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Floods & storms, 1935

1,160 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 58

Fur Fashions Cyclone Influence for Randwick Keeping Breeze at Bay

The Sun · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 29

Feminine reaction to the cyclone centred east of Bass Straits and the attendant winds with which it favored Sydney during the…

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Flood Danger Warning Issued by Bureau

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 7

Following the exceptionally heavy rain during the week-end over the southern slopes and highlands and far South Coast,…

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Floods Block Prince's Highway

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 7

According to advice received by the N.R.M.A., Prince's Highway, the coastal route between Sydney and Melbourne, is blocked by flood…

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Flood Fears: Four Rivers Cattle Die of Cold

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 11

CHILLING blasts in the city, and snow, sleet, and rain in the country, combined to make another crazy autumn day…

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Fogs and Gales. Ketch Battered in Bass Strait HOBART

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 April 1935 · page 20

A thrilling story of battles with fogs and gales in Bass Strait was told by Captain Wheatley, master and owner of the 27-ton ketch Voana, which arrived at Killecrankie…

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Causes Floods Cook's River Badly Silted Up

The Sun · Wednesday 17 April 1935 · page 9

COMPLAINT that Cook's River had go silted that it flooded adjacent land immediately rain fell was made by a deputation from…

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Heavy Rain Expected in the South

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 April 1935 · page 14

Unsettled weather continued in New South Wales yesterday, and a renewal of heavy rain in the south-east was expected. Reports from the southern part of the State last night…

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Our... Short Story Light in the Storm

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 18 April 1935 · page 5

A MAN'S acts are seldom wholly foolish. It was foolish of Stevens to attempt this trip to Elicott—storm warnings and all—to talk over that sales…

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No Dissolution of Storm Troops Magdeburg

The Labor Daily · Thursday 18 April 1935 · page 1

REPORTS that the storm troops will be dissolved in consequence of the new German military law have been denied by the ex-leader. Herr…

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Will Catholic Australia Help? Beagle Bay Mission Smashed. Father Worms Tells of Terrible Cyclone

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 18 April 1935 · page 21

How many Catholics are there in Australia willing to send a small contribution to help the Beagle Bay Mission in Western Australia, which has been…

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Footpath Flooding Suggestion to Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 18 April 1935 · page 18

"Does that mean we have to carry the baby?" Alderman Musto asked at this week's meeting of Parramatta Council…

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Plane Turned Back Heavy Rain; More Floods in Victoria

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 April 1935 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- Continued heavy rain to-day turned back the Bass Strait air liner 100 miles out from Melbourne, extended the floods…

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Our Luck Missed Cyclone Light Showers

The Sun · Saturday 20 April 1935 · page 8

COLD and cloudy with occasional light showers is the Weather Man's prediction for the metropolitan area to- day…

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Flood Mitigation. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 April 1935 · page 12

A proposal to reduce the danger of floods in the Louth Park and Dagworth districts is to be considered at a conference of district councils and other bodies. A scheme under…

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Floods Feared Three Weeks of Rain in Victoria MELBOURNE

Truth · Sunday 21 April 1935 · page 20

AFTER three weeks of intermittent rain, Victoria is again threatened with disastrous floods. Already several rivers in…

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Floods Rise in Vic. Homes Abandoned, Train Held Up, Cars Caught MELBOURNE

The Sun · Sunday 21 April 1935 · page 2

Nearly all the rivers in Eastern Gippsland are now in flood, most of them having risen three feet this afternoon as a result…

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Serious Floods In Gippsland. Towns Isolated. Motorists and Residents Marooned. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 April 1935 · page 9

Heavy rain, which has fallen almost continuously for a week, caused floods in many parts of Gippsland in the week-end. Flooded roads in many country districts have…

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Floods in New Zealand

The Sun · Monday 22 April 1935 · page 12

Auckland, Monday.--Large areas are under water as a result of floods in the Waikato district. Train services have been disorganized by…

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To Milking Swam Her Cows In Flood Plucky Woman Melbourne

The Sun · Monday 22 April 1935 · page 11

WHEN the flood waters which have inundated practically the whole of Eastern Gippsland surrounded her…

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Marooned By Floods Gippsland Towns Are Surrounded Boat Rescues From Danger Area

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 April 1935 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Torrential rain during the weekend has caused extensive floods in Gippsland…

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