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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1933

1,330 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 67

The Storm

The Propeller · Friday 1 September 1933 · page 6

With a rolling of thunder, the hustle of drums, The low howling of wind, and the Storm King comes…

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Darmstadt Storm Division About to Be Disbanded Berlin, 1st July

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 1 September 1933 · page 3

A special commissar from Munich has arrived in Darmstadt to investigate some occurrences in the Storm Division. A number of the lesser…

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Floods in India. Heavy Loss of Life. Calcutta, Aug. 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 September 1933 · page 12

Bursting the banks in many places, the waters of the River Jumna, in the United Provinces, inundated thousands of acres and swept a number of villages out of existence…

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TRAPPED Two Boys in Car Drowned Flood Drama Adelaide

The Sun · Friday 1 September 1933 · page 9

FOLLOWING phenomenal rains, which have benefited South Australian pastoral and agricultural areas to…

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FLOODS. Victoria and S.A. Two Lives Lost. Splendid Rain in N.S.W.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 September 1933 · page 13

Splendid and opportune rains have fallen in southern and central inland districts of New South Wales. Heavy floods have occurred in South…

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Floods in South Australia. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 September 1933 · page 13

Heavy rains have occurred throughout the State. Floods occurred in different parts of the Hutt River, near Clare. A motor car, which…

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Victorian Floods. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 September 1933 · page 13

Recent heavy rains, particularly in the northern part of the State, are reported to have done an immense amount of good and have ensured an excellent spring season. So much…

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Tumut Is Cut Off By Flood No Traffic More Rain Is Expected TUMUT

The Sun · Saturday 2 September 1933 · page 3

TUMUT to-day is an island town, surrounded by fast-running flood waters. All roads leading from the town…

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Flood Toll in S. Aust. Many Householders Rescued Adelaide

The Labor Daily · Saturday 2 September 1933 · page 6

DOZENS of homes have been inundated and many householders have had to be rescued from flood waters, which, during the last few days, have…

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Two Boys Plunged to Death Car Is submerged In Flooded Ford Parents Safe Adelaide

The Labor Daily · Saturday 2 September 1933 · page 5

COLIN, LANGRIDGE, 4, and George Langridge 10, of Stanley Flat, near Clare, were drowned and their parents had to be rescued,…

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Few Floods, But Not Serious a Million Acres of Crop Saved by Rain

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 September 1933 · page 9

THE rain in the drier sections of the wheat belt has saved probably a million acres of crop from the failure or partial…

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Flood Warning

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 September 1933 · page 13

Rain reports this morning show falls generally over an inch in southern and eastern Riverina and about the southern slopes and Southern Alps…

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Worst for Years Victoria Experiences Heavy Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 September 1933 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Friday. -- Heavy falls of rain in Victoria have caused many floods. Benalla experienced its worst flood for 15 years…

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Storm Sweeps Havana One Dead; 64 Injured; Property Looters Shot HAVANA

The Sun · Sunday 3 September 1933 · page 5

In a severe tropical storm which swept the city early last night, one man was killed and 64 persons injured…

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Flood of Bad Coins Exciting Arrest After Hotel Vigil

The Sun · Sunday 3 September 1933 · page 2

Counterfeit coins were passed wholesale in city hotels yesterday afternoon; but soon after getting the alarm police struck…

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Enough Rain; Floods Over; Farmers Happy Drought Has Been Broken Valuable Chops Saved Just in Time

The Sun · Sunday 3 September 1933 · page 2

The heavy rains throughout the State on Friday and early yesterday morning, according to reports from…

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Druids' Storm Move To Censure Grand Lodge

The Sun · Monday 4 September 1933 · page 10

THERE was little "unity" among delegates to the United Ancient Order of Druids, a few minutes after they assembled for…

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Country News. Boys Lost in Snow Storm. Adaminaby

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 September 1933 · page 12

Four boys, one of them only 10 years of age, had an unpleasant experience yesterday. While rabbiting with their dogs a long way from the town they were caught…

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Flood Danger Passes. Tumut Valley Under Water

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 September 1933 · page 11

A rapid return to fine weather during the week-end has removed the danger of serious floods on the Murray and Murrumbidgee Rivers…

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Victorian Floods Subside. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 September 1933 · page 11

Although floodwaters in the Murray and Kiewa river valleys have subsided somewhat, the crest of the flood has now reached the low-lying flats below Wodonga. A sea of…

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