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Floods & storms, 1931

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

FLOODLIGHTING Learning Its Lessons

The World's News · Wednesday 23 December 1931 · page 4

THE new art of floodlighting seems likely to have its practical uses quite apart from the beauty of its effects…

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Hit by Cyclone Iron Flies in Gale at Nambour

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 December 1931 · page 5

BRISBANE. Wednesday.--In a cyclone which swept Nambour last night houses were unroofed, windows were smashed and giant trees were…

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Blood and Rain in City Storm Los Angeles Inundated Los Angeles

The Sun · Sunday 27 December 1931 · page 3

A cloudburst swept Los Angeles this evening, and heavy wind wrecked garages, unroofed buildings, and uprooted trees. Live wires fell…

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"Yard" Floodlight Flying Squad Device for Night Crime Hunts

The World's News · Wednesday 30 December 1931 · page 37

A FLOODLIGHT of several thousand candle-power is to be used on one of Scotland Yard's flying squad motorvans…

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The Daily Weather Chart More heat and sultriness, with intermittent thunderstorms

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 December 1931 · page 7

Commonwealth Weather Bureau, Tuesday. --"The outstanding feature in the distribution of atmospheric pressure during the past few days has been the persistence of…

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Last Nights Storm

The Labor Daily · Thursday 31 December 1931 · page 1

Shortly after 11 o'clock last night, a thunderstorm with blinding flashes of lightning same over Sydney. The mercury shoved little…

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Violent Storm Lightning Plays Havoc

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 31 December 1931 · page 5

A TERRIFIC dry storm that swept north from the South Coast and the Riverina yesterday and, at 10.30 last night reached Sydney, greatly…

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Electrical Storm. Vivid Flashes of Lightning

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 December 1931 · page 8

A severe electrical storm which passed over the city and suburbs late last night unnerved many citizens, particularly theatregoers, who emerged from picture houses and theatres to…

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