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Floods & storms, 1935

1,160 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 58

Night Rainbow Wagga Phenomenon in Heavy Rain

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 April 1935 · page 9

WAGGA, Monday. -- Last night Wagga witnessed the phenomenon of a rainbow while the moon was shining, and torrential rain falling. It…

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Floods. Ruin in Victoria. Settlers Driven from Homes. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 April 1935 · page 11

Although the worst danger from floods appears to have passed with the cessation of heavy rain to-day, large areas of central and eastern Gippsland are still covered by flood…

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Floods Fall Gippsland Ordeal MELBOURNE

The Sun · Tuesday 23 April 1935 · page 10

Although the flood waters in Gippsland, are receding, a report today from Moe, one of the centres most affected, states that heavy rain…

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Flood Damage

The Sun · Tuesday 23 April 1935 · page 13

Practically the whole of the Eastern Gippsland district of Victoria has been inundated by flood waters Above are shown cyclists who were…

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Flood of Light Military Tattoo 'Planes, Tanks, Guns

The Sun · Tuesday 23 April 1935 · page 8

IN the light of almost 300,000,000 candle-power, events at the Naval and Military Tattoo at the Showground on the night of Anzac Day will be thrown into clearer relief than if they were performed in daylight…

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Marooned Families Lack Food Left In Pitiable Condition By Floods Vic. Damage Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 23 April 1935 · page 5

RESIDENTS in Eastern Gippsland are suffering severe hardships due to the third flood in six months. Practically the whole of…

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To End Flood Menace

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 April 1935 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Monday.--To prevent a repetition of floods which have again brought disaster to Gippsland, almost…

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"Flood Terror" Drunk Who Said He Had Come Through It

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 April 1935 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Monday -- Fifteen people, including two women, who had been found staggering around the city, or lying in shop doorways…

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Flying-boat in Gale San Francisco

The Sun · Wednesday 24 April 1935 · page 11

The Pan-American Airways flyingboat which made a pioneering flight to Honolulu last week returned to Alameda this afternoon…

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To Be Renamed. "Gale" will be "Wannon."

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 24 April 1935 · page 4

The steamer Gale, which was recently purchased by the Belfast & Korolt Steam Navigation Company to replace the Coombar in the Victorian…

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Victorian Floods. Waters Slowly Receding. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 April 1935 · page 14

Flood waters are slowly receding in the areas of Gippsland which have been submerged for three days. Many families are still marooned in houses in the midst of the…

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In Honor of Anzac Pilgrimage From Whole State Dawn Service To-morrow's Plans Flood of Memories

The Sun · Wednesday 24 April 1935 · page 7

FROM the dawn onwards, tomorrow will be consecrated to the remembrance of Australia's fallen sons. On this day, which has been set apart from all others, no homage will be left unpaid, no point of honor…

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Moe Floods Falling

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 April 1935 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- Floodwaters near Moe, centre of Gippsland floods, to-day began to fall, but it will be some time before the farms…

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The Cyclone at Beagle Bay Details to Hand

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 25 April 1935 · page 25

Beagle Bay.—The blow began on the Monday with a strong wind and heavy rain. The rain continued all Tuesday and on until Wednesday afternoon, the…

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When the Cyclone Raged. Havoc and Terror at Beagle Bay

The Catholic Press · Thursday 25 April 1935 · page 13

"After my return from the Beagle Bay Mission, I am able to give some particulars of the willy-willy that devastated it on March 27," writes Very" Rev. Father…

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Fought Gale Flying-boat Back From Honolulu San Francisco

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 April 1935 · page 8

The Pan-American Airways flying-boat which made a pioneering flight to Honolulu last week returned to Alameda last night…

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Gippsland Floods Towns Isolated and Residents Marooned

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 25 April 1935 · page 2

TORRENTIAL rain last week-end caused extensive-floods in Gippsland (Vic.), and many towns were isolated and holiday-makers marooned. Flooded…

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News From All Quarters Flood Mitigation

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 25 April 1935 · page 2

To reduce the danger of floods at Louth Park and Dagworth, it is proposed to build a drain to the Hunter River. This will enable flood waters from Mulbring…

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300,000 Persons Pray for World Peace Anzacs Storm The City 1914-1918 Shambles Recalled One Man In March For Every One Who Died

The Labor Daily · Friday 26 April 1935 · page 7

WHILE the Anzac Day bells tolled out a solemn litany, 300,000 persons stood inside and outside the Domain yesterday, and,…

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More Dust Storms Feared Kansas City

Truth · Sunday 28 April 1935 · page 16

THE American Red Cross has urged residents of Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Colorado to wear masks, as a serious new dust storm is…

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