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Floods & storms, 1933

1,330 stories in Sydney's papers · page 57 of 67

Fire Tongues Awe-Inspiring Dust Storm CONDOBOLIN

The Sun · Saturday 18 November 1933 · page 3

A duststorm seldom equalled in density and never surpassed in grandeur of appearance, old residents say, passed over the town and district last…

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Wallsend to Storm Zoo Three Train-loads on

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 November 1933 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Friday.--The town Of Wallsend is descending en masse on the Zoo on Sunday. At least 2000 people, three…

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Saxilby's Crew. Little Hope Remains. Gale in the Atlantic. (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, Nov. 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 November 1933 · page 15

Little hope remains that any of the crew of the British steamer Saxilby, which sent out distress calls when 400 miles off Valentia (Ireland), can have survived…

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Greenback Flood? American Treasury Manoeuvres WASHINGTON

The Sun · Saturday 18 November 1933 · page 1

THE new Treasury chief, Mr. Morgenthau, may mark his advent in the department by a colossal…

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Flood Warning

The Sun · Saturday 18 November 1933 · page 7

The Weather Bureau reports that a cyclonic disturbance is centred in the central west of New South Wales causing heavy rain. Substantial rises…

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Noah the Second Escapes the Flood the Second Time Graphic Pen Picture of U.S.A. Under Wet Rules Forty Days and Forty Nights of Forty Overproof Spirits How the Dove Reported Progress

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 18 November 1933 · page 4

ONLY three more repeal votes from individual States, are necessary to bring about the end of…

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Orsova Battered by Gale

The Sun · Sunday 19 November 1933 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Saturday. -- At the height of a southerly gale in the Bight yesterday, the barber's shop of the Orsova was flooded by a huge…

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Liveliest Leg Of Air Mail Trip Storms, Squalls and Monsoons to Dodge London

The Sun · Sunday 19 November 1933 · page 3

Aeronautical experts regard the extension of the air mail to Australia as likely to be less difficult than its…

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Heavy Rains Menace the N.s.w. Wheat Crop Blow at Peak of Harvest Many Crops Already Destroyed a "Calamity" Strikes Gunnedah Week-end Deluge

The Sun · Sunday 19 November 1933 · page 1

In the midst of harvesting, widespread rain has been sweeping the New South Wales wheat belt since Friday night, and many crops are either ruined or badly damaged…

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Beauty in Age Flood of Old Pictures in Contest

The Sun · Sunday 19 November 1933 · page 12

With a splendid photograph of an elderly lady, Mrs. F. S. Green. The Boulevarde, Miranda, won first prize of £2 2s in this week's "Beauty in…

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Heavy Rain Over a Wide Area. Damage to Wheat. Benefit to Graziers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 November 1933 · page 9

Torrential rain which has fallen over a wide area of New South Wales has proved a mixed blessing. In the early wheat arcas it has not…

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"Greenback" Flood Would Work Wrong Way, Says Professor Gregory London

The Sun · Monday 20 November 1933 · page 1

"I ANTICIPATE that America will resort to inflation by the issue of 'greenbacks,' which will so unsettle the world markets that it will depress instead of raising prices," said Professor Gregory, the banking and economic authority,…

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Vessel Is Lashed by Seas Barber's Saloon Was Flooded Adelaide

The Labor Daily · Monday 20 November 1933 · page 1

The O'lant liner Orsova reached Adelaide nearly, four hours late yesterday, having been delayed by heavy Bors encountered while crossing the…

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Boy Swept Through Flooded Drain For A Mile Emptied Into Yarra and Safety

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 November 1933 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Falling into a main stormwater drain in Connell Street, Hawthorn, late yesterday afternoon,…

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Labor Unity Advocates Boy Swept By Storm Floods

The Sun · Tuesday 21 November 1933 · page 22

LABOR UNITY DELEGATION from Victorian Labor Party, photographed to-day on their arrival by the Melbourne express. From left: Messrs. D. L. McNamara, M.L.C, Don Cameron, M. P. Considine, C. Crofts…

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UP 58,000 ft. Balloonists' In Gale AKRON (Ohio)

The Sun · Tuesday 21 November 1933 · page 1

"PASSED 58,000 feet and still climbing" was the radio report to the ground to-day from the first United States balloon to penetrate…

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"KANGAROOS." Match Under Floodlight. LONDON, Nov. 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 November 1933 · page 12

Following is the "Kangaroos'" team to play London Highfield on Wednesday night under floodlight:—Full-back, F. McMillan; threequarters, A Ridley, J. Why, D. Brown, F…

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Flood Danger In the Inland Rivers. Warning Issued

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 November 1933 · page 12

The possibility of further heavy rain following the torrential and widespread falls of the week-end is increasing the danger of floods in inland river systems. The Weather Bureau…

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Flood Warning

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 November 1933 · page 17

Conditions remain very unsettled, with steady rain falling throughout the south-east quarter, and many places elsewhere. More falls of a…

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Floods Menace Wheat Rising Rivers Add to the Woes of Stricken Farmers Queensland Expert Strikes a Note of Hope

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 November 1933 · page 9

Farmers in some N.S.W. districts who have had a great proportion of their wheat crops ruined by rain now face the further menace of floods…

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