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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1933

1,330 stories in Sydney's papers · page 41 of 67

Graphic Story of the Tarleton-Kelos Fight Storm of Cheers and Jeers Met the Verdict Englishman's Brilliant Counter Punching Won Overcame Big Odds 12,000 People Thrilled By Kelso's Whirlwind Attack Against Master Boxer

Referee · Thursday 24 August 1933 · page 1

AGGRESSIVENESS is great stuff in the fight game, it thrills the crowd and it wins the referee's opinion; and consequently it takes a remarkable defensive boxer with all the tricks of the "backmove, hit-and-getaway"…

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£200,000 Damage Done by Gale New York, Thurs

The Labor Daily · Friday 25 August 1933 · page 1

MORE than £200,000 damage was done by a hurricane that [?]…

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DEATH & FURY Wrecks Train Rakes Ship Demon Gale New York

The Sun · Friday 25 August 1933 · page 1

DEATH, terror and destruction, rode with the maddest storm to strike the Atlantic seaboard for many…

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Floods in China. Heavy Loss of Life. Terrible Suffering. Shanghai, Aug. 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 August 1933 · page 9

Reports of considerable loss of life and terrible suffering are reaching Shanghai from many districts in the interior, as a result of the Yellow River changing its course, due…

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Secret Ballot Bombshell for Govt. of Appeal to Court Electing Members To New Upper House "Flood Vote"

The Labor Daily · Friday 25 August 1933 · page 7

SUBMITTING that any secret ballot in which members of the Legislative Assembly participated without showing the ballot papers…

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Storm in U.S.A. Many Deaths Reported. Extensive Damage. New York, Aug. 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 August 1933 · page 13

One of the most severe storms experienced on the Atlantic seaboard for many years has resulted in loss of life and widespread damage to property…

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Floods in India. Calcutta. Aug. 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 August 1933 · page 13

Widespread floods have occurred as a result of four days of incessant rain, following an abnormally heavy monsoon. The area affected covers Bengal, Assam, Orissa, the United…

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GOLF Little Chance Of Reducing Their Handicaps In Howling Westerly Gale

The Sun · Sunday 27 August 1933 · page 20

A howling westerly gale greeted the bronze division players in their L.G.U. event at Roseville on Thursday. There was much comment Before hitting off on the chances of reducing handicaps--the wholesale par breaking episode…

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Dare-devils Dazzled Saints Win Amid Storm Newcastle

Truth · Sunday 27 August 1933 · page 7

SOCCER fans had a feat of Cup Ties to-day as a quartette of clubs battled tenaciously to enter the semi-final for the State…

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Storm Leaves 45 Dead in Its Trail New York

The Sun · Sunday 27 August 1933 · page 5

Floods still imperilled parts of the Eastern United States yesterday. At least 45 dead have been counted in the pathway of…

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2000 Drowned; Villages Flooded Shanghai

The Labor Daily · Monday 28 August 1933 · page 1

MORE than person have been drowned and at least 3000 villages inundated as a result of the…

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Floods Sweep on N. India Calcutta

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 August 1933 · page 8

The famous Shyok Ice Dam, in the Karakoram Range of the Himalayas, is reported to have burst, and a tremendous volume of flood waters is…

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Water Board Storm Over Pipes

The Sun · Wednesday 30 August 1933 · page 11

DISCUSSION of a motion to rescind a £25,000 contract, disturbed the customary calm of the Water…

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Our Opinion (The opinions expressed in this Journal are not necessarily those of the Master Builders Association, unless otherwise stated). Award Rates. The Storm Breaks

Construction and Real Estate Journal · Wednesday 30 August 1933 · page 1

A storm that has been brewing in the building industry for many months broke last week at the annual meeting of the Master Builders’ Association, when a…

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Bankrupt By Flood &Fire Fate Dogged Woman CESSNOCK

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 30 August 1933 · page 6

FLOOD and fire were mainly responsible for the bankruptcy of Mrs. Mary Ellen Boland according to her evidence before the district registrar. Mr. Reed at Cessnock to-day BANKRUPT. whose liabilities were…

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Indian Flood Subsides Calcutta

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 August 1933 · page 10

The Stiyok ice dam flood, which threatened Punjab and Kashmir, is now subsiding. The flood waters have spent themselves in the Indus…

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The Snow Storm

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 31 August 1933 · page 15

"LINDA ROSA" (Neville).—morning, when I peeped out hy window. I found that a great fall of snow had covered the earth entirely, and everything was transformed into…

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Flood Warning

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 31 August 1933 · page 2
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The Weather Bureau to-day (Thursday) burned the following flood warning:— Heavy rain is expected in the…

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Flood & Gales Coming Warning Issued by Weather Man

The Labor Daily · Friday 1 September 1933 · page 7

Further good falls of experienced yesterday, through out the parched Riverine, central and south-western districts, and…

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