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Floods & storms, 1932

1,037 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 52

Saturday's Storm

The Biz · Friday 8 April 1932 · page 3

Heavy downpours were experienced along the Southern line on Saturday. Torrential rain fell at Liverpool…

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The Storm

The Propeller · Friday 8 April 1932 · page 6

The rain-clouds gather in the sky, Their voices deeply rumble, They bump their heads together hard, And down the raindrops tumble !…

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Monday Night's Storm. Liverpool Flooded

The Biz · Friday 8 April 1932 · page 7

Old hands at Liverpool say they have never witnessed heavier rain than that which fell with Monday's storm…

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Last Monday's Storm

The Propeller · Friday 8 April 1932 · page 6

During the severe rain and hail storm last Monday night tram passengers from Rockdale to Brighton were alarmed about 8.30, when with a flash…

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Hospital Ward Is Flooded

The Labor Daily · Friday 8 April 1932 · page 8

PATIENTS recovering from operations in a ward at St. Vincent's Hospital were alarmed during the height of…

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The Daily Weather Chart Further thunderstorms on the north coast and in scattered parts elsewhere in eastern districts

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 April 1932 · page 11

Commonwealth Weather Bureau, Thursday:--"The very slow eastward movements or the various pressure systems during the…

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Local and General. Premises Flooded

The Biz · Friday 8 April 1932 · page 4

During heavy rainfall at Cabramatta on Wednesday morning, the produce store premises of Mr. J. G. McBurney were flooded, and many…

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Storms Cause Floods

The Sun · Monday 11 April 1932 · page 9

...Suva,. Monday.--Following, heavy storms at the week-end, the Rewa river has risen 40ft. and is still rising…

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Gales Expected Late To-day

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 April 1932 · page 7

Cloudy and unsettled weather is expected to-day, with some thunder showers. Although it should be warm at first,…

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Queensland Storms Damage on Darling Downs BRISBANE

The Sun · Monday 11 April 1932 · page 6

Hundreds of windows were broken, roofs removed and relief workers' tents blown down during a severe hail and wind storm at Pittsworth,…

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Ships Lashed By Fierce Gale ADELAIDE

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 12 April 1932 · page 1

A VIOLENT gale, which lashed the South Australian coast over the week-end,…

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Fears for Ketch Missing Since Gale At Week-end ADELAIDE

The Sun · Tuesday 12 April 1932 · page 7

Fears that it may have come to grief in a gale which lashed the coast over the week-end, have been aroused by the disappearance of the…

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Junior Hockey Ban Storm Brewing in Metropolis Clubs Perturbed

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 April 1932 · page 2

MOSMAN Hockey Club's recent refusal to grant clearances to new junior players residing within the municipality,…

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Man Steps to His Death From Car to Hole in City Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 April 1932 · page 8

BRISBANE, Monday.--Stepping from a car and into a manhole during a storm at Toowoomba last night, Dalmar…

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Storm in Council Lease Refused to Anti-imperialists No Reasons

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 April 1932 · page 10

Scenes occurred at yesterday's meeting of the City Council over the refusal of Ald. Jackson, vice-chairman of the Finance…

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Through Smiths Private Projector Blood-and-thunder Storms Box Office Horror-factories That Are Working Overtime

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 16 April 1932 · page 8

IT'S not news that there are vogues and fashions in films. But it serves as an introduction to a discussion of the current cycle of horror-films. One explanation of how these swings to one type commence is…

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SABOTAGE. Soviet Motor Works. Valuable Machinery Flooded. London, April 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 April 1932 · page 13

A message from Riga states that the Soviet's great motor works at Nijni-Novgorod, employing 25,000 workers, are reported to be a failure. The latest attempt to start…

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Flood Menace in Victoria Crops Ruined by Rain Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 19 April 1932 · page 7

Owing to heavy rains during the week end, many rivers in Victoria rose to flood levels to-day and the position is likely to be serious when…

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Wholesale Disqualifications of Swimmers? Storm Brewing Swimming Association and Royal Life Saving Society Amazing Impasse Threats Made Prominent Swimmers to Toe the Carpet For Disobedience That Agreement

Referee · Wednesday 20 April 1932 · page 1

WHAT promises to be one of the biggest upheavals in the history of swimming in N.S. Wales is imminent. The N.S. Wales centre of the Royal Life Saving Society has been holding free-style swimming events at carnivals held under its auspices, contrary, so it is claimed, to an…

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Flood of Notes Scheme to Print £500,000,000 U.S.A. Slump Washington

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 April 1932 · page 5

"We propose that Congress should take direct action and print £500,000,000 of paper money, or…

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