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Floods & storms, 1932

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Southern England Swept by Gale the First Others to Come Shipping Suffers London

The Sun · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 6

THE first of a series of storms which, according to the forecasts, are approaching from the…

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Storm May Break In India Crisis in Week Is Fear Country Ready for Black Clouds London

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 1

It is realised in Government circles that Great Britain is faced with the greatest crisis in India's history, and…

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Campers Flooded Out. Stanwell Park

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 8

During a violent storm here on Monday night, Stanwell Park Creek overflowed suddenly, and flooded out numerous campers. Some of the victims sought and obtained…

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Dived Twice for His Fortune 300 Ounces of Gold Lost in Flood Cairns

The Sun · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 1

Nine diggers from the Batavia goldfields, making for the coast, were overwhelmed by rain at Claudie River, and,…

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Violent Storms at Liverpool

The Biz · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 8

A violent thunderstorm accompanied by vivid lightning, passed over the Liverpool district on Friday night. Little rain fell. The lightning at…

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Year of Heavy Rain Most Districts Have More than Usual

The Land · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 14

GENERALLY speaking, the year which has just ended was one of abundant rainfall for New South Wales, some…

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Storm at Fairfield

The Biz · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 4

The "cloudburst" at Fairfield, at 2 a.m. on Tuesday morning, did much damage to roads and streets, and quantities of metal dust and…

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Storm Damage. Liverpool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 10

The damage to reads, footpaths, and bridge crossings by the recent storm is estimated by the town clerk to exceed £1000…

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Storm Batters England Many Ships in Distress Bluejacket Drowned London

The Labor Daily · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 1

SWEEPING up from the Atlantic, a great storm battered the south of England to-day. Ships in the English Channel were severely buffeted and many mishaps occurred…

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Severe Gale On the English Coast. Vessels in Peril. (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, Jan. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 9

The first of a series of storms, which according to the forecasts, are approaching from the Atlantic swept southern England to-day…

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Tough-ang-go at Terminal Silos Capacity Taxet) by Bulk Wheat Flood Peak of Country Deliveries Appears to Hare Passed: Congestion Continues

The Land · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 4

THOUGH wheat continues to pour into the terminal silos in Sydney, the bulk handling authorities are hopeful or being able to clear them last enought to eccommodate the supplies that are arriving from…

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Man's Strange Death in Storm Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 6

THE body of William Jewell, 69, was found beside a tree a few yards from his hut at Bunyip this morning…

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Heat Wave. Queensland Conditions. Cyclonic Storms. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1932 · page 12

For the last ten days or more intense heat conditions have prevailed in Brisbane and country centres. In some cases temperatures have been in the vicinity of 120 degrees. One…

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Trek Into 'No Man's Land' Of The West. Guard on March 50-Mile Front of Fire Gale of Wind Cobar

The Sun · Tuesday 12 January 1932 · page 9

FULLY equipped and ready for hard work, the first 'bus-load of New Guards left for the fire area this morning…

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Sudden Storm. Traffic Disorganised in Brisbane. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 January 1932 · page 14

As a climax to more than a week of severe humid heat one of the most severe storms that Brisbane has experienced for many years burst over the city to-night. The storm arrived…

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Sex Outrage Reprisal Creates Storm in U.S. "No Woman Safe" Honolulu Murder Cabinet Takes a Hand Navy Solid Washington

The Sun · Wednesday 13 January 1932 · page 1

A FIRST-CLASS storm in high politics has developed out of the murder of a native of Honolulu, who had…

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New Dole Rules Storm on the Coalfields CESSNOCK

The Sun · Thursday 14 January 1932 · page 21

Storekeepers and unemployed on the coalfields are up in arms against the new dole regulations, which provide that stores handling food…

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Chide's Fast Half Mile Fine R'wick Times a Gale Helped the Gallopers VERTIGERN'S 6

The Sun · Thursday 14 January 1932 · page 9

With a strong gale of wind to assist them over the last few furlongs, gallopers generally made fast times at Rand wick racecourse this morning. Chide's four in 49 12 on the tan was a notable…

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Mr. Norman Smith. Beach Still Bumpy. Heavy Storm Wanted. Kaitai (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 January 1932 · page 9

Officials associated with Mr. Norman Smith's projected attempt to break the land speed record left Waipapakauri to-day, and will return on January 21, if not recalled earlier…

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Safe for Swimmers? "Floodgates" Area Water to Be Tested

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 14 January 1932 · page 4

The question of establishing a swimming area at what is known as the "floodgates" was discussed by the aldermen of Parramatta on Monday…

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