Storm Sweeps Sydney. Heavy Damage in Suburbs. Mountainous Seas Off Coast
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 13
A severe cyclonic storm swept over Sydney yesterday. Rain at times fell in torrents, and between 9 a.m. and 10 p.m. nearly two inches was recorded. Widespread damage occurred in the suburbs. A fall of earth nearly engulfed a house at Northbridge, a section of a racing stable was wrecked,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Gale Brings Death, Smashes, Rescues And Damage Many Hurt As Trams & Lorries Crash Shipping Is Tied Up in All Ports Fire Engine Skids tote Wall Of Bridge Traffic Delays
The Labor Daily · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 5
ATTAINING a velocity of 60 miles an hour, yesterday's terrific gale wrought havoc in the metropolitan area and on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland Floods. Elderly Woman Drowned. BRISBANE
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 14
The body of an elderly woman, Mrs. Poncini, was found floating in the flooded waters of the Mary River this afternoon Mrs. Poncini left home last night to stay with friends…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Summer Back But Flood Peril Still Exists
The Sun · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 5
A blaze of sunshine, a sweep of blue sky, and summer again extended its happy greetings to Sydney this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Burst Pipe in Street Torrent of Water Floods House
The Labor Daily · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 5
A DOUBLE deluge visited a residence in Moodie St. Rozelle yesterday. When the storm was at its height, a waterpipo burst in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood Advice
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 11
Mr. Marcs last night issued the following flood advice: -- Cyclone moving southward, and heavy to flood rains now also threaten…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fishing Boat Sinks in Gale
The Sun · Sunday 4 February 1934 · page 10
MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- When a south-westerly gale swept across Hobson's Bay to-day, several fishing craft in the Port Melbourne Lagoon…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Rescue Effort Wasted Yacht Swamped in Storm Melbourne
Truth · Sunday 4 February 1934 · page 8
FEARING that when the yacht Thetis almost turned turtle after being swamped off the Breakwater at St. Kilda during the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cyclone Has Gone to N.z. More Showers Are Expected To-night
The Sun · Sunday 4 February 1934 · page 15
Friday's cyolone, you will be pleased to know, is now on its way to New Zealand. Sydney, yesterday, enjoyed the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Scaling to Fame La Scala Bags Ascot £500 in Storm Survived Protest Melbourne
Truth · Sunday 4 February 1934 · page 3
RUN in a blinding rainstorm this afternoon's Ascot £500 went to the heavily-backed La Scala, who struggled home by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Deluge."
The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 5 February 1934 · page 6
Thrills, thrills, thrills!. And then more thrills! You'll get all the thrills you ever wished for when "Deluge" is released at the Roxy Theatre this Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rough Trip Ships Buffeted in Gale
The Sun · Monday 5 February 1934 · page 10
Vessels which arrived from the south yesterday and to-day received a severe buffeting near Gabo from the gale which Sydney experienced…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Storm Passes. Shipping Services Restored. Spell of Fine Weather
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 February 1934 · page 9
The weather during the week-end was fine and mild, and yesterday the centre of the storm which had raged over Sydney on Friday was over the Tasman Sea…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Body in Flooded Mine
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 February 1934 · page 9
After a party of m[?] had been working for a week the body of Clarence Gillian, 30, of Exeter, was recovered from the shaft of the Bright Star gold mine at Newbridge, on…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Flood Damage in South Worst in History of District
The Labor Daily · Monday 5 February 1934 · page 8
The worst flood experienced for many years,and in some instances the worst in the history of the district,caused devastation of very…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Body Recovered Victim of Mine Flooding
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 February 1934 · page 8
BATHURST, Sunday.--After a search extending over 10 days, the body of Harold Gillan, victim of the Bright Star mine flooding fatality…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Niagara in Gale. Auckland
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 13
The R.M.S. Niagara which arrived five hours late, experienced a north-east gale, accompanied by high seas, from early Friday, until Saturday morning. The weather then moderated but high…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Adventurous Voyage. Storms and Icebergs. Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 10
When the freighter Dalemoor reached Melbourne to day she completed an adventurous voyage of 34,839 miles The freighter left the Tyne on June 2, 1933, with a cargo of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →From N.z. Tourists Home Met Gale Pleasure Trip
The Sun · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 11
FROM her 10 days' cruise to the Bay of Islands. New Zealand, the Huddart, Parker motorship…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Into Gale Monowai Encounters Rough Seas Wellington (N.z.)
The Sun · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 15
Terrific seas were encountered by the Monowai after leaving Sydney on the voyage to Wellington. She ran into a full south-south-west gale, and…
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