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Floods & storms, 1933

1,330 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 67

Toy Deluge For Kingsford-Smith Junior AUCKLAND

The Sun · Tuesday 31 January 1933 · page 8

Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith, who is being deluged with toys for his baby [?] well wishers, has already counted 120 rattles as well as a…

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Relief Works Money Repairing The Storm Damage

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 31 January 1933 · page 6

THE Minister for Labor and Industry, Mr. Dunningham, announced last night that the unemployment Relief Council had…

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Storm Damage £3000 in Canterbury Government Aid Sought for Road Repairs

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 January 1933 · page 7

The Mayor of Canterbury (Ald. Parry) reported to the council last night that £3000 damage was done by the storm last week to roadways…

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The Daily Weather Chart More rain and thunderstorms, with some heavy falls and isolated severe blows likely on the central and north coast and highlands. Mostly fine elsewhere

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 January 1933 · page 13

Commonwealth Weather Bureau, Monday.--"The lingering Influences of the tropical depression, which caused the recent unsettled conditions in eastern Australia,…

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A Summer Storm

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 1 February 1933 · page 19

[?]N no place in N.S.W. do storms rise so rapidly or [?] clear so suddenly as on that stretch of country [?]own as the Dorrigo Plateau. This rich and densely [?]bered scrub area is electro-attractive, mainly on…

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Storm Wrack, and a Country Hospital

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 1 February 1933 · page 24

On Monday, the 23rd January, a violent storm caused a great amount of damage in and around the town of…

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Violent Storms. Damage in Samoa. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 February 1933 · page 17

A series of severe storms in western Samoa during January is reported from Apia. The most violent, occurred on January 6 and the two following days. Many native…

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Church Dispute. St. Stephen's, Hurlstone Park. "Storm in a Teacup."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 February 1933 · page 14

The Primate, Archbishop Wright, yesterday described the dispute between the Rector of St. Stephen's Church Hurlstone Park (the Rev. D. H. Rettlck) and a section of the…

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Diphth'ria Caused by the Flood Serious Charge Made in Claims for Damage Deputation

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 1 February 1933 · page 5

CERTAIN property owners and tenants in Bourke and Arthur Streets, Surry Hills, whose premises have been subjected to…

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Flooding Danger and Diphtheria Deputation to Lord Mayor

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 February 1933 · page 7

During the severe storm last week, sewerage overflow passed through a number of houses in Arthur Street and Bourke Street, City, resulting in…

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Life's Storms

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 2 February 1933 · page 16

Should life's storms be blowing gusty, or the road be hot and dusty. Don't give up and pull a face all glum and blue!…

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Heavy Rain in N.Z. Many Districts Flooded. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 February 1933 · page 10

Exceptionally heavy rain has been falling in the back country of Mariborough Province during the last two days, and also in the Nelson and Westland districts…

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Fairfield Man in Stanwell Park Storm

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 2 February 1933 · page 7

Holidaying at Stanwell Park when the storm burst last week, ex-Alderman and Mrs. Tom O'Sullivan, of Hubert-street, fairfield, were fortunate to escape…

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Official Inspection in Storm Damage Area

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 February 1933 · page 12

The height of the recent flood waters in Arthur-street, Surry Hills, was indicated yesterday to the Lord Mayor, Alderman Hagon (centre), by the resident on the extreme left…

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Kind Words in Sad Time Priest's Letter to Storm Orphan His Own Loss

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 February 1933 · page 1

LAUREL DAVIS, the 16-years-old storm orphan, robbed of mother, father, and brothers by the Stanwell Parle flood, said…

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Janet Gaynor Coming to the State "Tess of the Storm Country Attractive Bill

The Labor Daily · Thursday 2 February 1933 · page 10

STATE: "Tess of the Storm Country," with Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Dudley Digges. "No More Orchids," with Carole Lombard,…

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Tree Love Protection From Flood

The Sun · Thursday 2 February 1933 · page 30

THE recent disastrous flood at Stanwell Park would have been very largely minimised had the mountain slopes been forested as…

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Heavy Rain In North Queensland. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 February 1933 · page 10

Heavy rain has fallen in the north and north-west portions of the State. Ten inches was recorded at Tully, four inches at Innisfail and seven and a half inches at Macknade…

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Flood Mitigation Scheme. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 February 1933 · page 10

A conference of district councils proces[?] against a proposal for the formation of a Hunter River flood mitigation board, to cover the areas of the Bolwarra, Kearsley. Port…

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Over Rails Trains Held Up By Heavy Floods 48 Hours--15ins. Cairns

The Sun · Friday 3 February 1933 · page 9

TORRENTIAL rain along the far northern coast and tablelands, rising up to fifteen inches at Deerai, in the past…

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