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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1933

1,330 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 67

After The Storm

The Labor Daily · Monday 22 May 1933 · page 5

And that's what happend to a house in Korinda Avenue, Kensington, during the drenching gate on Friday…

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Cyclone Passing. Vessels' Rough Passages

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 May 1933 · page 13

During the week-end the violent section of the cyclonic disturbance moved away from the New South Wales coast, and weather gradually moderated. Conditions however,…

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Aorangi in Gale. Delayed Four Hours

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 May 1933 · page 13

During a fierce gale off the coast early on Saturday morning the Royal mail liner Aorangi, which was travelling without the use of one of her four engines, received a severe…

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Sydney to Have Another Storm

The Labor Daily · Monday 22 May 1933 · page 5

WHILE Mr. Camm, the Acting State Meteorologist, consolen us with the cheery news that the cyclone has moved away, he also announces that, following a temporary fine break, Sydney will again be swept by another storm…

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Wrecked by Motor Car During Storm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 May 1933 · page 12

This electric light standard in Macquarie-street, was wrecked by a skidding motor car at the height of Friday night's storm…

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Drought To Deluge Rain Did Not Pass the Mountains Weather Contrasts Seen From Plane

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 May 1933 · page 7

PROBABLY it is hard for Sydney people to realise that scarcely a drop of the torrential rain that has fallen in the city…

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Drought and Flood Relief. Early Application Necessary

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 May 1933 · page 7

The Minister for Lands (Mr. Buttenshaw) invites attention to the fact that settlers who desire to apply for relief under the provisions of section 4 of the Crown Lands (Amendment)…

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Storm Assault Victim

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 May 1933 · page 7

The condition of Alexander Wells, victim of the assault during Friday night's storm, in connection with which a man has been charged, was…

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Uproar and Riot in Stadium Ring Vanquished Champion Ran Wild Foreman Regains Title On Foul and Default Kelso Caused a Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 May 1933 · page 3

In an atmosphere that was, day and night, tense with dramatic action, A1 Foreman relieved Jimmy Kelso of the lightweight championship of the British Empire, last night, first by default, and then by winning on a foul in the third round under…

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Life in a Flood England's Dynamic Easter Church's Hold London, April 21

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 May 1933 · page 6

The sacred character of Easter is more honored in the breach than the observance in England. The stranger within…

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"Any Port in a Storm"

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 24 May 1933 · page 49

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Mackay Expedition. Arrival at Farina. Flight Through Rain Storm. (Spectal From the Mackay Aerial Expedition.—copyright.) Farina

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 May 1933 · page 13

Both aeroplanes of the Mackay aerial survey expedition, left Mildura at half past 9 o'clock this morning, and, after taking in fuel at Broken Hill, left at noon. A course was…

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From Storm 'Planes Took Refuge Alice Springs

The Sun · Thursday 25 May 1933 · page 21

Some anxiety was felt in Alice Springs last night, owing to the non-arrival of the two 'planes, belonging to the Mackay expedition, which…

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Drought or Flood Time Limit for Application for Relief

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 25 May 1933 · page 2

The N.S.W. Minister for Lands (Mr. But[?]enshaw), in communication with the "Farmer and Settler," draws attention to the fact that settlers that…

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Defied Adversity Farmer who Fought Floods and Drought has Good Cattle Winner of Many Guernsey Prizes

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 25 May 1933 · page 3

NINE of the twelve prizes for the butter-fat competition at the Goraki show during the past three years have been won by Guernseys,…

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Dead After Injury in Storm

The Labor Daily · Friday 26 May 1933 · page 8

Gertrude Elizabeth Austin, 39, a nurse, of Church Street Ashfield, who was badly injured when leaving her employment in King street,…

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From the Gallery. Federal Notes. the Storm, and After. (From Our Special Representative) Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 May 1933 · page 10

The world never seems more at peace, the song of the birds never sounds clearer, and the colours of the sunrise are never purer, so they say, than just after or before a storm…

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Storm in the Hills

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 May 1933 · page 9

Pull out the mighty organ stops, Let loose the forest's muffled drums, The wind is in the mountain tops, The wind is in the valley gums…

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Everest Angry Swept by Continuous Fierce Storms London

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 May 1933 · page 1

Since the failure, of the attempt to scale Mt. Everest on May 18, says the "Daily Mail's" special correspondent at Darjeeling, fierce storms have…

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Fierce Gale Liner's Rough Time Damage Ashore Adelaide

The Sun · Saturday 27 May 1933 · page 5

Caught in a 50 miles an hour gale, the liner Corfu, which arrived today, was severely lashed by 40-foot waves while crossing the Bight…

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