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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1933

1,330 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 67

Jungle Denizens Flee Snake Causes Death in Ferry; Flood Escape Calcutta

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 August 1933 · page 7

Floods in Bihar have driven snakes, leopards, and jungle animals to seek refuge with villagers on isolated high spots, such as rail embankments…

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War Against High Values Flood of Appeals From City Owners

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 August 1933 · page 16

CITY property owners are moving en masse against capital value and annual value…

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The Duke's Dinner Dress Raises Sartorial Storm

The World's News · Wednesday 16 August 1933 · page 17

Considerable controversy has been aroused in London by the action of the Duke of Marlborough in wearing white linen trousers arid a soft shirt at the…

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Storm in England. Lightning Strikes Army Camp. (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, Aug. 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 August 1933 · page 13

During a severe storm in south-western England early to-day, the Territorial Army [?]mp near Weymouth was struck by lightning. A corporal was killed, and an officer and six…

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£1167 Flood Damage

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 August 1933 · page 18

BELLINGEN, Tuesday.--A report by Bellingen Shire Engineer (Mr. P. Funda) shows that to repair damage to roads, culverts, bridges, and…

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Flood Army George-st. West Shopkeepers

The Sun · Thursday 17 August 1933 · page 24

"NO other city in the world has an organised flood-fighting brigade to protect city shops," said Sir Samuel Walder at a…

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Tragic Flood 70 People Drowned In Jamaica KINGSTON (Jamaica)

The Sun · Thursday 17 August 1933 · page 17

SEVENTY persons were drowned to-day, as the result of a cloudburst in the city and suburbs…

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City Floodings. George Street West. Businessmen's Plight

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 August 1933 · page 9

Flooding of promises in parts of George-street West is viewed so sariously that business people in tnat area haye formed a brigade to cheek the ruch of water in times of…

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Jamaica Floods. 70 Persons Drowned. Heavy Damage. Kingston (Jamaica), Aug. 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 August 1933 · page 9

Seventy persons were drowned to-day in [?]ds in the city and in the parishes of St. T[?] St. Catherine, and St. Mary, following a storm…

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Sacrifice to Dragon God on Brink of Flood Peking

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 August 1933 · page 1

CHINA'S Sorrow, the Yellow River, has flooded more than 2000 square miles in the province of Shantung, and peasants…

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Flood Tide

The Methodist · Saturday 19 August 1933 · page 9

IN considering the ebb-tide of the great movements which moulded our age, the Church of to-day is beset with some temptations. There is the temptation, to…

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Jamaica Floods. Death-roll of 130. KINGSTON, Aug. 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 August 1933 · page 13

The revised oficial list of persons who lost [?] lives in the floods in Jamaica this week [?] the number at 130. It is estimated that it will require 500,000…

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Women's Golf Hailstone Storm a Hazard Associates And Superstition Club Gossip

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 August 1933 · page 4

Generally the number 13 is unlucky for most, perhaps lucky for a few, but associate golfers are not…

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Winter Back Snow On The Mountains West Gales

The Sun · Wednesday 23 August 1933 · page 11

WINTER'S grip, relaxed slightly during the past week, has again tightened over New South Wales,…

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Tug in Gales Twice Had To Run Before Fury

The Sun · Wednesday 23 August 1933 · page 17

On her second day out, the tug Theresa Ward, which arrived in Sydney from New Zealand to-day, struck a hard north-easterly gale and had…

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Floods in China. Railway Bridge Collapses. 200 Cadets Injured. Shanghai, Aug. 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 August 1933 · page 13

Nearly 200 military cadets were injured, some fatally, when a special train carrying 500 cadets fell into the river near Nanchang [?] a result of the collapse of a bridge on the…

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Gales and Snow In Many Parts of State

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 August 1933 · page 9

Fierce westerly gales, extensive snowfalls on the highlands, and a sharp fall In temperatures, accompanied a sudden cnange in the weather in New South Wales yesterday. In…

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Blustering Gale Freezes The City: Snow Inland

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 August 1933 · page 1

THIS weather is bringing great disrepute upon Sydney. Overseas visitors, muttering about suing somebody for false…

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Gale's Lash Washington Suffers New York

The Sun · Thursday 24 August 1933 · page 2

A raging hurricane, leaving in its wake distress at sea, swept inland from the Virginia Coast to-day toward Washington, but promised to…

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The Children's Page Goody Gossamers Rhymes, a Spring Storm

The Catholic Press · Thursday 24 August 1933 · page 33

Shadows upon the hills to-day; And yet the shadows do not sleep For, as I watch, I see them sweep From hill to hill and pass away…

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