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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1932

1,037 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 52

The Great Wall of DESTINY World's Last Bulwark Against War Storm!

The Sun · Sunday 6 March 1932 · page 35

For 2000 years the destiny of the Far East has been linked with the Great Wall of China, that gigantic rampart built to buttress an Empire which was old when England was still a barbarians' wilderness…

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Gale Delays Aorangi. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 March 1932 · page 13

Thick, stormy weather delayed the arrival from Sydney of the Canadian-Australasian Royal mail liner Aorangi. After proceeding slowly for several hours, she was hove-to at noon about 24 miles…

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Aorangi Hove-to in Gale at Auckland After Wild Trip

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 March 1932 · page 7

AUCKLAND, Monday.--The Aorangi arrived from Sydney shortly after 10 to-night, following long delay off the coast in a gale, while…

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Aorangi in Storm. Hove-to Off New Zealand

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 8 March 1932 · page 4

The R.M. motor ship Aorangi encountered a severe storm when approaching Auckland yesterday and the vessel was hove-to off the coast…

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Weathers Storm India To Turn Deficit Into Surplus CALCUTTA

The Sun · Tuesday 8 March 1932 · page 1

IN spite of an estimated deficit of over £10,000,000 for the, current year, India should close next year with a surplus of over…

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A Gale and Sharks Stirring Time for Ketch Crew

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 March 1932 · page 7

Stories of a trip to Lord Howe Island in a gale and battles with sharks there were told by the crew of the ketch Sea Hawk, which returned to…

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STORMS. Cloudburst at Newnes. Two Horses Killed. Fireball Strikes Tree

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 March 1932 · page 13

A cloudburst caused extensive damage to the surface works at the Newnes shale mine at 3 o'clock yesterday morning. The right and left chambers, where production was…

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Aorangi's Experience in Storm. Auckland (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 March 1932 · page 18

Describing the storm through which the liner Aorangi passed yesterday, the commander (Captain Spring Brown) said that the cyclone struck the vessel at 1 a.m. He made a course for…

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Storm Centre in Politics Germany's Bitter Election Berlin

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 March 1932 · page 1

The German Chancellor, Dr. Bruening, has intervened in the Presidential campaign. Addressing a huge meeting at…

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Terrific Storm at Grenfell Woman's Plight in Unroofed Home Much Damage

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 March 1932 · page 1

GRENFELL, Tuesday.--Trees, electric light cables, chimneys, and a balcony were blown down when a terrific…

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Errors by Captains. Ereeze and Storm Mishaps. Orders to Pay Costs

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 9 March 1932 · page 2

Judgments given at Christchurch, (N.Z.) in the Breeze and Storm inquiries find that the mishaps to both of the above coastal steamers were…

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Death Stalks in U.S.A. Great Storm Lashes Entire Atlantic Coast While Riots Break Out ln Detroit 26 Killed on Gale-swept Coast of U.S.A. Scores Are Reported Missing; Homes Are Wrecked Boats Founder Anxious Relatives Plead with Police for News of Lost New York

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 9 March 1932 · page 1

DEATH and destruction were left in the wake of a severe storm that lashed the entire Atlantic coast, of America to-day…

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Thunderstorms?

The World's News · Wednesday 9 March 1932 · page 31

AN Italian priest, Don Marchesi, is experimenting with a scheme by which he hopes to be able to render thunderstorms harmless…

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Newnes Mine Flooded Serious Damage Done Lithgow

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 9 March 1932 · page 6

Severe damage was caused to Newnes Shale Mine in tho Wolgan Valley early, this morning by torrential rains, which flooded the…

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Brunswick in Gale. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 March 1932 · page 13

The motor tanker Brunswick, which arrived today from Newcastle, met the full force of the storm encountered by the liner Aorangi. Continuous heavy seas swept over her, and the speed was reduced…

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Narrow Escape in Storm Orange

The Sun · Thursday 10 March 1932 · page 19

Sheltering under his waggon near "Treganowan" at the height of yesterday's thunderstorm, William Smith, 21, wood carter, had a miraculous…

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Rescued in Storm 75 Natives Blown Out to Sea Long Voyage

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 March 1932 · page 12

PORT MORESBY, Wednesday.--Seventy-five native men, women, and children were picked up at sea in a…

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City Council. Floodlighting Charges

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 March 1932 · page 8

The electricity committee of the City Council decided yesterday to call for a scheme from the electricity department with the object of encouraging floodlighting in the city…

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A Flood-lighted City Aldermen Suggest New Scheme

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 March 1932 · page 6

A flood-lit city and every suburb illuminated by "White Ways" is the aim of the Electricity Committee of the City Council, which yesterday…

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The Daily Weather Chart Unsettled conditions generally, with rain and thunderstorms

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 March 1932 · page 13

Commonwealth Weather Bureau, Wednesday:--"The tropical depression over inland Australia gradually became more…

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