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Floods & storms, 1933

1,330 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 67

Y.a.l. Girls See Floodlights Historic Kurnell To-morrow

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 January 1933 · page 6

A party of Young Australia League girls who visited the Blue Mountains yesterday afternoon did not return to their hotel until midnight. They…

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"Any Port in a Storm"—

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 18 January 1933 · page 49

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Storms After Heat Wave in Queensland. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 January 1933 · page 12

A heavy storm occurred at Gayndah to-day, following on two weeks of heat wave conditions. Heavy rain from four o'clock to six o'clock to-night yielded 160 points, and the…

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Cyclone Strikes the Downs Houses Unroofed. Trees Stripped

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 12

BRISBANE, Wednesday.--A cyclonic gale struck Brookstead, on the Darling Downs, uprooting trees, and houses, sheds, dairies, and other…

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1600-Mile Tow in Heavy Seas and Gale Disabled Japanese Boat Brought to Sydney

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 9

ROLLING in a heavy sea with a broken tail shaft, the, Japanese freighter Shin-ai Maru, was fast drifting to the Solomon…

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Airwomen Rescued In African Bush. Crashed in Storm. (British Officiai Wireless.) LONDON, Jan. 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 9

The English girl fliers, Miss Joan Page and Miss Audrey Sale Barker, who crashed in the African bush during a heavy storm on their way from the Cape to England, have now…

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To-day Should Be Sultry Thunderstorms at Night

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 9

So this is summer[?] Last week Sydney nearly broke heat records, but yesterday was cool. On Wednesday the maximum…

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Cloudy, Unsettled Heavy Rain on North Coast

The Sun · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 3

BAROMETER 29.95 INDICATOR UNSETTLED City Forecast.--Cloudy and unsettled, with showers and thunder developing…

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Stock Drowned in Flood Severe Storm Hits Toowoomba

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 1

TOOWOOMBA, Thursday. -- A severe storm swept the city to-night. Rain fell in torrents, and water invaded numbers of shops. Up to 11…

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Had No Chance, Anyway Storm Washes Out Adelaide Wicket

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 7

ADELAIDE, Thursday.--It was lucky in a way that the match ended when it did, for the wicket has practically been washed away…

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Heavy Storms Lash Country Districts

The Sun · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 3

Two heavy thunderstorms, accompanied by lightning, and a wind, which for a short time blew at hurricane pace, did much damage in country districts last night. Between 6 and 7 p.m. 120 points of…

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Suspension of Teacher Deluge of Protests Miss Taylor's Case

The Labor Daily · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 5

MASS indignation has been aroused over the suspension of Miss Beatrice Taylor, and the conference to be held at the Railway and…

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Cain Buys a Murder When Martie Obeyed a Rat In His Mind Lightning and a Gun It Happened at Night in a Storm "Would You Kill a Man For £1000?" Story of Hate and Passion

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 15

IN a section of the Nepean Valley, the river road runs straight and flat…

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Floods in Queensland. Towns Inundated. Trains Held Up. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 13

Torrential rain was experienced last night in many centres in the State, coastal and downs areas benefiting most. At Leyburn, on the downs, three inches was…

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Dubbo Lashed By Storm DUBBO

Truth · Sunday 22 January 1933 · page 12

LEAVING a trail of devastation in its wake, a hallstor[?] Dubbo with torrential fury this afternoon…

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Storm Delays Hunt For Hinkler LAUSANNE

Truth · Sunday 22 January 1933 · page 12

CAPTAIN W. L. HOPE, the "taxi-airman" who went in search of the mining Bert Hinkler, and who himself was thought to have been lost in the…

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All In--and Won Backers Secured Good Odds Home in Gale Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 22 January 1933 · page 39

SOME people won a lot of money at Caulfield to-day on Astronomy, who had previously not shown form…

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Snatched From Sea Fury Four Die in a Great Storm Freighter's End New York

Truth · Sunday 22 January 1933 · page 12

LIKE some splendid story of mythical heroes' exploits is the story of the rescue of the crew of 22 of the British…

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Ships Late Blinded by Storm Gale at Heads 50 Miles an Hour

The Sun · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 1

AN unofficial anemometer, the fence at the South Head signal station, or, rather, the wrecked portion…

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Timely Rescue From Flood Storm Ruin in Homes

The Sun · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 16

At right: MARINE-PARADE. Maroubra, early to-day. -- Water was two…

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