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Floods & storms, 1932

1,037 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 52

Floods at Wagga. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 June 1932 · page 10

Following the longest bleak rainy spell for many years, the whole, countryside resembles a series of miniature lakes. Farmers are experiencing the greatest difficulty, in…

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Ships Battered by Gales Many Run Behind Schedule

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 June 1932 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Tales of terrific winds and towering seas in the Tasman were told by the crew of the freighter Wainul when, two days…

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Storm Clouds Above Palm Beach

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 June 1932 · page 12

A picturesque glimpse of Palm Beach, looking along the ocean front in the direction of Barrenjoey, obtained from the southern end of the beach…

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Fierce Gales. Charlie Cam Breaking Up. Freighter in Difficulties

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 June 1932 · page 9

Yesterday the fierce westerly gales which had swept the Tasman Sea for more than a week were displaced by southerly winds of almost equal severity…

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Short of Coal in Gale Tymeric Just Makes Port

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 June 1932 · page 8

Short of coal after a nine days' battle with westerly Tasman gales, the Andrew Weir cargo steamer Tymeric struggled to…

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Big Yangtse Floods Likely SHANGHAI

The Sun · Tuesday 28 June 1932 · page 1

A REPETITION of last year's catastrophic floods in the Yangtse River is reported to be imminent, owing to incessant rainfall on the watershed. The immediate result is that the…

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Rush for Work Men Storm Town Hall At Glebe

The Sun · Wednesday 29 June 1932 · page 11

There were wild scenes at Glebe Town Hall to-day when sections of a crowd of men, estimated at 2000, who were seeking work in…

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Welcome Storms

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 30 June 1932 · page 15

MARY MULCAHY (Acacls plateau,Legume). We are sparing the sky those hard black looks we were giving it before Easter. We have had several storms and everything has…

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Flooded the Hold in Storm Perilous Emergency in Voyage From New Zealand Coal Gone Newcastle. Thurs

The Labor Daily · Friday 1 July 1932 · page 5

LEAVING New Zealand eleven days ago, the freighter Tymeric arrived at Newcastle late last night in tow of the tug St. Hilary…

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Alan Villiers in "Cape-horner" His Shir Parma Battles in Tremendous Gale London

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 July 1932 · page 1

"THE voyage came near finishing us sill. The Parma is a good ship, otherwise we never…

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Romance of the Big Windjammers the Wheat Race From Australia Skippers' Plans Upset by Gales Parma's Claim

The Labor Daily · Monday 4 July 1932 · page 4

THE arrival of the barque Parma at Queenstown on Friday, 106 days out from Wallaroo, and Captain de Clouds claim that he had won the wheat race from Australia, has upset the calculations of Captain Tamm, of the Abraham Rydberg, and Captain Erikson, of the Herzogin…

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Collision Due to Lightning Signal System Is Struck in Storm Vienna

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 July 1932 · page 1

The destruction of signal communications by lightning caused trains to collide at Vlasin, 40 miles from Prague, 12 being killed and 27…

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Rain in Victoria. Danger of Rivers Flooding. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 July 1932 · page 8

Useful rain has fallen in many districts of Victoria, but rivers are rising rapidly, and in the Benalla and Lancefield districts there is danger of flooding…

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Heavy Rain at Coolamon Coolamon

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 July 1932 · page 12

Heavy rain set in about 11 o 'clock to-night and it was still raining hard at midnight, [?] which time 50 points had been registered Thirty points of rain weie recoided…

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Floods in Victoria. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 July 1932 · page 12

The Campaspe River overflowed its banks at Rochester to-day, when lowlylng parts of the town were flooded. The northern highway, between Rochester and Echuca, is submerged to…

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Yorkshire Floods

The Sun · Wednesday 6 July 1932 · page 11

How two boys and their dog travelled through the streets of Bentley a South Yorkshire mining town, when the greater part of it was flooded recently…

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Flood Lights Ambitious Mountains Scheme

The Sun · Thursday 7 July 1932 · page 26

The Katoomba Municipal Council has given a noteworthy lead in the effort to attract more tourists. Following a report from a leading…

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Woman Drowned Atyinnar Fatal Slip Into Flooded River

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 July 1932 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- Mrs. W Irving, of Yinnar, was missing from her home early this morning, and after a search her body was…

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More Rain and Gales Likely To-day

The Labor Daily · Friday 8 July 1932 · page 9

MORE biting cold winds and gales, with rain heavy at times, are expected for the city to-day. Seas…

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Storm Damage at Newtown

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 July 1932 · page 12

This plateglass window at Messrs. Mcllrath's, Ltd., King-street, Newtown, was blown down last night during the height of the storm…

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