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Floods & storms, 1934

1,640 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 82

A River in Flood

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 June 1934 · page 11

The great, muddy expanse glared furiously at the skies above. Would this torrent ever cease? One saw haystacks, huge blanches of gums…

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Serious Floods in South China Hongkong

The Labor Daily · Saturday 23 June 1934 · page 1

SERIOUS floods have occurred in Southern China, where a number of large rivers have burst their banks…

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Student Gowns Wildly Ablow in Gale Out of the West Forwards in Glory Varsity Won 16--10 But Had to Fight with Wests Great Battle of Packs

The Sun · Sunday 24 June 1934 · page 45

NO less obvious than the magnificent dash of University on the field yesterday was the thought that had gone before, and the combination of both was responsible for the defeat of Western Suburbs by…

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Governor Bogged Floods in Queensland: Rain Continues Mount Isa

The Sun · Sunday 24 June 1934 · page 2

The car taking the Governor, Sir Leslie Wilson, to Mount Isa, is bogged, and there is little hope of his reaching there by road…

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U.s.a. "Horrors" Flood Australia Morbidity From the Gutter

The Sun · Sunday 24 June 1934 · page 6

As was pointed out in "The Sunday Sun" last week, American crime magazines are flooding…

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Heavy Rain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 June 1934 · page 9

Heavy rain fell in London throughout Saturday night. Description of the play on Saturday and the scores will be found on page 10…

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Indian Floods Monsoonal Deluge CALCUTTA

The Sun · Monday 25 June 1934 · page 1

NOT since 1915 has the monsoon burst with such fury in Assam and Bengal as this year. Nor has the deluge…

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Heavy Rain Most Of England Got It LONDON

The Sun · Monday 25 June 1934 · page 1

Only that part of England within a triangle bounded by Yarmouth, Carlisle and Newcastle, missed the week-end downpour of rain…

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Floods in India. Many Lives Lost; Thousands Homeless. CALCUTTA, June 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 June 1934 · page 10

Many lives have been lost and thousands of people are homeless as a result of widespread floods in eastern Bengal and Assam, which followed seven days' incessant and…

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South Coast Deluge

The Sun · Tuesday 26 June 1934 · page 9

A terrific downpour yesterday afternoon. three inches falling in an hour, flooded all rivers and creeks near Pambula and Eden. Traffic…

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In Gale Associates' Golf at Lakes

The Sun · Tuesday 26 June 1934 · page 2

MISS McLEISH (Moss Vale), Miss Phillips (Lith-gow), Miss McKnight (Albury) and Miss Ashton (Wollongong),…

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Bountiful Rains All Over N.S.W. Wheat Belts Will Benefit Gale in South

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 26 June 1934 · page 6

THE bountiful rains which continued throughout the State yesterday should he of immense value to crops, particularly in the…

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Escape for Flood Waters. Murwillumbah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 June 1934 · page 10

The Tweed Shire Council agreed to cooperate with the Tweed District Council of the Primary Producers Union to have the north arm of the Tweed River and Myall…

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Record Cold Floods On South Coast Snow and Gales

The Sun · Wednesday 27 June 1934 · page 12

SNOW and gales on the southern alps, floodings on the South Coast, a record low temperature for the season in Sydney and severe frosts along the Dividing Range. And all this weather variety packed into the space of 12 hours…

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The Recent Cyclone in North Queensland

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 27 June 1934 · page 54

THE waters of the Great Barrier Reef hold many a secret of heroic suffering which will never be chronicled, as is only too evident…

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There Is a Tide The Little Man Takes it at the Flood

The World's News · Wednesday 27 June 1934 · page 20

MR. HORACE PENNYCOOK was busily applying blacking to his shoes, when the front door bell rang…

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More Rain. Flooding on South Coast. Prince's Highway Blocked

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 June 1934 · page 13

Rain had been recorded by yesterday morning over a wide area of the State, and on the South Coast the falls were so heavy that flood conditions were prevailing. Last night, the…

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Assam Flood-bound Calcutta

The Sun · Wednesday 27 June 1934 · page 13

Assam is cut, off from the rest, of India by floods, broken bridges and swollen rivers. Reports of disasters are arriving here…

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Flood Danger in South Snow Again Today

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 27 June 1934 · page 5

TH general State-wide rain of the past few days moderated considerably in most districts yesterday, and the rain centre is now moving…

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Gale Delays Ulm

The Labor Daily · Thursday 28 June 1934 · page 1

Owing to stormy weather over the Tasman, Mr. C. T. Ulm and his companions, who were expected to leave New Zealand yesterday on…

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