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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1932

1,037 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 52

Floods in Queensland. Long Railway Detour. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 15

As a result of the damage caused by floods to the northern railway lines, the department has been temporarily forced to use the western route via Longreach and Winton, thus…

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Victims of the Flood

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 January 1932 · page 9

We came upon them first on a sunny afternoon in early December. We had travelled far until we descried what appeared to be a suitable camping spot; this proved to be beside…

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The Storm

The Sun · Sunday 31 January 1932 · page 4

The wind was blowing heavily, The rain was pouring down. And there was water everywhere In our little town…

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Damaged by Cyclone

The Labor Daily · Monday 1 February 1932 · page 8

About one day after leaving Suva, the Matson liner SONOMA was caught in the teeth of a cyclone. On the front part of the promendale deck the railings were…

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Country News Fierce Storms Dispel Heat

The Sun · Monday 1 February 1932 · page 10

COONAMBLE, Monday.--January's unparalleled heat culminated in one of the most violent and spectacular storms in living memory…

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Country News Storms and Rain

The Sun · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 12

COPP'S HARBOR, Tuesday.--After a very hot day, the fiercest thunderstorm ever witnessed here occurred last night, and lasted for over an…

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Life Outback Teacher Braves Perils Dust-storms and Floods

The Sun · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 15

Walking eight miles to her little schoolhouse at Pooncarie, 175 miles outside Broken Hill, with the temperature ranging from 121 to 129…

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Storm Cooled City Little Rain Came with Thunder

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 8

After sweltering in a temperature that stayed in the seventies, and a humidity that rose from 65 per cent. to 85 per cent., Sydney was granted…

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CYCLONE Sweeps Towns in the West. Buildings Razed to the Ground. Churches and Houses

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 9

Damage estimated at £40,000 was done by a cyclone which struck Narromine late yesterday afternoon. The Roman Catholic Church, the…

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Tricks of Cyclone Which Wrecked Towns Half Hour of Fury Freak Trail of Damage Sonoma Hit

The Sun · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 11

YESTERDAY'S tropical tornado, whose furious half hour cost Narromine about £10,000 and left…

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Cyclone in West Narromine Suffers Big Damage Council's Fund For Relief of the Stricken Water Fails

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 6

The full force of a cyclone hit Narromine shortly before six. o'clock last night. So sweeping is the damage that the local…

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"Japan Plans to Invade Australia"--eugene Chen London Embassy and Sydney Consul Ridicule Report Chinese Ex-minister's Outburst Appears in Paris Journal U.s. Anti-jap. Hate Shanghai Quiet: Storm Daily Expected

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 1

Special Dispatches from The[?] Daily Telegraph correspondents abroad. "Japan's supreme aim will be the invasion of Australia," declares Eugene Chen, former Chinese…

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Constance Burt In Flood Area

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 4

"I MUST say that I prefer cyclones in small doses." This from Miss Constance Burt, one of Sydney's best-known singers, when…

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Electric Storm at Sea

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 6

The Matson liner Sonoma, which arrived yesterday from San Francisco, ran into a severe electrical storm on Monday night, about 100 miles off…

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Storm Bursts Over Asia

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 3

THE situation in China is fraught with the deadliest peril for us all. We may be on the verge of another world war. THE wanton aggression of which the…

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The Cyclone. Trail of Damage. Fireballs Reported. Narromine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 13

An inspection of the town to-day revealed that the damage due to Monday's storm was more extensive than was at first estimated. Telephone communication is completely…

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Before a Storm Real Shanghai Clash Said to he Near SHANGHAI

The Sun · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 1

Japanese naval headquarters have issued a communique denying that the movement yesterday afternoon constituted an endeavor to advance…

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The Daily Weather Chart Unsettled, with further rain and thunderstorms in northern and eastern districts

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 11

Commonwealth Weather Bureau.--Tuesday.--"The section of the tropical depression which extended into New South Wales (mentioned in yesterday's notes) was…

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The LIBRARY Adventures in Three Elements; an Artist's "Sydney"; and an Ingenuous Novel "Fear, and Be Slain!" by the Right Hon. J. B. Seely. "Sydney Town," by H. J. Weston. "Robin and Robina," by Lesley Storm. "Fear, and Be Slain!"

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 25

THE Right Hon. J. E. B. Seely has held great offices and done many fine things. He has been a member of the British Cabinet; he was, during the war, chairman of the Air Committee…

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Cyclone's Toy

The Sun · Thursday 4 February 1932 · page 17

When a cyclone burst over Bourke it lifted this Wapiti defence 'plane 20 feet into the air, broke away the ropes securing it and landed it in a wrecked condition 30 yards away. Parts from it are to be used to repair another 'plane damaged at the same time, and the rest of the machine will be trucked back to Sydney…

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