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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1931

1,487 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 75

Floods Beaten Country Women Meet

The Sun · Saturday 4 July 1931 · page 7

It takes more than floods to keep most of the members of the central executive of the Country Women's Association from attending the…

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Hurled in Flood Hospital Patients' Grim Plight Rescue Work

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 July 1931 · page 1

Since communication has been restored with the flood areas, a graphic story comes to hand of the timely rescue of helpless patients marooned…

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All Up a Tree in a Flooded River Rescue Saga of Lachlan Condobolin Thrills Condobolin

The Sun · Sunday 5 July 1931 · page 1

Stephen Leacock's delightful Sunshine Sketch of the Little Town lifeboat which had to be saved by the stranded lake…

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Southerly Gales

The Sun · Monday 6 July 1931 · page 1

City Forecast: Heavy rain, continued unsettled conditions; strong southerly gales…

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Wind Storm. Damage to Unemployed Camp

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 July 1931 · page 10

A terrific windstorm raged in the outer suburbs late last night. The velocity of the wind was calculated at times to have exceeded 50 miles an hour. Minor damage was…

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On High Bridge-top View the Cyclone Demons at Large

The Sun · Monday 6 July 1931 · page 1

Come along with "The Sun," and take a bridge-top view of to-day's cyclone. On the Harbor Bridge the rain…

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Storm Fiend's Violence -- Saving Calulu From The Rocks

The Sun · Monday 6 July 1931 · page 12

THE INTERSTATE liner Canberra hove-to in Rose Bay to-day, unable to berth in Darling Harbor because of the storm. UNHAPPY "HAPPY VALLEY".--The unemployed at La Perouse made the best of a bad job when the wind tore through their flimsy homes…

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Last Night's Storm Much Damage Chimneys Blown Down Trees Stripped

The Labor Daily · Monday 6 July 1931 · page 1

DUE to torrential rain and a driving southerly galo, last night was one of the most unpleasant Sydney has experienced for months…

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Cracksmen Rifle £170 Safe Big Haul Picture Theatre Raided Storm Shelter

The Sun · Monday 6 July 1931 · page 5

Working before the accusing eyes of Lon Chaney and Constance Bennett, export safe-blowers last night wrecked the…

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Through Storm Child's Night in Bush Found Asleep Wandered From Farm Mudgee

The Sun · Monday 6 July 1931 · page 7

Having been lost since 4 p.m. yesterday in the howling storm that swept the Mudgee district throughout the night, Vilma…

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MAROONED On Tree in Flooded River. Policeman's Graphic Story

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 July 1931 · page 9

Two men, whose boat had capsized, and four rescuers had an unenviable experience in the flooded Lachlan River at Condobolin on Friday afternoon. They spent more than four hours…

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Floods ? Rivers Are Rising Woy Woy Peril Streets Inundated

The Sun · Monday 6 July 1931 · page 8

Woy Woy and Gosford are threatened with serious floods, and unless the rain that is still beating down cases by nightfall, the Main…

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Country News Drowned in Flooded River

The Sun · Monday 6 July 1931 · page 5

COROWA, Monday.--A man named Charles Woodhouse, fisherman and trapper, was drowned about 6 o'clock last night at Traveller's Point…

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Five Men Marooned in Trees Swirling Flood Perils Lachlan River Condobolin

The Labor Daily · Monday 6 July 1931 · page 5

In a series of boating accidents on the flooded' Lachlan ; River, near Condobolin, to-day, three men had narrow escapes…

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The Deluge!

The Sun · Tuesday 7 July 1931 · page 9

The surf-bathing season is over, but there's still work for the lifesavers--you ask Mrs. John Cit…

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Whole City Swept by Deluge Giant Strength of Storm Near Record

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 7 July 1931 · page 1

SlX and a half inches of rain were registered at the Weather Bureau last night for the 48 hours ended with the last reading at 8…

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Deluge a Record Rain in Millions of Tons 68 M.p.h. Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 July 1931 · page 1

It is estimated that since the cyclone began on Sunday evening till 8 o'clock last night 681,984,000 tons of rain fell in the Greater Sydney area…

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Cyclone Reaches Newcastle

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 July 1931 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Monday.--Following a wet and dreary day Newcastle had its first real taste of the promised cyclone at about 6 o'clock to-night,…

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Storm Sidelights

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 7 July 1931 · page 5

A GALE is no respecter of persons or places. The following list of incidents indicates the wide range of damage:…

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Storm's Toll

The Sun · Tuesday 7 July 1931 · page 9

The telephone pole stopped this iron roof from careering farther along the road during the storm at Manly last night…

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