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Floods & storms, 1932

1,037 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 52

Flood Waters

The Biz · Friday 14 October 1932 · page 7

Mrs. W. J. Hollingworth, Military road, Guildford, asked Holroyd Council to repair the road in front of her property. She had recently…

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Heavy Storm. Six Inches of Hail. SINGLETON

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 October 1932 · page 13

St. Clair was visited yesterday by a particularly heavy hailstorm, which caused considerable damage. Hall covered level ground to a death of six inches, while in hollows and…

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Appeal for Silence Started a Storm What Manufacturers Think About Ottawa Deal Newspaper "Chains" Shackle Free Criticism

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 15 October 1932 · page 8

COMING back from Ottawa, with the terms of the Trade-and-Tariff Agreement only partly disclosed, Customs Minister Gullett naively begged all Australia to "withhold criticism" for the present…

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Fine; But 'Ware Thunderstorm

The Labor Daily · Saturday 15 October 1932 · page 10

ALTHOUGH there is a possibility of a passing thundorstorm, it is expected that mostly one…

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Limbs Gone But Pain Still Lives 'Nerve-Storms' Of Diggers

The Sun · Sunday 16 October 1932 · page 7

MANY Diggers, who have bad arms and legs amputated, continue to suffer pains where the legs and arms used to be…

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Geyser in Roadway Shops Flooded By Burst Main

The Sun · Sunday 16 October 1932 · page 2

Great slabs of stone and sections of macadam were tossed into the air like corks when a 48-inch water main…

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Heavy Rain Granites Parties Held Up Alice Springs

The Sun · Monday 17 October 1932 · page 7

Terrific rains have fallen in Alice Springs and the back country, and the weather is still threatening. Yesterday the township was…

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Shops Flooded. Main Bursts at Petersham

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 October 1932 · page 10

Eight shops in Parramatta-road, Petersham, near Carrington-street, were flooded on Saturday afternoon owing to the bursting of a large water main…

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Storms Ahead

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 October 1932 · page 7

Further cloudy and unsettled weather is expected by the Weather Bureau. In the city, showers are indicated,…

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Fierce Storm. Damage at Toowoomba. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 October 1932 · page 9

One or tne fiercest storms experienced at Toowoomba for many years struck the city at 1.25 p.m. to-day, and caused great damage. Buildings were unroofed, and limbs were torn…

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Flooding the Markets. Japanese Goods in India

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 19 October 1932 · page 1

AN Eastern paper reports that India is affected in the textile industry by Japanese competition. In a number of other lines Japan…

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Parramatta Day by Day "Fools If They Stop Swimming" What Alderman Cameron Thinks of Council's Edict Bathing at Floodgates Still Prohibited

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 20 October 1932 · page 13

If you see a grey head bobbing up and down in the water at flood-gates—well, it might be Alderman William Cameron. It certainly won't be Alderman Prudumes; for even the offer of a monetary reward wouldn't induce him to swim there. He says he likes to feel clean…

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Danger Lurks at "The Floodgates"

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 20 October 1932 · page 4

Despite the vigorous protestation of Alderman Cameron, of Parramatta, against the decision of his colleagues to prohibit swimming at…

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Flood Danger Macquarie River Rises Rapidly HOBART

The Sun · Thursday 20 October 1932 · page 25

Although there are now signs of an abatement in the rain which has fallen steadily for two days the danger of floods is not past…

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Adrift in Gale Night Ordeal of Three Men Engine Fails

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 October 1932 · page 1

For over 12 hours at the mercy of a 40-mile-an-hour gale when their launch became disabled four miles…

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"Board Sidetracks the Issue" Safeguarding Rozelle Storm-water Channel

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 October 1932 · page 5

When the letter from the Metropolitan Water, Sewerage, and Drainage Board to Glebe Council, intimating that council's suggestions as to…

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FLOODS. Crops Swept Away. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 October 1932 · page 17

Floods at Trafalgar have become serious, and are the worst for 10 years. Some dwellings are threatened, and the inhabitants have been compelled to leave. Some farmers…

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The Milligans After the Storm

The Sun · Sunday 23 October 1932 · page 7

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Storm in a Tea-shop Wife Is "Mentally Ill-treated"

Truth · Sunday 23 October 1932 · page 10

"MENTAL ill-treatment" was one of the things alleged against her husband by a pretty Pitt-street waitress named Josephine…

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English Batsmen Will Follow Pataudi's Lead, Says Macartney But Bowlers Have the Job Before Them Finding Sutcliffe's Partner Has Jardine Guessing On the Cards That Hobbs May Yet Turn Out In Tests Deluge Halted Perth Game

Truth · Sunday 23 October 1932 · page 6

STEPPING straight off the ship to the cricket pitch, after five long weeks of ocean travel, the English tourists certainly have our eyes popping at their first performance. THEY had two days' practice, and then turned in the handsome total of 334 for eight wickets down. It should satisfy even "Plum" Warner, whose standard is always set…

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