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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1933

1,330 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 67

Flood Danger Not Yet Past Hurried Repairs on Rail Washaways Govt. Storm Relief? More Country Lightning and Cyclone Havoc

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 7

A weather bulletin last night stated that while the flood position had eased in the Northern Coastal rivers further heavy falls had occurred on the catchments of the coastal rivers south of the Hawkesbury…

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Film of Storm

The Sun · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 11

Cinesound film of the storm disasters will be screened at the State Newsreel Theatrette on Friday. Interviews with rescuers and rescued…

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Special Storm Film

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 9

The drama of the South Coast will be told in a Cinesound special film of the storm disasters. Interviews with rescuers and…

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Triple Funeral of Storm Victims

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 5

THE funeral of Mr. and Mrs. Davis and Clifford Davis, three of the flood victims. will leave the illawarra…

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In Wake of The Storm

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 5

POLICE and parties of residents combed the coastline all day yesterday searching for the bodies of Vincent, 13, and Lester Davis, 10, John, 12, and Allen Phillis, 8, and Jeffrey Walton, 22, who were drowned on the South Coast during the storm. None of them has been…

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"Any Port in a Storm "—

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 49

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For Relief Cabinet Discusses Storm Many Problems

The Sun · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 11

THE State Cabinet met this morning for the first time this year, the Deputy Premier (Mr. Bruxner), who…

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Funeral Of Storm Victims-- --Requiem For Heroic Priest

The Sun · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 16

Above: SIGNING applications for vocational training under the Government's new scheme for unemployed boys at the Town Hall to-day. Above: NERVOUS, but…

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Storm Water Saved His Life Plane Crashes 100 Feet Into Flood Lake at Mascot Drome Pilot Escapes

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 6

THE flooded slate of Mascot aerodrome was incidental in saving the life of a young Acro Club pilot, Robert Maguire,…

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Thieves Rob Helpless Storm Survivors Lose All Callous Work

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 1

In the early hours yesterday morning thieves visited the camping area near Stan-well Park reserve, the scene…

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Storm's Toll. Another Death. Repairing the Damage. State Aid Probable

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 11

The discovery of a body in a creek near Bathurst yesterday revealed another victim of Monday's storms. Latest reports also indicated that losses of stock were heavy…

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A.r.u. Sec. Called As "Loyalist" Witness! Strange Turn in R'way Case Storm of Protests

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 4

THERE was an unusual development in the Commonwealth Arbitration Court yesterday, when counsel for the National Union of Railwayman, a "loyalist" organisation seeking Federal registration, suddenly called as a witness, Mr. J. F. Chappie, general secretary of…

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"The Labor Daily" Forces Stevens to Act Money Will Be Available for Storm Daamage Recommendation to Be Made to Cabinet To-day Wires Run Hot No Provision Made for Private Property Owners

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 6

FOLLOWING upon the demand in "The Labor Daily" that the £300,000 earmarked for relief work propaganda during the…

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Rugby Football Floodlight Game In England Successful League Grips South

Referee · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 17

RUGBY football by floodlight will A become an established thing in England if the success of the first match staged at the White City…

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Dreadful Flood Disaster on the South Coast

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 15

Widespread storms swept over the whole of the Slate during the Week end. An appalling tragedy occurred at Stanwell Park, when seven lives Were lost; and a boy was killed near Helenshurgh. Considerable damage Was done to property in many of Sydney's suburbs and in various country districts. Scene of the Stanwell Park Disaster…

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Flood Waters Isolate a Moorebank Home

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 14

This house at Moorebank, near Liverpool, is still on an "island." This boat was in use yesterday for communicating with it…

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Acres of Suburban Country Under Water—flooded Flats in the Rockdale-banksia District

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 14

THIS VIEW WAS OBTAINED FROM A HILL IN BANKSIA ON MONDAY, AND LOOKS TOWARDS THE COAST. ON THE LEFT ARE FLOODED MARKET GARDENS…

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National Park Flood Damage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 14

The National Park Trust's launch and pontoon high and dry about ten feet above the normal height of the river at Audley…

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Scene of Flood Disaster Near Stanwell Park

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 14

The remains of the wrecked tent on the camp site near Stanwell Park, where five members of the Davis family were drowned on Monday…

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National Park Flood Waters

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 14

The flooded weir at Audley, National Park, yesterday. Extensive damage has been done by flooding in the park…

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