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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1933

1,330 stories in Sydney's papers · page 60 of 67

Storms at Sea. "Nightmare" Voyage. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 December 1933 · page 15

Stormy weather prevails at sea. Gales are blowing in Bass Strait and are extending along the eastern coastline. When the Largs Bay reached Melbourne…

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Violent Storms. Deaths and Damage in Victoria. Riverina Wheat Crops Suffer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 December 1933 · page 15

Three persons are dead as a result of terrific storms which have swept Victoria in the past few days. The damage in all parts of the State amounts to many thousands of pounds…

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Floods in South Australia. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 December 1933 · page 15

Extensive flooding has occurred throughout the State. Crops have been damaged and heavy losses of sheep have occurred. Railway communication with Broken Hill is still impossible,…

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Floods In Victoria

The Sun · Saturday 2 December 1933 · page 1

The plight of a motor truck after attempting to cross the flooded Geelong-road, near Melbourne, Victoria…

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Flooded Main Road

The Sun · Saturday 2 December 1933 · page 1

A general view of the flood waters from the Little River pouring over the main Geelong-road (Victoria), with ears trying unsuccessfully to negotiate the thoroughfare…

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Danger Of Floods In North

The Sun · Saturday 2 December 1933 · page 7

Soaking rain again fell in many parts of the State yesterday, and according to information received by the Weather Bureau to-day, the flood…

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Tragedies in Floods Four Victorian Victims MELBOURNE

The Sun · Saturday 2 December 1933 · page 7

THE serious floods which followed Thursday's torrential rains, and have resulted in one death by…

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Havoc Of Vic. Flood Family Marooned MELBOURNE

The Labor Daily · Saturday 2 December 1933 · page 6

WIDESPREAD havoc was caused yesterday and last night by floods and severe rainstorms. Thousands of acres of crops have been destroyed. STOCK losses were also heavy, 100…

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Minister For Japan To Counteract War Scare Latham Is Tipped As Emissary Relations In Trade Also Causing Concern Import Flood Canberra

The Labor Daily · Saturday 2 December 1933 · page 5

BECAUSE of the disturbed condition of the trade relations between Australia and Japan, a member of the Federal Cabinet…

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Flood Warning

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 December 1933 · page 13

The Upper Darling River and its northern tributaries continue to rise and are becoming dangerously high, as indications favor more substantial…

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Divorce Deluge Xmas Rush—120 Knots Untied

Truth · Sunday 3 December 1933 · page 24

THE past week has been one of the busiest in years for the Divorce Judges, and no fewer than 120 knots were untied…

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Storms Stop Ulm's Tasman Flight

Truth · Sunday 3 December 1933 · page 18

DELAYED by unfavorable weather, Mr. C. T. P. Ulm was unable to commence his Australia-New Zealand flight yesterday or last night…

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Aiding U.S. "Recovery" With a Mighty Liquor Deluge! Ships Ready for World's Queerest Race N.R.A. Chiefs Claim 2,000,000 New Jobs New York

Truth · Sunday 3 December 1933 · page 16

THE world's strangest race with great fortunes at issue will commence to-morrow, when liquor interests will rush huge cargoes across the Atlantic, with the clearance of the long embargo on liquor…

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Roused From Beds by Flood Charleville's Rude 3 A.m. Awakening

The Sun · Sunday 3 December 1933 · page 2

BRISBANE, Saturday.--Charleville residents were called out of bed by police at 3.30 a.m. when flood waters spread over the banks of Bradley's…

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Boy, Drowned in Creek, Fourth Flood Victim Died in Effort to Rescue Mate Washaway Claims Girl's Life Sister As Witness of Tragedy Big Area Under Water

The Sun · Sunday 3 December 1933 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Saturday.--In endeavoring to save another boy from the swirling waters of a creek at Carisbrooke, Frank Durbridge, 12, of Maryborough, was drowned to-day. He was the fourth victim of the monsoonal…

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Trains Held Up by Floods Heavy Rain in Q'land Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Monday 4 December 1933 · page 6

Flood conditional prevail at charleville, in the south-west of the State. Rivers throughout the district are in high. flood, and are holding up…

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Town Flooded. Conditions in Victoria. Storm Passes. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 December 1933 · page 9

The terrific storm which has raged in Victoria for several days abated during the weekend in most parts of the State. The Avoca River at Charlton overflowed…

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Motorship Damaged. Fierce Gale Encountered in Bight

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 4 December 1933 · page 4

A graphic account of the storm experienced by the freighter Anglo-Canadian while crossing the Great Australian Bight has been received…

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Twenty Persons Drowned Storms in Black Sea Istambul

The Labor Daily · Monday 4 December 1933 · page 1

Twenty persons, were drowned and hundreds are reported to be missing as the result of hurricane storms on the shores of the Black Sea, from…

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Lightning Havoc Melbourne Swept By Storm MELBOURNE

The Sun · Monday 4 December 1933 · page 9

MANY persons had narrow escapes in a spectacular storm which broke over Melbourne suburbs this afternoon…

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