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Floods & storms, 1933

1,330 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 67

Sudden Deluge Light Shaft Caves In Office Shock

The Sun · Friday 3 March 1933 · page 9

CONSTERNATION reigned in the Water Board building, Pitt-street, this afternoon when the glass covering the light shaft on…

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Might of Numbers Voters See Nazi Storm Troops Big Parade Berlin

The Sun · Saturday 4 March 1933 · page 1

WITH bands playing and banners flying, thousands of Nazi "storm troops" paraded through the streets of…

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The Show. Floodlighting the Arena. Revolution in Method

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 March 1933 · page 12

The scheme of floodlighting which will be inaugurated at the Sydney Showground this year will mark an epoch in the illumination of outdoor sports at night. It is claimed…

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556 Killed in Japanese Earthquake Disaster Tidal Wave Adds to Horrors 300 Miles of Coastline Is Ravaged and Torn Shocks, Floods, Flames Thousands Flee, But Are Trapped by Waters Kobe

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 March 1933 · page 1

A terrific earthquake, followed by a devastating tidal wave 40ft. high recalling the disaster of 1923, shook the whole of the main islands of Japan to-day. The most severe shocks were felt in the…

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V.R.C. Unlucky Storm Kept Many Away Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 5 March 1933 · page 41

It was unfortunate for the V.R.C. that, after so many days of glorious weather in Melbourne, Newmarket day should be wet…

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Dashed Into the Ring to Daub It on L'Elite's Owner Didn't Mind Deluge at Flemington MELBOURNE

Truth · Sunday 5 March 1933 · page 2

L'ELITE beat the two-year-old equine elite at Remington this afternoon. SYDNEY hoop Andy Knox Mt still on him to win by two and a half lengths in the rich Sires' Produce Stakes…

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1500 Lie Dead Quake, Tidal Wave, Then Storm Tokyo Horror Tokyo

Truth · Sunday 5 March 1933 · page 12

FIFTEEN hundred souls have been wiped out as the result of the prolonged earthquake and following tidal waves which struck…

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Swept to Doom Toll of 'Quake, Fire and Flood Japan's Horror Kobe

The Sun · Sunday 5 March 1933 · page 7

As far as can be ascertained the toll of yesterday morning's earthquake has been: 1535 killed, 948 missing, 392 injured,…

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"Any Port in a Storm"

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 8 March 1933 · page 49

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The Daily Telegraph Late News Storm Troopers March Into Bourse Berlin

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 March 1933 · page 1

Fifteen storm troopers marched into the Bourse and demanded the Board of Control to resign immediately. The Board released…

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Heavy Rain, But Didn't Last Long

The Sun · Saturday 11 March 1933 · page 5

Last night's rain was heavy while it lasted, but amounts between four and five points were the greatest Sydney registrations…

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Played in Gale Tennis Trials In New Zealand

The Sun · Saturday 11 March 1933 · page 7

After a successful tour in New Zealand, R. Dunlop and J. N. Purcell, Sydney tennis players, returned by the Maunganui to-day. They had…

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Storm Threat In Butter Restriction Legal and Political Difficulties CANBERRA

The Sun · Sunday 12 March 1933 · page 9

There is a strong possibility that the Government will be placed in an embarrassing position if a special bill has to he brought…

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Mrs. I. S. Gale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 March 1933 · page 7

Mrs. Isabel S. Gale, who recently died at her residence at Cremorne, at the age of 74 years, was the wife of Mr. Charles C. Gale. She was the youngest daughter of the late…

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Tennis in a Gale. Experiences in New Zealand

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 March 1933 · page 10

Messrs. J. N. Purcell and R. Dunlop, the Australian tennis players, arrived in Sydney on Saturday by the liner Maunganui, after a trip to New Zealand…

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War Perils in Europe Gravest Situation Since Armistice Hitler Storm London

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 March 1933 · page 1

Europe is facing her gravest period since the war. HITLER'S domination of Germany, and the national…

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Storm Troops. Enrolment in Police Force. "Breach of Versailles Treaty" London, March 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 March 1933 · page 9

A Paris message says that British and French official circles regard the enrolment of Stahlhelms and Storm Troops in the German police force as a breach of the…

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Japanese Vessel Sends Out S.O.S. in Dangerous Position Off Old. Coast Battered by Terrific Cyclone

The Sun · Monday 13 March 1933 · page 7

CAUGHT in a terrific cyclone the Japanese steamer Kinsen Maru is in a bad way off the Queensland…

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Latham Is Planning to Avoid Vote on Butter Country Party Hard Pressed by Producers Dairy Control Board Labor Ready Deluge of Protests From All Over Australia Canberra

The Labor Daily · Monday 13 March 1933 · page 5

TWO problems are paramount in dealing with the proposed restriction on the export of Australian. butter to the United Kingdom…

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144 Killed and 5000 Injured in U.S. Quake a Hundred Cities, Towns and Villages Are Shaken £2,000,000 Bill Fires and Floods Add to Terror of the People New York

The Labor Daily · Monday 13 March 1933 · page 1

IT is officially estimated that 144 persons were killed and 5000 injured in the earthquake that rocked a 400-square-mile area of…

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