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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1933

1,330 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 67

Terrific Storm Five Hours Lightning in N.z

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 February 1933 · page 7

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Thursday.-- The severest electrical storm ever experienced in North Canterbury lasted five hours to-day…

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Queensland Rain. In West of State. Rivers in Flood. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 February 1933 · page 9

Railway services in the west have been dislocated following heavy rains last night. With falls ranging to four and a half inches, many creeks and rivers rose and submerged the…

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Danger of Idleness to Youth Pent Up, It May Burst Like Flood Says Speaker 'Demoralising' LISMORE,Wednesday

The Labor Daily · Thursday 16 February 1933 · page 6

THE dangerous, consequences, of enforced idleness, among young people were stressed by Mr. M. F. Connelly, Superintendent of…

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Heavy Rain in City To-day

The Labor Daily · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 13

SOME heavy showers are expected in the city to-day, and squally easterly to south-easterly winds should…

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Queensland. Rivers in Flood. Families Rescued. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 9

The Leichhardt River, in the Mount Isa district, is in the highest flood on record. The new bridge was six feet under water this afternoon, and further heavy falls have been…

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Wet Week-end Mares' Unpopular Forecast Floods Likely

The Labor Daily · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 6

A wet week-end and unsettled weather over New South Wales generally is forecast by Mr. Mares…

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Floods in the North Extension to N.s.w. Is Feared Inland Sea

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 7

Flood conditions in Queensland are likely to extend to the Upper Darling and Northern rivers of N.S.W.,…

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"Tess of the Storm Country"

Nepean Times · Saturday 18 February 1933 · page 8

What more could one want than Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell in a picture with a story as delightful as this! 'Tess of the Storm Country'…

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Two Ships Forced to Return Fierce Gales Lash Seas to Fury on Coast

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 21 February 1933 · page 1

SYDNEY had reason to be alarmed at the unseasonal weather yesterday, for within a radius of 1000 miles of the city there were…

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Floods in Queensland. Train Services Hampered. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 February 1933 · page 9

Further heavy rains fell in the central west at the week-end. A message from Thargomindah states that the Bulloo River is rising fast, and that a big flood is expected, the…

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The Daily Weather Chart Cloudy on coast and highlands, with some showers and thunderstorms. Pine elsewhere, and cool generally

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 February 1933 · page 11

Commonwealth Weather Bureau, Monday.--"Rapid chances took place In the distribution of atmospheric pressure during the week-end, and several closed-curve (or…

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Cyclonic Storm Probable Damage In Cook Group

The Sun · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 23

A meteorological report received at Suva this morning indicates that a seere cyclonic storm was experienced at Aitutakl, in the Cook Group…

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Fire and Cyclone Then Propeller Broke Ship Thrills Fremantle

The Sun · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 15

BUFFETED by the tail end of a cyclone for two days, a fire in the coal bunkers, and the loss' of…

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Lashed by Storm Hobart Beach Resort Is Badly Damaged HOBART

The Sun · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 6

Kingston Beach, 11 miles from Hobart, and one of the most popular resorts in the State, has suffered severely in the last few days from…

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JAP S. Storm Chinese Town; Garrison Flees Railway Tracks and Bridges Are Destroyed League Meets Decision Is Postponed Until Next Friday Tokio

The Labor Daily · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 1

A JAPANESE brigade, under the command of General Hayakawa. drove Marshal Chang Hsuch-liang's regulars…

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Shops Flooded Business Men Request Council Action

The Sun · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 30

A deputation representing business interests in George-street West in the vicinity of St. Benedict's Church today asked the Lord Mayor (Aid…

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Storm Damage

The Propeller · Friday 24 February 1933 · page 2

At Kogarah Council meeting on Monday night the engineer (Mr. Harding) submitted a plan of a drainage scheme in connection with East Ward of the…

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Storm Damage at Kogarah

The Propeller · Friday 24 February 1933 · page 3

Local councils continue to be inundated with complaints and claims for compensation for damages caused by flood waters during the recent…

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A Hoodoo Ship Encounters Cyclone Has Fire in Bunkers Propeller Blades Stripped Fremantle

The Labor Daily · Friday 24 February 1933 · page 10

The British freighter Helmspey entered port this morning after a nightmare voyage of fifty days from Sunderland. During the trip the…

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Storm Over Lion Island

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 February 1933 · page 9

Where waves beat and spray flies, And white gulls sweep. The Island raises ochre cliffs From waters dark and deep…

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