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Floods & storms, 1934

1,640 stories in Sydney's papers · page 47 of 82

Flood Sweeps Boy Through Pipe Lost His Footing on Causeway Narrow Escape at Parramatta

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 August 1934 · page 1

SWEPT by flood waters through a narrow pipe running down a weir at Parramatta yesterday, William Barcados,…

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Flood Fears Abate

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 August 1934 · page 1

QUEANBEYAN.--A rapid fall in the Queanbeyan River has dispelled flood fears. Residents are back in their homes. Two 7ft. rises above…

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Heavy Rain in Riverina. Flood Anxiety. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 August 1934 · page 12

Further rains have occurred throughout the whole district, and the countryside has had a thorough saturation, which will immensely benefit crops and pastures…

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Farm Gate Prices Reduced by "Cyclone"

The Land · Friday 3 August 1934 · page 23

Effective from July 21, the Cyclone Fence and Gate Co. Pty., Ltd., have reduced the prices on farm gates. Needless to say, this price-reduction…

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Storm Plays Havoc Unemployed Camps Moved

The Biz · Friday 3 August 1934 · page 1

The almost unprecedented incessant rainfall last Saturday, Sunday and Monday, caused a lot of inconvenience in the suburbs, especially for those living in the…

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Widespread Rain Floods and Washaways on the Coastal Areas

The Land · Friday 3 August 1934 · page 30

AFTER storms and torrential rain causing flooding and washaways over a large part of the State during the week-end,…

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When Market Gardens Were Flooded

The Land · Friday 3 August 1934 · page 4

A cart load of cauliflowers, hastily cut as the Hawkesbury River flood-waters advanced across the flats to the market gardens last week-end being driven over the flooded road at Windsor…

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Flood Damage. Hawkesbury Farmers' Losses. Windsor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 August 1934 · page 12

Farmers in the Hawkesbury district have suffered losses amounting to thousands of pounds through damage to their crops by this week's floods…

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Danger Unlikely The Flooded Murrumbidgee

The Sun · Friday 3 August 1934 · page 12

Unless two inches more rain falls, which appears unlikely, although the weather remains showery, Wagga district will not be threatened with…

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Saved Horse in Flood Unharnessed It From Sunken Cart

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 August 1934 · page 8

GOULBURN, Thursday.--Jumping fully-clad Into a swollen river to-day. William Hughes unharnessed a horse from a sunken milk cart, and brought…

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Boy in Flood Waters Through Pipe Under Road

The Biz · Friday 3 August 1934 · page 5

William Barcodos, 12, of Walker-street, Merrylands, was walking on the concrete part of the weir across the Parramatta River, near Parramatta District Hospital,…

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Gales and Rain in England Holiday Traffic Upset London

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 August 1934 · page 1

THE Plymouth lifeboat spent last night in an unsuccessful search for an unknown vessel which sent up distress signals off Bigbury Bay…

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Gale Off English Coast. Search for Unknown Vessel. (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, Aug. 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 August 1934 · page 15

The Plymouth lifeboat made an unsuccessful search last night for an unknown vessel which sent up distress signals off Bigbury Bay. There was a heavy gale blowing, and blinding…

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Latest Transocean News. (By arrangement with the Australian Broadcasting Commission.) BERLIN, . 1st August, 1934. Storm Troops Again in Uniform

Die Brucke = The Bridge · Saturday 4 August 1934 · page 15

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Poland Flood Victims

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 August 1934 · page 19

The Consulate-General for Poland has opened a fund for the relief of victims in the recant floods in Poland, during which 600 lives were lost and £50,000,000 worth of damage…

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Where Floods Menaced Nice Run Wattle In Bloom N.R.M.A. TOUR

The Sun · Saturday 4 August 1934 · page 8

A visit to some of the areas which were affected by floods earlier in the week is suggested in to-day's tour…

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Bishop As Axeman Dr. Burgman Shows His Skill In Floods Technique! Canberra

Truth · Sunday 5 August 1934 · page 16

DR. BURGMAN, Anglican Bishop of Coulburn, was an axeman while studying for the Church, and the deftness with which…

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Many Deaths in Terrific Storms Now York

The Labor Daily · Monday 6 August 1934 · page 1

TERRIFIC storms have swept the United States following the heat wave. Sixteen persons were killed in…

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Flood in the Hawkesbury River

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 8 August 1934 · page 47

Looking across towards Tizzana we see the flood-waters invading the orchards. In the early days of the colony Hawkesbury floods were a serious menace bringing the whole community to the brink of starvation for the river farm were the only cultivated source of food supply…

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Hail Shot Severe Storm Rain in City

The Sun · Friday 10 August 1934 · page 9

Heavy black rain-clouds, slashed by vivid flashes of lightning, heralded a severe…

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