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Floods & storms, 1932

1,037 stories in Sydney's papers · page 49 of 52

Splashes By Primary School Boys-- --Floodlit Mountain Cascades

The Sun · Thursday 8 December 1932 · page 36

THE START of second heat, Primary Schools' championship, at the swimming carnival in Domain Baths to-day. STUART CUP singles final to-day.--Miss T. Coyne, Sydney Girls' High School, snapped in her game…

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To Bargain or Flood? Government's Defeat on Moratorium May Drop Bill

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 December 1932 · page 8

The Government has not yet decided what to do about the Upper House defeat on the Moratorium Bill…

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Cyclone. North Queensland. Carriages Blown Over BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 December 1932 · page 11

Severe damage was caused by a cyclonic storm in Rockhampton and district this afternoon. A mixed goods train was standing at…

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Six Hurt in Crash Trams Collide During The Gale

The Labor Daily · Friday 9 December 1932 · page 9

In the height of yesterday's gale, two trams, one of which skidded along the rails, crashed near Grace Bros. In Parrarrtatta…

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Carriages Blown Off the Line Terrific Cyclone in Dawson Valley

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 December 1932 · page 1

ROCKHAMPTON, Thursday--During a terrific cyclonic storm at Cooneel, in the Dawson valley, a mixed train from Lawgi, standing at…

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Train Overturned In Severe Cyclone! Havoc Wrought in Cent. Q'land Baby Blown Away -- Five Hurt --Roofs Fly ROCKHAMPTON

The Sun · Friday 9 December 1932 · page 9

IN a terrific cyclone and rainstorm which passed over the Rockhampton district, Central Queensland, yesterday afternoon, a train was overturned, a baby blown along the road--five people were injured--two seriously--houses were unroofed…

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Ships Forces Back to Port by the Gale Heavy Seas Whipped Up by Force of Wind Nearly 50 M.p.h. Cyclonic Disturbance, Says the Weather Man

The Labor Daily · Friday 9 December 1932 · page 7

SWIRLING around street, corners, blowing hast in all directions, and causing discomfort in many ways yesterdays southerly gale…

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Magnetic a Possibility for the Villiers? Squibs Ride the Gale in Fast Sprints Many Had the Hurricane's Help In Final Trials For W.F. Waugoola's Brilliant Four

Arrow · Friday 9 December 1932 · page 9

ANY horse that couldn't run half a mile in 49 after the gale blew up on Thursday morning wouldn't be worth taking to Gosford for a maiden. The wind blew with hurricane force that carried later…

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Tail End of Tornado Thursday's Gale in Sydney

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 December 1932 · page 5

ALTHOUGH fine weather was experienced over New South Wales yesterday, there were strong winds and rough seas…

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Cyclone Rages in Q'land Swept Everything Before It BRISBANE

The Labor Daily · Saturday 10 December 1932 · page 7

A child was blown into barbed wire fence and terribly injured, roofs were uplifted, a train derailed, and the…

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Floodlights. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 December 1932 · page 11

Sir,—In the name of all that is beautifulwhy? I have not seen them and hope I never shall. I have still a recollection of 40 years ago of these beautiful falls and valleys and…

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Katoomba Floodlights

The Sun · Saturday 10 December 1932 · page 3

The installation of the floodlighting equipment at Katoomba and Leura was carried out by the staff of the Katoomba Municipal Council under…

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The Sun Stop-press Rescue in Gale Auckland

The Sun · Monday 12 December 1932 · page 1

If the Waihemo, which arrived at Auckland to-day from Los [?] had not come along when [?] did the crew of a Canadian fishing…

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Waiting Only for Flash "Dry Powder" in Near East Storm Clouds London

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 December 1932 · page 7

WRITING in the "Sunday Times," Mr. Wickham Steed declares that the dangerously explosive situation in…

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Floodlights. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 December 1932 · page 5

Sir,—As the consulting engineer who at the request of the Katoomba Municipal Council prepared the scheme of flood-lighting which was officially opened last week, I desire to…

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Railway Cars Blown Over. Cyclonic Storm in North Queensland

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 14 December 1932 · page 18

While a cyclonic storm was raging in the Rockhampton (Q.) district last Thursday afternoon, two passenger carriages, a brake van, two cream vans, and…

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French Public Storms Parlt. Feeling at Fever Pitch Over War Debts to U.S.A. PARIS

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 14 December 1932 · page 1

PUBLIC feeling is running at fever pitch in Paris in connection with the payments of war debts to the United States…

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Floodlighting: The Blue Mountains at Nightime The use of powerful floodlights promises to add enormously to the attractiveness of the Blue Mountains, revealing their beauty and their magnificent contours under entirely novel conditions

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 14 December 1932 · page 34

The thousands of people who have seen the Three Sisters (top picture), the Leura Cascades (left), and Chelmsford Bridge (right) under floodlight are agreed that a new era has been opened on the Blue Mountains. For many years now this has been one of the most popular holiday resorts in New South Wales, with its rugged cliffs and peaks, its great gorges, its stately waterfalls, and its delightful flora; but, im-pressive as these are by day, the concentration of light on them by night brings out many new and hitherto undiscovered beauties. So successful…

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Tornado Rocks Sydney! Trail of Damage Worst Yet Several Reported Injured Deluge Too

The Sun · Thursday 15 December 1932 · page 21

ONE of the worst storms in the history of Sydney occurred at half past four this afternoon. Wind at terrific…

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Storm Pictures

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 December 1932 · page 1

A series of special photographs showing the damage done by the storm appears on page 13…

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