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Floods & storms, 1932

1,037 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 52

Snow Bars Roads Floods Likely in Murray

The Sun · Sunday 10 July 1932 · page 9

A HEAVY snowfall has cut off communication in ports of the Southern highlands, deliveries of mail and food supplies…

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Cyclone Still Active. Heavy Rain and Rough Seas

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 July 1932 · page 10

The cyclone which caused last weeks gales off the coast is still active although it is now centred in the south Tasman Sea. A secondary centre has developed off the south coast of…

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Heavy Floods Coming and Gales Along The Coast Victoria in Grip of Storm Cyclone Raging Over The Tasman Snow-fed Rivers

The Sun · Monday 11 July 1932 · page 7

HEAVY rain along the coast, from Port Macquarie southward--cold southerly winds, at times reaching gale force, and the possibility of floods on the Hastings, Manning and Hawkesbury rivers…

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Aeroplane Overturned by Fierce Gale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 July 1932 · page 12

The heavy gale on Saturday overturned this machine, the property of Mr. H F. Broadbent, at Mascot aerodrome…

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Battle Against Heavy Seas Rough Time in Storm Cabins Flooded On Canberra

The Sun · Monday 11 July 1932 · page 8

PASSENGERS on the Manunda from Brisbane and the Canberra and Orungal from Melbourne had a rough time last…

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Battered in Storm. Lone Voyager Returns to Port. AUCKLAND

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 July 1932 · page 10

The Walma, the small boat in which Mr. W. C. Valentine, left Auckland on June 27, to sail to England, returned to port under jury rig yesterday, with sails torn to ribbons,…

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Safe in Port. Steamer Ulmarra. Driven to Sea by Storm. Hard Struggle Back

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 July 1932 · page 9

At daylight yesterday the coastal steamer Ulmarra appeared on the horizon east of Sydney. An hour later the small ship entered the Heads to complete a journey from…

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Was Badly Battered in Storm Lone Voyager Who Set Out on World- Tour Yacht Waima Wellington (N.z.) Sun

The Labor Daily · Monday 11 July 1932 · page 5

TEMPESTUOUS weather has caused the return to Auckland of the 22ft craft Waima, Purchased in Australia, in which Mr. M. C…

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Ulmarra Limps Home After Fight with Gale Was Blown 150 Miles Out To Sea Never In Danger, Says Cap Ships Pass Her By Broke Pipe In Engine Rm

The Labor Daily · Monday 11 July 1932 · page 5

AFTER almost every hope of her safe return had been abandoned, the North Coast steamer Ulmarra, which had been blown away to sea by the storm on Thursday, struggled into port yesterday morning, more than fifty hours overdue…

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Ulmarra Safe -- 10 Lost in Vic. Wreck Cyclone-hit Coaster Slips Quietly in at Dawn Tremendous Shock of Joy for Relatives Was Blown 120 Miles Knew All About Search But Couldn't "Send" Horse and Pigs Survived

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 July 1932 · page 1

While the destroyer Tattoo criss-crossed the ocean in a frantic rescue search, and just as mechanics warmed up the engines of an A.N.A. Fokker at Mascot for another air vigil, the missing Ulmarra, unsighted and unruffled, steamed unobtrusively into…

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Flood Peril In Country

The Labor Daily · Monday 11 July 1932 · page 6

SETTLERS in the Murray and Murrumbidgee river areas are taking every precaution against the possibility of floods, following upon heavy snow falls. Rain is falling in various centres and with the thawing of the…

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Hold-up by Winter Snow Disorganises Services; Flood Warning Is Issued

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 July 1932 · page 7

Disorganisation of rail and mail services through heavy snow-falls; more snow to come; warnings of floods in…

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Five Dead, Five Missing in Shipwreck Steamer Casino Founders On The Victorian Coast During Terrific Storm The Captain Goes Down With His Ship List of The Drowned All Are From Victoria Nine On Board Rescued MELBOURNE

The Labor Daily · Monday 11 July 1932 · page 1

THE coastal steamer Casino, 425 tons, bound from Melbourne. to Warrnambool, foundered in a violent storm in Apollo Bay at 9.30 a.m. to-day. captain Gilchrist Middleton went down with his ship. Five of those on board were drowned and five are missing…

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Heavy Rain

The Sun · Tuesday 12 July 1932 · page 1

City Forecasts Unsettled with rain end heavy showers; cold strong southerly winds…

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Menace of Gale and Flood on Coast Vessels Pounded Again; Many Are Storm-bound Warning Issued by the Weather Bureau; a Second Cyclone Snow and Heavy Rain in the Country

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 July 1932 · page 1

The coast of New South Wales and Victoria is again storm-lashed; shipping has run for shelter, and remains weatherbound; floods threaten in many coastal districts…

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The Cyclone

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 July 1932 · page 7

The Prince's Highway is three feet under water for nearly a quarter of a mile near Orbost. All last night, near Mario, two men…

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Wild Gales Sweep the Coast. Ships Delayed. Warning of Floods

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 July 1932 · page 9

The cyclonic disturbance which has been operating over the Tasman Sea for the last five days has caused some of the roughest weather known for many years…

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Coast Lashed By Cyclone Ships Sheltering in Bays Gale Reaches 65 m.p.h. With Raging Seas

The Sun · Tuesday 12 July 1932 · page 8

FIERCE seas are battering the New South Wales coast and shipping is having a gruelling time. South Head reports that the weather is worse, if anything, than yesterday, but it is infinitely worse at Cape Hawke, where a 65 m.p.h…

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Gales Likely More Rain and Cole Southerlies

The Sun · Tuesday 12 July 1932 · page 4

BAROMETER .. .. ... .. .. 29.96 INDICATOR .. .. .. .. .. .. Rain City Forecast. -- Unsettled, with rain and heavy showers; cold strong…

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Flood Menace in State Sequel to Fierce Cyclone Special Waring Issued

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 12 July 1932 · page 1

A SPECIAL flood warning issued last night indicated the danger of floods in all coastal rivers from the Hastings southward. Rises in river heights are also expected in the Murray and Murrumbidgee Rivers…

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