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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1931

1,487 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 75

FLOODLIGHTING. Fairyland London Scenes. (From Our Special Correspondent.) London, July 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 August 1931 · page 9

"Lights o' London"! Modern electricians have given a new meaning to that old phrase, and in doing so have provided yet another of those famous "free shows" for which this city…

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Murray Floods. Another Area Inundated. Authorities Condemned. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 August 1931 · page 13

The bank of the Murray River at Mypolonga broke this morning, following the break at River Glen. Mypolonga is the second largest reclaimed area along the Murray, and…

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Peak Past Lower Murray Floods Banks Hold Iron in Demand Adelaide

The Sun · Saturday 29 August 1931 · page 5

The dairy settlements along the Lower Murray experienced the peak of the floods last night, and this morning prospects were much…

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The Floodlights of London Big Building Display London, Friday. (British Official Wireless)

The Labor Daily · Saturday 29 August 1931 · page 7

Preparations for floodlight illuminations of the principal London ings during the next month in…

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Flood, Disease, & Red Peril Hankow's Tragedy: Troops Move Shanghai

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 August 1931 · page 6

Ostensibly to replace ships' guards, Which normally consist of 20 men, a company of the Northumberland Fusiliers has been warned of…

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"Before the Storm Comes the Calm"

Truth · Sunday 30 August 1931 · page 3

SYDNEY'S leading lady punier, Mrs. Maude Vandenburg re-appeared at Warwick Farm yesterday. No doubt she was there to get a line on form for the Spring meeting…

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Mystery Death of Pretty Woman Cripple Lynch Law Mob Storms Virginia Gaol Ghastly Find in Garage Widow and Children Charleston

The Sun · Sunday 30 August 1931 · page 1

Mobs clamored around the gaol in the village of Clarksburg, West Virginia, to-night, trying to get their hands on…

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Flood Workers

The Sun · Sunday 30 August 1931 · page 1

With the swirling waters of the Murray lapping the 10-fool protection bank at Pompoota to within a few inches of its brink, men are…

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Huge Loss Effect of Murray Flood Peak Past Adelaide

The Sun · Sunday 30 August 1931 · page 1

A survey shows that 117 dairy farmers between Mannum and Murray Bridge have been affected by the flooding of settlements, following…

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Cyclone Off Coast. Rain Likely in the West

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 August 1931 · page 9

A severe cyclonic disturbance was operating over the Tasman Sea during the week-end, and was last night moving eastward and approaching the south island of New Zealand…

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Wounded Skier Held Up by Storms Ten Miles on Toboggan

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 31 August 1931 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Because of heavy storms, Mr. C. F. Donald, of the University Ski Club, who dislocated a leg at Hotham Heights on Wednesday had to…

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Centre of Moscow Flooded Many Buildings Evacuated

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 31 August 1931 · page 5

The Moscow River burst its south back in the centre of the capital recently. Water poured into the city's largest con[?] factory, which was hastily…

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Murray Floods. Position Improves. ADELAIDE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 August 1931 · page 10

Calm weather has enabled the banks of the Murray to be strengthened, so that there is now a margin of safety, but there is always a danger of windy weather bringing back the…

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200,000 Dead Chinese Flood Disaster Shanghai

The Sun · Monday 31 August 1931 · page 1

The floods are still taking an appalling toll of human lives in Northern China. More than 200,000 persons have been drowned in North Kiangsu owing to a canal bursting its banks above Shaopo and…

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Relief for Refugees China's Task After the Floods Shanghai

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 31 August 1931 · page 8

President Chiang Kai-shek has arrived at Hankow to discuss flood relief and measures to counter Communist attacks which are expected…

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Murray Floods. Settlements in Danger. ADELAIDE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 September 1931 · page 7

To-night, settlements at Pompoota, Long Flat, and Burdett, on the Murray River, were reported to be in grave danger from flood waters…

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Huge Death Roll China Floods Claim 200,000 Lives Shanghai

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 September 1931 · page 8

Over 200,000 have been drowned in North Kiangsu, owing to a canal bursting its banks above Shaopo. and inundating hundreds of square miles…

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Searchers Now Sought All Others Safe But One Storms Still Rage on Icy Slopes

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 September 1931 · page 1

AUCKLAND, Tuesday.--Warwick Stanton, son of an Auckland solicitor, is the only one of the party of students lost on Mount Ruapehu,…

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Trees and Flood Mitigation Plans to Protect the Murray Valley

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 September 1931 · page 9

The disastrous floods of the Murray River have, according to the Minister for Home Affairs, Mr. Arthur Blakely, a definite connection with the…

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Roar of Flood Heard Half a Mile

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 September 1931 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--A long flat, comprising 354 acres, opposite Murray Bridge was flooded to-day after the settlers had made a strenuous effort to save it…

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