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Floods & storms, 1933

1,330 stories in Sydney's papers · page 64 of 67

Melb. Swept by Storm Tugboat on the Rocks Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Friday 15 December 1933 · page 8

Heavy rain, accompanied by a windstorm, swept Melbourne to-day, the wind reaching a velocity of 55 miles an hour. Ninety points of rain…

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Melbourne Swept By Gale: Ketch Ashore Houses Unroofed and Trees Uprooted; Many Escapes

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 December 1933 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- After heavy rain all day, a 55-miIes-an-hour gale struck Melbourne about 5 o'clock this…

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Brewing Eastern Storm Will Rock the World Japans’ Plans for Attack on Soviet Union Now Complete

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 15 December 1933 · page 5

Beware of Araki talking “peace”! On October 10, the War Minister of Japan, General Sadao Araki, summoned a Far Eastern conference for the purpose of establishing “peace” in the Orient…

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Flood Warning Issued by the Weather Bureau

The Labor Daily · Friday 15 December 1933 · page 7

HEAVY rain, the result of a cyclonic tropical depression which has developed over inland N.S.W., and is…

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Flood Warning

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 December 1933 · page 19

Mr. Mares last night issued the following flood warning:-- A cyclonic tropical depression has developed over Inland New South…

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Counters Whisky Flood with Pork Washington

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 December 1933 · page 11

PRESIDENT Roosevelt has completed his plans for a flood of liquor to enter the country if Britain and…

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Three Vessels Wrecked in Gales. Twenty-five Lives Lost London, Dec. 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 December 1933 · page 15

A coasting steamer, a barque, and a lightship were wrecked in fierce gales in the English Channel and the North Sea. Twenty-five lives were lost…

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Crew of Nine Drowned Gale Still Raging in Channel London

The Labor Daily · Saturday 16 December 1933 · page 1

The vessel soon to sink off Aldeburgh (Suffolk) during the gale was identified by the wreckage as the s.s. Culmore…

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Beat the Flood Homes And Many Acres Of Rich Land MELBOURNE

The Sun · Saturday 16 December 1933 · page 7

More than sixty homesteads and 10,000 acres of rich irrigation land between the Loddon River and the Murray were saved from flooding last…

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Country Rain Heavy Falls with Some Floodings

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 December 1933 · page 9

Heavy rain fell in many country towns yesterday, and there were some local floodings. Tilba Tilba.--It has been raining here…

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Gale Havoc On Coast Of England LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 17 December 1933 · page 5

Hundreds of homes are in peril along the gale-swept east coast. Unusually high tides and…

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Venice Lashed by Storm Rome

Truth · Sunday 17 December 1933 · page 14

A CLOUDBURST and heavy seas have flooded the whole of Venice four feet above the normal water level…

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Floods in Venice. 15 Persons Killed in Storm. LONDON, Dec. 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 December 1933 · page 10

A cloudburst and heavy seas flooded the whole of Venice to a height of four feet above normal. The water was level with the ground floors of the buildings…

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Many Die Gale Takes Terrible Toll LONDON

The Sun · Monday 18 December 1933 · page 13

THE storms that have been sweeping the seas round the coasts of Europe, have taken a heavy toll of life…

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Flood Danger Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 18 December 1933 · page 1

THE area between the Loddon River and the Murray is still menaced by flood waters. but em[?] which…

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Heavy Rain on Q'land Coast Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 19 December 1933 · page 1

Heavy rain felt during the week-end in the coastal divisions of the State, more particularly on the central coast. The highest…

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Storm Damage. Kyogle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 December 1933 · page 12

Considerable damage has been caused by washouts in the Richmond and Clarence valleys this week. Bridges and approaches recently built under contract with the Main…

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Pondicherry Swept By Cyclone CALCUTTA

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 December 1933 · page 9

CYCLONIC gales on the Madras Coast have blown a train off the East Indian railway, and broken down the beach…

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Cyclone in India. Fears Held for Steamer. Deaths and Damage. Calcutta, Dec. l8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 December 1933 · page 11

A cyclone caused many deaths and heavy damage on the Madras coast at the week-end, and fears are entertained for the fate of the Hallen steamer Felce, carrying 150…

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Rabbit Nearly Caused Flood MELBOURNE

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 19 December 1933 · page 1

A RABBIT almost caused the township of Binjeroo to be flooded during the week-end. For days the residents and, farmers living at the junction of the London and Murray Rivers worked desperately to erect…

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