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Floods & storms, 1934

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Fences and Gates Big Cyclone Display Heart of the City

The Land · Friday 16 March 1934 · page 31

The Cyclone Fence and Gate Co., Pty., Ltd., will show a full range of products at their showrooms at the Grace Building, York Street…

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72 Now Dead, Missing In Cyclone Farms Ruined Cairns

The Sun · Friday 16 March 1934 · page 9

THE latest survey shows that 72 persons were drowned or are missing as a result of luggers and…

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46 Persons Are Missing In Cyclone Searching for Many Lost Luggers

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 March 1934 · page 7

COOKTOWN, Thursday.--A check up of luggers and launches caught in Monday's cyclone shows seven still…

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In Gale How 'Battle' Raged 'Planes Blind Convoys Scattered LONDON

The Sun · Friday 16 March 1934 · page 1

THOUGH the battle of the "Red" and "Blue" fleets was fought in a 50 m.p.h. gale, the Admiralty…

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Queensland Cyclone. Heavy Death Roll Feared. Five Vessels Reported Wrecked. Four Others Missing. Airman's Dramatic Story of Search. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 March 1934 · page 9

It is now estimated that 53 lives were lost in the cyclone which swept the North Queensland coast on Tuesday. It is feared that ahout another 22—comprising the crews of missing vessels—may have been drowned…

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Local and General Footpath Flood-lighting

The Biz · Friday 16 March 1934 · page 4

Fairfield Council has voted £230 for the purchase of 51 lamps for the proposed footpath flood-lighting scheme for the shopping centre, and orders will be…

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Gale Stops Flight

The Sun · Saturday 17 March 1934 · page 1

PARIS, Friday.--Captain Stack and Mr. Clifford, on the way to West Africa, making a dictaphone record of their flight, are held up at…

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79 Possible Victims of Cyclone

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 March 1934 · page 7

CAIRNS, Friday.--The Latest estimated death-roll in Monday's cyclone is 79. The list of boats lost and the…

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Cyclone. Death-roll, 79. Search for Survivors. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 March 1934 · page 15

The loss of life at sea due to the cyclone now stands at 79. The list of drowned, or those presumed to be drowned, is divided among…

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Different Sort of Week-end? Cyclone Expected to Bring Showers

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 March 1934 · page 7

A different sort of week-end is predicted by Mr. Camm (Weather Bureau). A severe cyclone has developed…

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Chinese Sea Disaster. Steamer Foochow Founders in Storm

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 17 March 1934 · page 4

A report from Shanghai states that the Chinese steamer Foochow, bound for Shanghai, sank in a storm, on Tuesday last. Eight-eight persons are…

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Cyclone's Toll Now 79 LIVES Camp Of Miners Marooned And Starving S.O.S. Message Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Saturday 17 March 1934 · page 1

THE latest estimate of the death-roll, as the result of the cyclone is 79. The list of boats lost and the number of…

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Is Returned Soldiers' and Sailors' Act a Dead Letter? Randwick Council and Diggers Engineer's Job Raises Storm

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 17 March 1934 · page 3

ARE the provisions of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors' Act a dead letter? Is that section of the Local Government Act which specifically provides for preference to returned men, "all…

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Queen's-square Causes. (Before Mr. Justice Stephen and jury.) Sale of a Motor Truck. Gale and and another v Dennis Truck Sales, Ltd

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 March 1934 · page 10

Hearing was concluded of the action by Alfred Gale and Joseph Lawler against Dennis Truck Sales, Ltd., to recover £800 in respect of alleged breaches of an agreement for…

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Inflation Out: New Usa Crisis No Greenback Flood Huge Strike Threatens in Car Trade Act Broken Say Employees Sharp Fall in Quotes for Silver Washington

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 March 1934 · page 1

THE death of inflation, and the imminence of a great strike in the automobile industry, are the dramatic features of a new United States crisis…

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Hid Under Boat As Cyclone Roared Cairns

The Sun · Sunday 18 March 1934 · page 3

A graphic story of the experiences of a party of three on Snapper Island during the height of the cyclone…

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Mother's Frantic Cry to Save Baby in Swirling Flood of Amazing Story

Truth · Sunday 18 March 1934 · page 17

THE poignant narrative was unfolded to Mr. G. J. Johnstone, P.M., in the little courthouse at…

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Cyclone Deaths Now 76 Youths' Ordeal When Gale Raged

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 March 1934 · page 9

The death-roll in the North Queensland cyclone has now reached 76, following the reported loss of two luggers, each carrying a crew of…

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Queensland Cyclone. Seventy-Nine Deaths

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 19 March 1934 · page 4

The cyclone which swept the Queensland coast last Thursday has resulted in the death of 79 persons, mainly through the capsizing of…

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55 MILES Glider's Feat in Storms London

The Sun · Monday 19 March 1934 · page 1

TAKING off from a slope at a height of 200 feet, Philip Wills, formerly of Adelaide, glided for 2½…

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