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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1931

1,487 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 75

Floods Likely Coastal Weather May Be Nasty

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 March 1931 · page 7

ONCE again the North Coast is threatened with floods. Mr. Mares predicts heavy rain there to-day, with a probability of floods…

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Cricket Notes From Everywhere The Deluge Came

Referee · Wednesday 25 March 1931 · page 11

SYDNEY cricket looked washed off the map when a fierce rain storm burst in sheets of water over the city and suburbs on Friday night. The footpaths…

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Flying Blind in Storm Reconstruction of "Shorty's" Plight

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 March 1931 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--In an attempt to reconstruct the Southern Cloud's probable movements, Captain Johnston, who is directing the…

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The Recent Hurricane and Flood in Fiji Story of Devastation

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 25 March 1931 · page 9

STRETCHING for many miles were waving fields of brilliant green sugar-cane. Now it is a scene of desolation. All the beautiful cane has either been killed by the flood…

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In the Marist Missions A Tale of Hurricanes and Floods

The Catholic Press · Thursday 26 March 1931 · page 16

In the tropical islands of the South Seas, the time of the year ias usually divided into two seasons, the good one and the bad one; the good one, April-October…

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Hurricanes and Floods Harry Marists. A Sad Tale from Fiji. Some Things Not Reported by the Daily Papers

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 26 March 1931 · page 17

IN the tropical Islands of the South Seas, the time of the year is usually divided into two seasons, the good one and the bad one; the good one…

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Crop of Trouble When Storm Broke

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 March 1931 · page 13

RAIN fought the N.R.M.A. last week-end, but lost. The Association's headquarters patrol put up!a new record in road…

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The Mailman In Flood-time. Arduous Experience. Moree

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 March 1931 · page 11

Mailman W. Wilson, of Moree, and a mate, had harrowing experiences this week on a Journey to and from Cobbadah in a motor lorry, to deliver mall. Leaving Moree…

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Sand Storms at Sea

The Labor Daily · Saturday 28 March 1931 · page 8

SAILORS face many discomforts but who would expect a sandstorm at sea? Desert travellers will tell you how…

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The Speedway Flood Damage

Nepean Times · Saturday 28 March 1931 · page 5

Owing to damage done to the Speedway by flood waters in recent rainfalls, Mr Sydney Smith has been reluetantly compelled to abandon the Speedway…

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Harnessing the Terror of the Skies Electric Sparks From the Thunderstorm May Yield Us Colossal Power

Nepean Times · Saturday 28 March 1931 · page 3

Professor Paul Kirkberger, one of Germony's foremost scientists, writes as follows for "Pearson's Weekly":—For over two years now, three…

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A Big Flood

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 28 March 1931 · page 15

"SOMERSET" (North Gaslne).—Since I last wrote we have had one or the biggest floods in the history of the North Coast. The town of Liamore was almost completaly under…

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Tidal Wave Against Lang Plan Flood of Resentment Sweeps State "D.t." Ballot Discloses Public Feeling

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 March 1931 · page 7

With the announcement of Mr. Lang that he does not intend to pay interest due on April 1, there was a flood of coupons yesterday in "The Daily Telegraph" Ballot…

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Western Dust Storm

The Sun · Sunday 29 March 1931 · page 42

IT may be interesting to "Sunbeamers" who have never seen the western plains of New South Wales, to come on the wings of imagination to…

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Charles Chaplin. Visit to London. a Flood of Adulation. (From Our Special Correspondent.) London, Feb. 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 March 1931 · page 6

London this week has been Chaplin-mad. Since the famous film comedian arrived, and was mobbed on arrival, a week ago, he has been the greatest daily topic. His slightest…

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Nationalist Storm at Waverley

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 March 1931 · page 9

Lively, and at times stormy, proceedings last night featured the election of a president at the adjourned annual meeting of the Bondi branch…

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Severe Cyclone Floods at Katherine Darwin

The Sun · Wednesday 1 April 1931 · page 13

Cyclonic winds and rain caused extensive damage at Katherine where the heaviest flood on record occurred. Water is three feet deep in…

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Fleet of Luggers In Violent Storm. One Sunk, Many Damaged. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 April 1931 · page 15

The crew of one of captain A. C. Gregory's luggers, which arrived at Broome, reported that a storm, with mountainous seas, struck 25 luggers off Barringarra Creek, between Condon…

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Storm in N.Z. Parliament. Labour Members Walk Out. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 April 1931 · page 14

An extraordinary scene was witnessed in the House of Representatives last night, during the debate on the introduction of the closure. A member of the Opposition moved that the…

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New Report S. Cloud Over Mentone in Violent Storm To-day's Air Search Held Up Melbourne

The Sun · Wednesday 1 April 1931 · page 13

A new report that the missing Southern Cloud was seen passing over Mentone, and flying very low with its engines roaring, has…

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