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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1935

1,160 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 58

After Storm Parliament Calm CANBERRA

The Sun · Thursday 11 April 1935 · page 22

The House of Representatives met to-day in a strangely calm atmosphere after the rowdy scenes of the previous two nights…

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Disaster at Beagle Bay Mission Practically in Ruins Through Cyclone

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 11 April 1935 · page 17

Word was received at the Catholic Aboriginal Missions Bureau from Broome late on April 3rd, that a terrific whirlwind had practically wiped out the…

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A Story for the Kiddies. The Adventures Of Will Wattle-Gum The Ant Brothers Retort A Snow Storm

The Labor Daily · Thursday 11 April 1935 · page 9

THE ant brothers are so close to the ground that sometimes it takes thorn quite a While to see who happens to be walking along…

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Squally Wind Storm Is Probable

The Sun · Friday 12 April 1935 · page 2

BAROMETER 30.0 INDICATOR CHANGE City Forecast.--Fine and warm, with fresh to strong N. to N.W. wind,…

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Cyclone Fencing and Gates Display in Grace Building

The Land · Friday 12 April 1935 · page 32

A full range of all typos of farm and ornamental fencing and gates is on view in the spacious showrooms of the Cyclone Fence & Gate Co. Pty.,…

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Walla Petition Supported Rates Raised as a Result of Floods

The Land · Friday 12 April 1935 · page 10

At a special meeting of the Walla Walla branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association the petition asking that effect be given to the…

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Heavy Rain Rivers May Rise

The Sun · Saturday 13 April 1935 · page 5

Hopes for improvement in the week-end weather were dashed by the Acting-State Meteorologist (Mr. Camm) to-day. He expects that…

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Fireball Wrecks House Near Death Woman and Child Severe Explosion Storm Ordeal

The Sun · Saturday 13 April 1935 · page 5

NARROWLY missing a woman and child as it passed through a house at Centennial Park to-day, a…

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Violent Gale Lashes Coast Of Victoria Wrecked a Fishing Ketch Ship Grounds Baroue Blown Off Melbourne

The Sun · Saturday 13 April 1935 · page 3

FROM one a.m. until after dawn to-day, the southwestern coast of Victoria was lashed by a violent storm…

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Holiday Weather and a Skittish Cyclone Blow Away?

The Sun · Sunday 14 April 1935 · page 1

Sydney's holiday weather will depend upon the behavior of a cyclone now developing off the South Coast, says…

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Grounded in Gale Tugs Battle to Refloat Freighter Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 14 April 1935 · page 7

The Japanese freighter Mansei Maru, laden with wheat and wool, was aground for two hours in the channel off…

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Teacher Starts a Bread Storm White Ban for Pupils Rouses Millers Christchurch

The Sun · Sunday 14 April 1935 · page 1

The action of the Auckland Education Board in censuring a teacher for preventing children bringing cake and white bread to school for luncheon has provoked warm discussion on the relative food values of white and brown bread…

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He's Back on the Throne Silver King Shone in Sprint So Doncaster Hopes Rise Shaky Islander Blew Like a Cyclone

Truth · Sunday 14 April 1935 · page 2

SILVER KING is back on the throne. The process of ascension cost Elver Walker and a multitude of backers a ton of "sugar," but Silver King covered himself in glory when he took yesterday's Liverpool Handicap, and has now…

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Heavy Vic. Storm

The Labor Daily · Monday 15 April 1935 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Sunday, A heavy storm struck the southwestern coast of Victoria late on Friday night, and continued until…

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Storms in New Zealand. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 April 1935 · page 11

Severe storms and floods have occurred on the east coast of the North Island. A service car collided with a truck on a slippery road, and dropped 100 feet over a precipice…

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Gale in Victoria. Ship in Difficulties. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 April 1935 · page 11

Boisterous winds, low temperatures, snow on the highlands, and falls of rain elsewhere marked the week-end in Victoria. Beginning on Friday night with falling…

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Bega Flood Campers' Escape BEGA

The Sun · Monday 15 April 1935 · page 13

Car traffic was held up and a number of telephone linesmen camped on the Brogo River had a narrow escape as a result of floods which…

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Floods Feared Heavy Rains In South More Falls Likely

The Sun · Monday 15 April 1935 · page 13

AS a result of heavy rain during the weekend over the southern slopes and highlands and on the far South Coast, and with further falls expected, flood conditions are likely in the smaller creeks and tributaries…

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Hail Storm

The Sun · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 26

Wellington, Tuesday.--The first heavy rain recorded since February 11 fell during the week-end. The break of the dry spell came with a…

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Gales in Victoria. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 11

Bitterly cold south-westerly winds, blowing at 36 miles an hour, to-day swept rain and hail squalls across the southern half of Victoria…

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