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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1933

1,330 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 67

Heavy Rain. More Reports of Damage. Storms in Other States

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 10

Further heavy rain has fallen on the South Coast and in parts of the south-west. Following the registration of six inches to Tuesday, Eden received eight inches in three…

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Heavy Rain in City Downpour Last Night After Heat

The Labor Daily · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 7

SYDNEY holiday-makers yesterday experienced two kinds of heat -- dry and humid. The hot weather reached its…

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For Day Shield Game Is Abandoned Heavy Rain Brisbane

The Sun · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 12

AFTER one Queensland wicket had fallen for 37, rain caused the abandonment for the day of the final Sheffield Shield…

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The Moving Picture Show Storms To Come

The Sun · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 8

Peter read that,this was the rating season, when nearly a million rate notices descended like a snowstorm. It can also be described as the…

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Severe Storm Sweeps Melbourne. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 10

A tropical rainstorm struck Melbourne late this afternoon. Low-lying areas were flooded in a few minutes, and, on higher levels, water spread over roads and footpaths into buildings…

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Floods Rise Again on South Coast General Warning: Storm Over the Whole State

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 1

ALMOST as severe as the disturbance of last week-end, another storm burst over a wide area of…

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Monday's Storm Ruin and Desolation. Unprecedented Scenes

The Propeller · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 3

In the early hours of last Monday this district experienced the horrors of the severest and most disastrous rainstorm ever recorded in its history…

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Storm Damage Road Impassable At Eden Big Landslide

The Sun · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 11

As a result of landslides, following yesterday's heavy rain in the Eden district, the Prince's Highway is impassable between Eden and Kiah…

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Fire, Storm Damage in Country Districts Widespread Rain

The Land · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 10

THE bush fires of a fortnight ago were followed late last week by electric storms in many districts, and further extensive fires were caused by…

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Touched Hearts of City Storm Orphan Training Fund

The Sun · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 9

OFFERS to provide a home for Laurel Davis, 16-year-old orphan of the Stanwell Park storm tragedy,…

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Freighter Was 57 Days Out From Tyne Pounded by Heavy Seas and Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 12

POUNDED by heavy seas ever since she touched the Australian coast the freighter Hind- pool arrived yesterday morning…

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Thunderstorms and Squalls To-night

The Sun · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 9

IT was no wonder Sydney sweltered to-day. At noon, with a temperature of 86, there was 58 per cent, of humidity, but at 2 p.m., though the temperature had dropped to 84, the humidity had risen to 66 per cent…

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Hero of Flood Seeks Work

The Sun · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 9

A former pupil of the Maitland a High School, Gordon Tonkin, hero of the Stanwell Park flood tragedy,has not been able to find employment…

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Melbourne Gets Taste of the Flood Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 1

Heavy rain deluged the city this afternoon, and minor flooding occurred in low-lying parts of the city and suburbs…

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Thanks Those Who Helped Flood Victims Brother of Woman Who Was Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 10

MR. S. BLANDFORD, brother of Mrs. V. K. Davis, one of the victims of the Stanwell Park drowning tragedy called…

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Rode Through Flood

The Biz · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 7

Alf Finney, junior, who lives at Canley Vale, and has a business at Liverpool, donned his swimming costume, and rode his push cycle…

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Flood at Liverpool Families Marooned. Police Rescue by Boats

The Biz · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 1

As a result, of the heavy rainfall oil Sunday night, George's River, was heavily flooded, and the waters caused considerable damage and…

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Flood Damage

The Biz · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 2

A great deal of damage was done by flood waters, following this week's rain, to the roadways, bridges and culverts throughout the…

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Incidents of the Flood Snake in Boat

The Biz · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 4

A boat owned by Mr. Wilson Hirst, of Cabramatta, was housed in a shed and the rising water forced it through the roof, where it…

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After the Heat Wave Thunderstorm Deluge in the City

The Labor Daily · Saturday 28 January 1933 · page 5

The culmination of yesterday's oppressive heat took the form of a heavy thunderstorm, which heralded a southerly change, and deluged…

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