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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1935

1,160 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 58

The Storm Lashing Fury of Rain

The Labor Daily · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 9

The heat in the schoolroom was most uncomfortable. Wherever we rested our hands a moist spot appeared and our shirts clung to…

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Notts May Have a Blank Fixture Sheet (All Comment on This Page Is Exclusive to "Sportsman" by C. G. Macartney, Ex-international.) Bodyline Storm Obnoxious Policy Must Be Wiped Out

Sydney Sportsman · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 16

UNLESS something unforeseen arises at the meeting of the Advisory County Committee this week, it would appear that Nottinghamshire are likely to be left at the post when the list of fixtures is drawn up…

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Rivers Running A Banker Worst Yet Innisfail's Flood Bride's Dilemma Towns Under Water Innisfail

The Sun · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 3

FLOOD waters are rising rapidly, and indications are that one of the biggest floods in its history is about…

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Yallourn Open Cut. Work of Flood Reclamation. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 16

The coal surface of the Yallourn open cut has appeared above the receding flood waters, which have occupied the cut since December 1. More than 1,500,000,000 gallons of the…

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Bumper-bars Bent But After Money Weathered Storm

Truth · Sunday 3 March 1935 · page 5

THINK of something rougher than rough, and you will get somewhere near the passage favorite After Money received in…

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Families Flee Floods in North Queensland Heavy Rains Brisbane

Truth · Sunday 3 March 1935 · page 16

MAIL and transport services are being held up in North Queensland, while the tropical downpour continues to shed feet…

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Phenomenal Floods In N.Queensland: 32ins. Of Rain Pastures Flooded, Stock Drowned Police Save People in Low Areas Nightmare Trip in 'Plane Brisbane

The Sun · Sunday 3 March 1935 · page 2

Beating down almost incessantly for 96 hours, a tropical deluge has caused phenomenal floods on the stretch of the North Queensland coast from Mossman to Ingham, a distance of just under 200 miles…

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1927 Flood Many Lives Lost and Heavy Damage

The Sun · Sunday 3 March 1935 · page 2

The district between Ingham and Cairns suffered extensively in the disastrous flood and cyclone that swept a wide area in the middle of…

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Floods. North Queensland. Towns Isolated. Residents Driven From Homes. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 March 1935 · page 9

Flood waters invaded the towns of Innisfall and Tully early on Saturday morning, and at Innisfall there are indications of the flood being one of the greatest in the history of…

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Worst Floods in Q'ld. History Fears of Shortage of Food Towns Isolated; Homes Are Vacated Many Rescues Brisbane, Sun

The Labor Daily · Monday 4 March 1935 · page 5

NORTH QUEENSLAND faces the worst flood in its history. Innisfail is under water, and a food shortage is feared. South…

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Floods Block Cars, Trains and Maroon Settlers

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 March 1935 · page 7

CAIRNS, Sunday.--Their passage barred by huge boulders, 14 travellers took over 20 hours to cover a 3 12 hours' trip…

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Sudden Storm Drenches Sydney in the Early Morning

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 March 1935 · page 10

A sudden downpour of rain in the early hours of yesterday morning drenched ths metropolitan area. Occurring between 2 a.m. and 3 a.m.[?] the short storm was so violent that…

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The Floods In North Queensland. Railway Services Disorganised. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 March 1935 · page 10

Although the flood waters at Tully had subsided slightly this morning, another sharp rise in the river took place this afternoon as a result of heavy rain and raliway services are…

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Widespread Storms Likely. Weather Bureau Forecast

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 March 1935 · page 13

The Weather Bureau last night forecasted unsettled conditions and rain with thunderstorms over a large area of the eastern section of the continent…

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Air Mails. Storms Over Timor Sea. Darwin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 March 1935 · page 14

Advice was received in Darwin to-day that the Imperial Airways 'plane carrying English mails to Singapore has been delayed. The mail 'plane from Singapore will not…

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The Floods. North Queensland. Railway Services Blocked. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 March 1935 · page 13

Continuous rain has fallen over the whole of the Herbert River watershed to-day, and the Herbert River is still 5ft 7in over the railway bridge at Bemerside, having fallen only four…

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Flood Waters Over Rail Bridges North Q'land Floods Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 6 March 1935 · page 5

The Tully River at Tully this morning was seven feet over the rails on the railway bridge, having fallen only a few inches overnight. Another…

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Still Flooding Qld. Rail Services Disorganised

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 March 1935 · page 1

BRISBANE, Tuesday. -- Northern railway services are disorganised still by flooded rivers. The Tully is seven feet over the rails…

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Sydney Pig Gales

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 7 March 1935 · page 6

THERE was a moderate yarding of loss pigs at the Sydney abattoir saleyards on Tuesday. Competition was dull, and although porkers did not show…

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Storm Delays Plane. Lismore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 March 1935 · page 16

A severe storm over Byron Bay this morning, and reports of bad weather in the south, caused the New England Airways plane bound from Brisbane to Sydney to remain at Lismore…

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