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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1933

1,330 stories in Sydney's papers · page 43 of 67

Floodlighting Safety Zones

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 September 1933 · page 8

The Commissioner for Road Transport (Mr. S. A. Maddocks) stated yesterday that, in continuation of the experiments being conducted to evolve an efficient and safe method…

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Floods Subside. Crests Working Down Rivers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 September 1933 · page 12

Danger of serious floods on the Murrum-bidgee and Murray rivers has passed following a rapid return to fine weather at the week-end. It is possible, however, that minor flooding will…

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Floodlights for Safety Zones

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 5 September 1933 · page 4

The Commissioner for Road Transport, Mr. S. A. Maddocks, stated yesterday that, in continuation of the experiments being conducted to…

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Flood Danger Is Passing But Weather Is Still Unsettled

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 September 1933 · page 10

Following the light week-end rainfall, the rivers are now falling. Flooding is unlikely, except in low-lying areas along the Murray and…

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Sudden Storm. Wire Struck by Lightning

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 September 1933 · page 17

A sudden storm accompanied by a violent downpour of rain occurred at Lidcombe yesterday afternoon. A flash of lightning struck a power wire…

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Circus Suffers Tent Blown Down In Gale PERTH

The Sun · Wednesday 6 September 1933 · page 8

When a gale, which at times reached 52 miles an hour, struck Perth last night it did widespread damage. Wirth's Circus, which was…

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Gale in Bahamas London

The Labor Daily · Thursday 7 September 1933 · page 1

REPORTING further on the effect of the hurricane of September 4, the officer administering the Government of the British Bahamas,…

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Final Notice Claims for Drought, Flood, Fire, and Storm Relief

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 7 September 1933 · page 2

The N.S.W. Minister for Lands (Mr. Butteshaw) informed Uncle Wiseman definitely to-day (Thursday) that all applications by Crown settlers for relief…

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Gale at Perth. Circus Damaged. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 September 1933 · page 12

A storm of wind and rain, which began about about 11 o'clock last night, continued for several hours. A few minutes after the first night's performance of Wirth's Circus on the…

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No Salute Resented Storm Troops Attack Poles Danzig Stir London

The Sun · Thursday 7 September 1933 · page 1

FOUR hundred and fifty storm troopers from Nuremberg, who were marching through the streets of…

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Storm in Council. Acceptance of Tender. Talk of Graft and Bribery

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 September 1933 · page 11

Legal proceedings for an injunction to restrain the Bankstown Municipal Council from proceeding with a five years' contract for the sanitary services is threatened by Alderman…

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Inflation Avoided Though Notes Flood Authorised U.S. Claim Washington

The Sun · Thursday 7 September 1933 · page 1

THE Treasury Department claims that the authorisation by Congress of the issue of nearly 1,000,000,000 dollars…

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Lights Out! Heavy Rain Follows Thunderstorm

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 September 1933 · page 9

When a heavy thunderstorm broke over the city early this morning a particularly startling flash of lightning affected the power-house…

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A Storm in a Teacup

The Land · Friday 8 September 1933 · page 3

A PRESS announcement this week that "a punitive expedition" was to be sent to arrest the Northern Territory aboriginals who fatally…

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Astonishing Golf In 60 M.P.H. Gale And Heavy Rain Appalling Weather For Open Title Kelly Equals Par to Lead Missed Short Putts, But Sank Some Long Ones Ferrier's Misfortune

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 September 1933 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--With a 60-mile-an-hour northerly gale, and later a howling southerly and heavy rain, to battle against, competitors in the first round of the Open Golf…

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Drought and Flood Relief

The Labor Daily · Friday 8 September 1933 · page 10

The Minister for Lands has stated that all applications by Crown settlers for relief on account of losses incurred prior to…

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Thunderstorm Over City

The Labor Daily · Friday 8 September 1933 · page 7

At 2 o'clock this morning a severe thunderstorm broke over the city. It was heralded by heavy claps of thunder and vivid…

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Heavy Rain In the State. Danger of Floods. Many Snowfalls

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 September 1933 · page 14

Widespread rain was recorded in New South Wales yesterday, covering the whole of the eastern half of the State, the Riverina, and the south-west, and extending to the central…

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Ravaging Tennis Gale Reminds U.S.A. Of Dark Days Of 1926 Forest Hills

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 September 1933 · page 2

THE clock turned back to 1926 at Forest Hills yesterday, when the most fearful toll was taken of America's tennis players since Tilden, Johnston, and Williams were engulfed in the French uprising…

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Vic. Imports Flood Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 9 September 1933 · page 10

During the twelve months ended June 30, the Victorian Statist, Mr. Laughton; said to-day that imports had increased by £5,475,998…

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