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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1931

1,487 stories in Sydney's papers · page 46 of 75

Storm Damage at Pyrmont Factory

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 July 1931 · page 12

A GENERAL JOINERY WORKS WHICH SUFFERED EXTENSIVELY IN THIS WEEK'S CYCLONIC STORM…

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Struck by Train Lidcombe Man Killed Storm Fatality

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 9 July 1931 · page 3

While crossing the railway line at Darling Harbor goods yard on Monday, William Crisp, 64, of George-street, Lidcombe, was struck by a train and…

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Storm Claims Sixth Victim Man Drowned in Water Channel

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 July 1931 · page 7

The sixth victim of the storm, discovered yesterday morning in 3½ feet of water in a storm-channel in Railway Street, Marrickville, was last…

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Faced Death in Cyclone Surrey Staggered by Huge Seas Lashed to Wheel

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 July 1931 · page 1

After battling for two days to get through Sydney Heads, driven up and down the coast and almost engulfed by seas 50ft. high, the 8000-ton…

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Funds Low Storm Relief Inroads Tent Problem Waiting List Growing

The Sun · Thursday 9 July 1931 · page 15

Families are applying for admittance to Lidcombe camp at the rate of about three a day, but without further public support the…

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"Happy Valley" Weathers Storm Reply to Dr. Arthur Reports Exaggerated (To the Editor.)

The Labor Daily · Thursday 9 July 1931 · page 6

Sir.--Grant me space in your columns to inform our readers of the true state of "Happy Valley." It has been stated in the daily Press…

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Nightmare Experiences Off the Coast Surrey in Port After Storm Perilous Trip One Man Lost

The Labor Daily · Thursday 9 July 1931 · page 5

"We did everything but loop the loop," was how Chief Officer R. Reece described nightmare experiences on the steamer…

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Death in Various Ways for Five People Sixth Case Due to the Storm Two Killed at Work Gas Victims

The Labor Daily · Thursday 9 July 1931 · page 1

Death came in varied form to five people yesterday. One man not a violent and another collapsed at work, a third was…

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Recent Floods

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 9 July 1931 · page 9

Storm waters surging over the dam in Parramatta Park…

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The Hawkesbury River in Flood

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 July 1931 · page 12

THE RIVER WAS RUNNING ALMOST LEVEL WITH THE BRIDGE AT WINDSOR YESTERDAY…

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Kiama Hospital Wards Flooded Kiama

The Labor Daily · Thursday 9 July 1931 · page 6

KIAMA Hospital wards on the southern side are four inches deep in water owing to the rain driving in beneath the tiles. The patients had to be…

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Cook's River In Flood

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 July 1931 · page 6

The Editor, Sir.--The flooding and resultant devastation which, with every prolonged rainstorm, is repeated along the Cook's River valley should call attention…

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Dreadful Damage by Cyclone

The Cronulla-Sutherland Advocate · Friday 10 July 1931 · page 2

Shops, houses and fences throughout the shire suffered considerably as a result of wind and rain during the cyclone last Monday and Tuesday. Wireless…

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Repairing Storm Damage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 July 1931 · page 14

Replanting a Port Jackson fig tree yesterday. It was uprooted at Benelong Point by this week's storm…

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Still Menace of Floods Another Cyclone? Dull Week-end Prospects

The Labor Daily · Friday 10 July 1931 · page 6

The flood danger has by no means passed, and if, aa anticipated by Mr. Mares, there is a fresh disturbances, the already…

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Man Electrocuted. Victim of Storm

The St George Call · Friday 10 July 1931 · page 1

At 7 o'clock on Tuesday morning, Thomas Donald Walls, of Blakehurst, was found with a fallen power wire around him. He was not indentified…

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Storm Plays Havoc. Telephone Service Disorganised

The St George Call · Friday 10 July 1931 · page 2

The main telephone cables from the Kogarah Exchange to Bexley were responsible for a great disorganisation in telephone services at the beginning…

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Another Cyclone on the Way Showery Week-end Likely

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 July 1931 · page 1

Although the cyclone has passed eastward over the ocean, conditions on the coast of New South Wales are not likely to improve at present, as another…

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The Terrific Storm. Two Persons Electrocuted. Much Damage in District

The Propeller · Friday 10 July 1931 · page 4

The terrific storm which commenced last Sunday night was responsible for damage in this district valued at many thousands of pounds. Not only were…

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