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Floods & storms, 1932

1,037 stories in Sydney's papers · page 44 of 52

Soaring Customs Revenue Import Flood Follows Lifting of Tariff Barriers Canberra

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 2 November 1932 · page 5

CUSTOMS revenue is soaring at a rate which will produce a surplus of nearly £6,000,000 over the estimates at…

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A Deluge U.S. Presidential Oratory Radio Rampage Vancouver

The Sun · Thursday 3 November 1932 · page 1

NEVER in a previous Presidential campaign have the electors been treated to such a flood of verbosity. Sitting at…

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Terrific Gale in New York New York

The Labor Daily · Thursday 3 November 1932 · page 1

IN a terrine rainstorm and gale which struck the Metropolis yesterday, 80 houses were demolished and 20 bungalows were lifted bodily and blown into Jamaica Bay. One man was killed and 30 persons injured…

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Irish National Foresters' Convention The Archbishop's Congratulations. How Society Weathered Economic Storm

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 3 November 1932 · page 28

THE 40th annual Convention of the Irish National Foresters was formally opened by the Archbishop of Sydney (Most Rev. Dr. M. Kelly) in the Chapter…

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Storm Centres in Dole War a Victory

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 4 November 1932 · page 6

In Menindie (where two-thirds of population are on the dole) the unemployed, through their solid threat to take charge of the Police Station—…

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Adrift in a Gale Delirious Four Days in Open Boat Long Ordeal

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 November 1932 · page 9

PERTH, Thursday,--Set adrift in an open boat by a sudden gale, Evans Jones, of Sharks Bay, was rescued…

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Thunderstorms Are Likely Soon Sultry Weather To-day, with Cool Night

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 November 1932 · page 7

Temperatures were above 80 degrees all over the State yesterday. There were many recordings over 90 degrees in the north-west and at…

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Why Is Your Name GALE --- ?

The Sun · Sunday 6 November 1932 · page 5

THERE is a fine, outdoor, gusty flavor about a surname like Gale. It seems kin to the Marie Tempest of the stage, or the John Storm of the famous…

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Gum Boots Flood of Jap. Goods Feared

The Sun · Monday 7 November 1932 · page 6

Imports of gum and wading boots decreased from 52.640 pairs in 1927- 28 to 3704 pairs In 1931-32, according to Mr. L. Withall, tariff officer…

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Crashed in a Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 November 1932 · page 8

GOSFORD, Monday. -- In a hailstorm this evening J. Chaston (52), of Glebe, who was motoring along the Great Northern Highway,…

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Heavy Storms

The Sun · Wednesday 9 November 1932 · page 19

KEMPSEY, Wednesday.--A terrific thunderstorm, accompanied by a gale of wind and torrential hail, swept over the Bellbrook, Nook Creek,…

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After Storm Came the Calm Monday Sees Bowlers on Top : Fifteen Wickets Fall For 267 Runs

Referee · Wednesday 9 November 1932 · page 14

AFTER two days of wonderful cricket, Monday produced a Common-place chapter. It seemed as though both sets, of batsman, with the exception of two, relaxed into sheer defence. Fifteen wickets tell for 267 runs, with Alexander, the Victorian fast bowler (7 for 95), and Hird,…

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Terrific Jamaican Storm Kingston

The Sun · Thursday 10 November 1932 · page 17

Fully 50 per cent, of the banana plantations in the island of Jamaica have been wiped out by a terrific storm in the western section. The…

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Havoc of Storm Twelve Killed Many Hurt Cuban Disaster Havana

The Sun · Thursday 10 November 1932 · page 1

A HEAVY storm struck the Eastern Cuban provinces of Santa Clara and Camaquey to-day, killing twelve persons…

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Put Out Another Storm In Assembly Knight's Tirade

The Sun · Friday 11 November 1932 · page 14

ONE of those sharp, unexpected storms, which occasionally break out in Parliament, last night completely upset what was otherwise a…

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Cuban Storm Camaguey Death Roll Now 300 HAVANA

The Sun · Friday 11 November 1932 · page 11

A NEWSPAPER correspondent at Jatinbonico sent a telephone message today that the death roll in the…

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Storm in Cuba. Twelve People Killed. HAVANA, Nov. 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 November 1932 · page 10

At least 12 people were killed and more than 100 were injured, and a number of houses were destroyed to-day, when a heavy storm struck the eastern Cuban provinces of Santa…

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Notes from a Countryman's Diary Annual Wheat Storm At Canberra—Age of Miracles Not Yet Here — Wheat Bounty Bungle

The Land · Friday 11 November 1932 · page 3

CANBERRA seems destined to become the centre of an annual wheat storm. For the last two years a tropical disturbance has in the…

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1800 Dead in Storm Town Submerged in Cuba 135 M.P.H. Wind Havana

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 November 1932 · page 5

A terrific storm, one of the greatest in Cuban history, swept across two provinces in central and…

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