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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1931

1,487 stories in Sydney's papers · page 72 of 75

The Daily Weather Chart Still unsettled; further heavy falls in north-east half of State, condueive to floods

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 December 1931 · page 9

Commonwealth Weather Bureau, Saturday.--"The most significant feature of the pressure distribution on to-day's chart is the pronounced character of the tropical or…

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Flood Saved Cissie! On the Brink of Capture

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 December 1931 · page 1

Nature saved Cissie, the elephant which escaped from Ashton's circus at Goondiwindi six days ago, from certain capture…

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Floods in Queensland. Wide Area Affected. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 December 1931 · page 9

Central, south-western, and coastal districts are menaced by the most extensive floods for years. Torrential rain has fallen for mare than…

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Farmers Brave Floods to Hear Premier Speak National Bank to Aid Growers to Control Their Own Marketing Shackles of Private Banks Must Be Removed Big Support Narrabri, Mon

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 8 December 1931 · page 6

Despite unexpected bad weather, which flooded the roads on the plains for miles around the town, a large crowd of farmers…

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Federal Elections. Heavy Rain Hampers Campaign. Mr. Lyons Reviews Situation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 December 1931 · page 11

Though the heavy rain has hampered electioneering in New South Wales and Queensland, many speakers having been compelled to cancel meetings in the country, the various leaders are continuing their campaigns in the principal centres…

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Floods in Queensland. Selectors Isolated. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 December 1931 · page 11

Heavy rain is still falling in many parts of the State, and numbers of rivers are now in high flood. Several washaways on railway lines are…

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Courts Flooded

The Sun · Wednesday 9 December 1931 · page 11

Owing to leakages in the roof, the corridors of the Supreme Court wore flooded during the heavy rain to-day. A small army of men were kept busy…

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Queensland's Flood Menace Like Sea Flooded Rivers Rising N.S.W. Next? Brisbane

The Sun · Wednesday 9 December 1931 · page 15

'"THE whole of south-west Queensland has been so drenched by flood waters that it resembles a series of lakes for…

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Threat of Floods in State Rivers Running Bankers Crops in Peril

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 9 December 1931 · page 5

With many rivers already above flood level,. serious flood conditions are threatened in the north-west district…

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Fish in Streets Q'land Towns Are Under Water Rivers Flood

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 December 1931 · page 5

BRISBANE, Tuesday. -- So heavy have been the rains in the inland parts of the State that many places rae…

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Gale Off Coast

The Sun · Thursday 10 December 1931 · page 17

The Weather Bureau reports that a moderate form of cyclone has developed between Lord Howe Island and the central…

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Mangola Goes Ashore In Rain Storm BRISBANE

The Sun · Thursday 10 December 1931 · page 4

The steamer Mangola, which has replaced the Malabar on the Singapore run, went ashore on the Pelican Bank at the mouth of the Brisbane…

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FLOODS. Brisbane Suburbs Inundated. Three Persons Drowned. Wheat Crop Damaged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 December 1931 · page 9

Floods continue to menace many parts of Queensland. Traffic is completely disorganised in several districts, numbers of settlers are isolated, and running short of provisions,…

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Rain Fury Flood Fears In Q'land Trapped in Shed Brisbane

The Sun · Thursday 10 December 1931 · page 17

RAIN again pelted down with unappeased fury for two hours this morning, causing the flood waters to rise at an alarming pace…

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Rivers on the Rise in North Serious Damage to Crops Flood Menace

The Labor Daily · Thursday 10 December 1931 · page 1

Great concern is being felt by residents in the North Coast districts as a result of the ever-increasing possibility of serious…

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Rivers Recede. Flood Danger Passing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 December 1931 · page 11

Fears of floods on northern inland and north coastal rivers of New South Wales have abated considerably, following a rapid weakening in intensity of the extensive rain-bringing…

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The Floods. Heavy Wheat Losses. Railways Disorganised. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 December 1931 · page 11

Queensland wheatgrowers have lost at least £150,000 as a result of the floods and heavy rains, according to Mr. R. T. Phelps, manager of the State Wheat Board…

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N.s.w. Flood Dangers

The Sun · Friday 11 December 1931 · page 9

The Weather Bureau reported to-day that although rain had ceased, there was still a considerable volume of water to conic down the various…

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EASIER Flood Position In Queensland

The Sun · Friday 11 December 1931 · page 9

The flood position in the Augathella district in Queensland was easier today, according to Constable Monaghan, in a telephone communication…

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They Chose Suicide Starving Natives in Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 December 1931 · page 10

Tales of terrible privation in the worst floods in the living memory of Eastern Bengal, were related yesterday by…

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