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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1931

1,487 stories in Sydney's papers · page 48 of 75

Cyclonic Storm Expected Warning of Floods Issued

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 July 1931 · page 1

"There is danger of further floods in the Lachlan, Murrumbidgee, and Murray Rivers." This warning was issued by the Weather…

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Storm Claims Another Victim Newcastle[?]

The Labor Daily · Monday 13 July 1931 · page 1

DURING the cyclonic weather of last week, Charles Saxby was removed from his shack at the…

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The Floods of Ninety Three

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 13 July 1931 · page 4

The floods of the past week remind us of that devastation wrought along the eastern seaboard of Australia in the year 1893. The loss of life and…

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Australianities Floods in the Country

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 13 July 1931 · page 4

Once again the valleys of the Murray and its affluents, the Murrumbidgee, Tumat, and other streams have been deluged during the past month with the…

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Repairing Flood Damage. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 July 1931 · page 10

Local government bodies are faced with the serious problem of repahing the damage done by the recent floods. The position of the Kyeamba Shire—one of the most prosperous…

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Flooded Lake. Residents Threaten to Cut Dams. URANA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 July 1931 · page 9

Messrs. Slade and Morrison, of the Water Conservation Department, visited Urana in connection with the flood waters of Lake Urana, and interviewed townspeople and soldier…

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Towns in Peril Should Flood Be Released? Cut Dam? Moulamein's Plight Problem for Urana

The Sun · Monday 13 July 1931 · page 7

Be swamped out by the water that is backing up from Lake Urana, to the eastward, or cut the Cocketgedong dam on the western…

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Butter Output Checked Southern Areas Flooded Potato Shipment, 18,455 Bags

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 July 1931 · page 10

Owing to flood rains shrinkage in butter production is becoming more pronounced, the decline being more noticeable in the southern…

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Victim of Storm. Death by Electrocution

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 July 1931 · page 6

A sad feature of the death by electrocution of Miss Audrey Stroud, 24, at Bondi, during the severe storm of July 6, was that her mother advised her to return home by…

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Storm Over Uni. Speech Protest Discussion in Assembly Bruxner Moves

The Sun · Tuesday 14 July 1931 · page 11

Frequent storms developed in the Legislative Assembly to-day during a debate on a motion by Mr. Bruxner (C.P.) which…

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In Case of Storm Railway Carriages as Shelter Lidcombe Campers

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 14 July 1931 · page 7

[?] the weather is now clearing the camp at Lidcombe is getting Into good order…

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"Slings and Arrows of Outrageous Fortune" and Still They Smile! the Lion Hearts of Happy Valley After the Storm and Floop Courage & Cheer Win Through Building Again

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 14 July 1931 · page 6

HAPPY VALLEY is happy again. Courage has triumphed over gale and flood, determination is rebuilding an area of devastation…

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Flood Menace in Riverina

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

The above map shows the towns that may be affected by the overflow from Lake Urana…

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Moulamein's Sos Grim Race Against Time Town's Peril Vic. Launch to Rescue River Floods a Hazardous Voyage

The Sun · Tuesday 14 July 1931 · page 9

A grim race against time is being made by a large launch which left Echuca, Victoria, last night in answer to an urgent…

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The Flood Terror Man to Decide Urana's Fate

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 July 1931 · page 6

The fate of Urana, consequent upon the besetting flood-waters -- told in a special story on page 8 -- will be decided in the ultimate…

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Funds for Unemployed Heavy Demands During Recent Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 July 1931 · page 7

So heavy have been the calls on the Unemployment Housing Relief Fund lately that the honorary executive has to appeal for further…

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Not Over Yet Malvern-Williamstown Storm Victorian Lacrosse Affairs

Referee · Wednesday 15 July 1931 · page 21

THE storm created by the decision of the Council of the Victorian Association to declare "no twitch" the engagement between…

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When Equine Heroes Found A Watery Grave A Cyclone of The 'Seventies

Referee · Wednesday 15 July 1931 · page 12

THE big blow of last week set reminiscencing tongues wagging vigorously. "Worse than the 'Maitland' gale," declared many. "The 'Nemesis' storm had nothing on this," quoth other authorities…

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Mosman Rowing Shed may Topple into Harbor £600 Worth of Boats Endangered Structure Weakened by Storm Condemned by Official to Re-build?

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 15 July 1931 · page 3

The possibility of Mosman Rowing Club's two storeyed shed at Mosman Bay toppling into the harbor and destroying, boats…

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Glimpses of Country Life Flooded In

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 15 July 1931 · page 2

AN old battler camped one night alongside the stockyard at Currawilla, a squattage on Farrar's Creek, a tributary of the Diamantina River. He was…

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