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Floods & storms, 1934

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Town Hall Damaged By Storm Champion Divers In Action

The Sun · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 20

LIKE A SWALLOW in flight. -- Miss Lesley Thompson, champion woman diver of Australia, executes a perfect dive at the Coogee Aquarium to-day. LEICHHARDT TOWN HALL clock was struck by the storm last week. Workmen were on the job to-day…

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Storm Over Labor Unity Five Water Buses For The Rivers Of Sydney NEW £35,000 Ferry Co.'s Plans

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 7

A NEW ferry company, with a capital of over £35,000, will shortly place five water buses on the Parramatta and Lane Cove…

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Capsized Boat. Woman and Three Children Drowned. Tragedy in Flooded River. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 9

When their boat capsized in the Macintyre River, about 30 miles from Goondiwindi, this afternoon, Mrs. May and her three children were sweet away and drowned…

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Floodwaters at National Park

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 12

The causeway at Audley, usually well above water and used as a footway, is now submerged, following recent heavy rains…

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Five Die in Q'land Floods Mother And Three Children Lose Lives Boat Smash Brisbane, Mon

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 1

FIVE drownings as a result of flooded rivers were reported to-day. When, a boat in which they were rowing struck a tree…

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The Rainbow After The Storm

Il Giornale Italiano · Wednesday 7 February 1934 · page 1

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Many Killed and Wounded in Paris Desperate Fighting With Rioters Battle for Bridge Efforts To Storm Chamber and President's Residence Heavy Police Volleying Paris

The Sun · Wednesday 7 February 1934 · page 1

CHARGING upon the Chamber of Deputies, an infuriated mob to-day wilted before police volleys, and was repulsed, leaving dead and wounded behind them. Later, under cover of nightfall, fierce rioting was renewed, principally in the Place de la Concorde. The Ministry for the Interior…

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Growing Flood Of Entries SMILES Band Concert Happy Hour

The Sun · Wednesday 7 February 1934 · page 13

TO cope with the bulging mail bags of "Sun" Smile entries, which are averaging more than 500 a day in the last week of the…

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Features From Filmland Roxy News "Deluge"

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 8 February 1934 · page 10

Is the current attraction at the Roxy Spanish Theatre, and will have its final screenings to-day and to-morrow. You'll see sights you never dreamed of. The…

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A Severe Storm

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 8 February 1934 · page 15

"Tom-TH" (Kunghur).—On New Year's Day we went for a picnic out to the creek at the back of our farm, and we had a lovely time, About three o'clock in the afternoon the…

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A Fatal Week Storms and Floods Take Heavy Toll of Lives

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 8 February 1934 · page 2

STORMY weather, turbulent rivers, angry seas, and the ordinary risks of everyday life combined in an assault on the lives of Australians during the…

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Farmers Delegation Leaves Enterprising Agriculturists Seek Knowledge in New Zealand Ship Departs in Howling Gale

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 8 February 1934 · page 12

INTENT on learning all they can, sixty-six representative New South Wales agriculturists comprised the farmers delegation which left Sydney…

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Repairs of Flood Damage. Cooma

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 February 1934 · page 10

The Monaro Shire engineer, in a comprehensive report covering recent flood damage, estimated that the cost of restoring bridges, culverts, and other structures damaged, to a…

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Result of Floods in Los Angeles

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 February 1934 · page 14

Two people were killed when this car fell into a crevice caused by floods on New Year's Eve…

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Beach Moved by Flood. Windsor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 February 1934 · page 16

The sand beach on the Hawkesbury River here, which has been the town's greatest attraction to motorists for many years, completely disappeared in the recent rapid rise in…

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Shifting Sands Flood Took Away 90 Tons

The Sun · Saturday 10 February 1934 · page 3

The whole of the sand beach above water level at the main road entrance to Windsor was washed away in the recent flooding of the…

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Some Books Of Moment Flood-Gates Of Controversy Work On Marx

The Labor Daily · Saturday 10 February 1934 · page 9

"Toward the Understanding of Karl Marx," by Professor Sydney Hook; published by Victor Gollancz, pp…

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Week-end Flood of Entries 20,000! In Smiles Quest Last Day Forecast Test

The Sun · Monday 12 February 1934 · page 7

WITH a week-end flood of entries, which brought the total to 20,000, "The Sun" Smile competition…

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Swept 200 Yards Underground Boy Buoyed Up by Flood Waters

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 February 1934 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Sunday. -- Falling into a storm-water channel at Thombury to-day, George Bowes, 9, of Smith Street, was whirled by flood…

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A Cool Change Expected Isolated Hail Storms Due To-day

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 February 1934 · page 9

The sultry weather was eased last night by an electrical disturbance, with showery conditions following. Mr. Mares expects a cool change…

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