At Tweed Heads. Roofs Carried Away. Damage to Camps. Tweed Heads

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 9

A terrific wind and rain storm passed over the border townships at Tweed Heads late on Friday night and caused widespread damage to hundreds of holiday camps on the beeches…

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Cool Winds to Fan Us To-day Isolated Thunderstorms On the Coast

Daily Pictorial · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 2

ONLY isolated thundershowers on the coast will mar the fine weather which Mr. Mares says will continue to-day throughout the State…

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Mr. Richard Gale. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 17

Mr. Richard Gale, who was a member of the Legislative Council when the State was a Crown colony, died at Busselton at the age of 96 years. Mr. Gale was born at…

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Peculiar Method of Predieting Sand Storms

The World's News · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 16

A REPORT would have it that three scientists have discovered a means of warning tribesmen, troops, and voyagers of the approach of a sand storm, in ample time for…

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Storm of Cricket Criticism in England Selectors Roasted for Ignoring Youth

Referee · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 12

Comparative failure by the M.C.C. team in South Africa has aroused a storm of criticism against the English selection committee, which apparently treats the tour as a kind of picnic. The consensus of comment is that young men should have been sent to South Africa to prepare them for…

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Shipping INTELLIGENCE & WEATHER Looking Back Anchors Drag in Gale Schooner Alpena's Escape Off Stockton

Daily Pictorial · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 11

A strong easterly gale provided Newcastle people with thrills on September 27, 1909, when the American schooner Alpena arrived…

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