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Floods & storms, 1932

1,037 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 52

Heat-wave and Cyclone Eastern Aust. Affected

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 20 January 1932 · page 1

While a cyclone is raging in the northern parts of Queensland, heat waves are being experienced in Victoria, Adelaide,…

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Record Deluge in Queensland. Twenty Inches of Rain in Two Days!

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 20 January 1932 · page 18

Twenty inches of rain were registered at Babinda (North Queensland) during the 48 hours ended at 9 a.m on Monday morning as the result of a cyclone which…

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Sizzling South Heat Wave in Vic. And S. Australia Cyclone Due

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 January 1932 · page 1

South Australia, Victoria, and the west and south-west of New South Wales sweltered yesterday in a…

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Springboks Beat Scotland in Gale and Rain Win All Internationals — Maintain Prestige of Dominions' Rugger

Referee · Wednesday 20 January 1932 · page 14

Australian and New Zealand sportsmen will unite in extending to South Africa hearty congratulations on having for the second time won all their international engagements with the Rugby Union strength of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. The win at Murrayfield on Saturday was very…

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The Fairylike Effects of Floodlight Illumination

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 20 January 1932 · page 14

With one exception—that of the Casino at Monte Carlo — these photographs show the beautiful results of artistic flood-lighting on some of the famous buildings of London…

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Serious Floods In Southern Mississippi. Many People Homeless. New York, Jan. 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 January 1932 · page 11

Reports from Mobile (Alabama) and many other towns along the Southern Mississippi indicate that floods have caused much suffering among residents who have been left…

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FLOODS. North Queensland. Child Drowned. Some Towns Inundated. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 January 1932 · page 11

The highest flood for l8 years occurred at Innisfail late last night, when many homes and business places were inundated and scores of people had to…

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Floods, Fires: Nature Runs Riot Huge Bush Blaze in Victoria Northern Queensland Has Torrential Rains; Rivers Break Their Banks One Death Reported Men's Dash For Life Through Victorian Fires

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 January 1932 · page 1

To-day Nature has run riot in Victoria and Queensland. But her ways are as far apart as the poles. In North Queensland flooded rivers have broken their hanks over the rich sugar country after…

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Cyclone Is Headed This Way Gales on the South Coast Cool Change

The Labor Daily · Thursday 21 January 1932 · page 1

Queensland's cyclone is gradually moving southward. It was being felt yesterday at Bowen and Willis Island. Rivers in the…

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Peril in Wake of Rain Damaging Deluge in Queensland Bridge Crashes

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 January 1932 · page 7

BRISBANE, Wednesday.--A wake of devastation has been left by the cyclonic disturbance, which in passing…

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Floods in Ireland. Heavy Damage

The Catholic Press · Thursday 21 January 1932 · page 5

Reports from many parts of Ireland, North and South, indicate that floods at the end of November were, particularly severe, and it is evident that the damage…

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FLOODS. In North Queensland. Bridge Washed Away. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 January 1932 · page 9

Portions of the railway bridge at Elliott River, on the North Coast railway, between Townsville and Bowen, have been washed away by flood waters, and the through traffic…

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Barrier Reef. Party Delayed by Gales. GLADSTONE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 10

After having waited a day for the weather to moderate, Mr. E. F. Pollock's Barrier Reef party arrived at Gladstone this afternoon, after an excellent passage from Heron Island. During…

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New Lifeboat. Rights Itself in Storm. (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, Jan. 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 11

A motor lifeboat, capable of righting itself in four seconds if holed and capsized, was formally handed over to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution on the Thames to-day,…

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Queensland Floods. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 15

The rain is ceasing in North Queensland and the flooded rivers are falling…

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Queensland Floods Death-dealing Cyclone in the North

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 4

Torrential rains have fallen in the far north of Queensland during the past week, and the rivers have risen rapidly, causing extensive floods in many districts…

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Crashed in Storm

The Sun · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 2

With his right leg shattered, his face and scalp lacerated, Ronald Bryant (39), railway employee, of Walters-road, Beralla, was picked up…

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The Hail Storm

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 11

"SCOTCH LASSIE" (Gunningbland).—Having received permission from my mother to stay away from Sunday school, I sat near a window and watched the dark, angry clouds…

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Orchardists' Troubles Assistance Tor Storm Sufferers

Nepean Times · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 8

Ald. Oag, of Orchard Hills, has re ceived the following communication from the Under-Secretary Department of Agricuture:—…

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St. Marys Storm The Electrical Engineer Attempted Dismissal Defeated by Five Votes to Four

Nepean Times · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 5

St. Marys has been agog for the last week or more over a trouble that has arisen in Council concerning the electrical engineer, Mr Ellis, whose…

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