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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1935

1,160 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 58

Gayndah (Q.). Storm Damages Catholic Buildings

The Catholic Press · Thursday 14 February 1935 · page 24

A fierce storm occurred at Gayndah on Wednesday nighty 6th inst., causing panic among, residents. Buildings were unroofed and lightning shattered tall trees. The…

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N.Z. Storm Damage Wellington (N.z.), Wed

The Labor Daily · Thursday 14 February 1935 · page 7

SEAS dashed 200 yards inland at the height of the Cook Islands storm last night. The Avatul wharf was destroyed. Seas entered the…

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Unwanted Visitor. Dog Terrified by Storm. Invades Two Homes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 February 1935 · page 11

A large retriever dog, terrif[?]ed by the storm yesterday, rushed into two houses in Strathfield fof shelter, and its appearance and growls scared the inmates, who summoned the…

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Body Of Storm Victim Recovered Tornado Sweeps Through Coogee

The Sun · Thursday 14 February 1935 · page 40

BOY DROWNED in storm.--The body of Ronald Gardener. 12, was to-day recovered in Cook's River at the pot indicated by a cross. He dived in to get driftwood, and was carried away by the current. THE TORNADO at Coogee to-day lifted part of the roof from the garage of Mr. William Paterson in Mount-street. At right is Miss Helen Peterson, who was in the office at the time. She warned workmen. (See story op…

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Dirigible Crashes in Pacific Forced Down in a Storm San Francisco, Wed

The Labor Daily · Thursday 14 February 1935 · page 1

BATTERED by a heavy southerly gale, the U.S. Navy dirigible, Macom, was forced down and completely wrecked in the sea 13 miles…

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Swept to His Death in River Boy Carried Away By Flood Getting Wood

The Labor Daily · Thursday 14 February 1935 · page 7

CAUGHT in the flood waters of Cook's River yesterday afternoon, Ronald Gardiner, 12, of Water Street, Enfield, was swept…

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Trapped In Flood Boy Swept to Death Rain Turns Stream To Torrent

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 February 1935 · page 1

A BOY was drowned in Cook's River yesterday when the shallow stream was converted into a raging torrent…

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When a Cyclone Hit Weja

The Land · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 6

Ruins of the public hall at Weja after it was blown down by a recent windstorm. The building was 60ft. by 40ft., of weatherboard and corrugated iron. The piano was lifted 20ft. clear of the ruins, and sheets of iron were found up to 200 yards away…

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Violent Storm Widespread Damage

The Biz · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 8

The violent storm which occurred last week-end caused great damage along the southern line. Practiraily every house was entered by water, the wind forcing…

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Storm Trials Thrills for Rail Men

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 8

DORRIGO, Thursday. -- When Harry Tattem, guard on the train from Dorrigo to Glenreagh, tried to unlock the staff at Megan station…

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Short-lived Gale. Coogee Garage Unroofed. Girl's Unnerving Experience

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 11

A violent gust of wind unroofed a garage in Coogee Bay-road, Coogee, yesterday morning, and caused damage to the premises estimated at more than £100. The wind…

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Wednesday's Storm Heavy Losses — Trains Delayed Crops Ruined

The Biz · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 5

Flooding occurred in the low-lying puts of the Liverpool district following hoevy rain on Wednesday afternoon, for half an hour, during which three…

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Late Afternoon Seascape—roof Lifted by Gale—with the Fleet on Manoeuvres

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 14

At left: Looking northward along Mona Vale ocean beach from the heights of Narrabeen Park. Above: A violent gale lifted large sections of the roof of a garage in Coogee Bay-road, Coogee, yesterday. and deposited them hundreds…

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Storm Damage Prolonged Wheat Harvest Ends at Last Control of Weeds

The Land · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 6

RAINFALL registrations throughout the greater portion of the wheat belt during January were well above…

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What's to Be Done for Wool and Wheat? An Illness and the Remedy Final Conclusions and Comments Repairing the Havoc of the Storm 3

The Land · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 7

In the two preceding articles the position of the producers of wool and wheat was carefully diagnosed and certain remedies prescribed. It most always follow that when a certain course is suggested there will be…

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Storms and Hail

Nepean Times · Saturday 16 February 1935 · page 4

The district has been visited by some heavy storms within the last week. On Tuesday isolated hailstorms of exceptional severity fell at…

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Swam In City Streets Torrential Rains Flood Auckland Shops, Offices

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 February 1935 · page 7

AUCKLAND, NZ,., Friday. -- Youths swam in Auckland streets to-day, following torrential rain. Women and men crossed the…

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The Storm

The Sun · Sunday 17 February 1935 · page 3

IT was during a Holiday we spent at a station far out in the north-west of New South Wales. While out driving we noticed rising…

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Be Prepared --Thunderstorms

The Sun · Sunday 17 February 1935 · page 2

To-day's metropolitan weather forecast is: Warm, sultry weather, with occasional rain and thunderstorms. N.E. to S.E. winds squally…

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Storm Delays Liners

The Sun · Monday 18 February 1935 · page 12

London, Sunday.--A 60-mile-an-hour gale, with rain, which swept Britain at the week-end, prevented the sailing of the Orama and the…

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