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Floods & storms, 1935

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Flood Danger. Conditions Improving. Anxiety at Kooweerup. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 May 1935 · page 11

All serious danger from floods in the Kooweerup, Moe, and Warburton districts passed to-day, when streams began to drop steadily. Settlers are now returning to their…

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MELBOURNE. Floods, Gales, and Rain. (From Our Special Correspondent.) Melbourne, May 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 May 1935 · page 19

It would be inviting suicide to talk to a Melbourne man about the weather these days. As a subject of conversation it is on the black-list, although there is little else to talk…

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Bruce's Red - Haired Niece Takes West End of London by Storm Latest in Mannequins

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 4 May 1935 · page 1

SHADES of Flinders Lane and the immaculately spatted S. M. Bruce! The Cambridge product who is more at home in Park Lane than in his own Flinders Lane, must have had mixed feelings when…

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Snagging Rivers Lessening Danger of Future Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 May 1935 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Friday.--On his return to-day from a tour of the flooded Gippsland areas, the Minister for Water Supply, Mr. Old, said…

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Deluge At Orange ORANGE

The Sun · Monday 6 May 1935 · page 13

Torrential rain set in here at 7.30 this morning and continued for seven hours. It then slackened. All Jubilee celebrations had either to be…

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Rain and Gales. 400 People Perish. Calamity in Brazil. Rio De Janeiro, May 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 May 1935 · page 9

Torrential rain, accompanied by gales, which have lashed the port of Bahia, capital of the State of Bahia, for the past five days, has taken toll at least of 400 lives,…

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London Excited on Eve of Jubilee Floodlighting Plans Flowers to Play Big Part Immense Crowds in the City

The Labor Daily · Monday 6 May 1935 · page 8

(Continued from Page 1.) LONDON, Sunday. SIGHTSEERS flocked into the garlanded streets yesterday and to-day, and although it was a half-holiday yesterday, there was less business activity than usual. Traffic congestion was…

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Struck by Car When Crossing Road in Heavy Rain

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 May 1935 · page 10

Knocked down by a taxi, us they ran across Oxford Street, Paddington, during heavy rain last night, Frank McIvor (34), Adelaide Street,…

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Storm at Canterbury

The Sun · Tuesday 7 May 1935 · page 4

Wellington (N.Z.), Tuesday. --A severe storm lashed Canterbury last night, heavy rain, snow, and high seas, compelling shipping to seek…

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The King's Day--sydney Celebrations Ardor of Jubilee Crowd Troops Reviewed In Deluge

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 May 1935 · page 7

IF the King had celebrated the Silver Jubilee of his reign in Sydney yesterday he would have…

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Human Deluge London Is Stormed by Crowd Exciting Scenes As King And Queen Arrive Gay Streets London

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 7 May 1935 · page 5

CELEBRATIONS of the Silver Jubilee of the King and Queen, which look place in London to-day will go down in history as…

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30 VICTIMS Gale Avalanche BAHIA (Brazil)

The Sun · Wednesday 8 May 1935 · page 1

THIRTY people were overwhelmed and are believed to have been killed when an avalanche crashed…

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Terrific Storm Kills 400 Seven Nightmare Days 2000 Brazilians Homeless

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 May 1935 · page 8

BAHIA (Brazil), Tuesday. THE most violent storm in Bahia's history has been raging now for seven days…

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Storm in Bahia. Heavy Death-roll. 2000 People Homeless. Bahia (Brazil). May 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 May 1935 · page 13

The most violent storm in Bahia's history has continued unabated now for seven consecutive days. Deaths from injuries are mounting, and the…

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Thunderstorm

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 11 May 1935 · page 24

THE camp was in a small clearing in scrub at the foot of a ridge, with the wide, rusty-depthed Little Nymbodia slipping by a few chains away. In this dinner-hour the forest was quiet, oppressive, the sun's rays spearing down through the leafy ceiling, and spilling…

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Sudden Thunderstorm

The Labor Daily · Saturday 11 May 1935 · page 10

During the sudden thunderstorm which drenched the metropolitan area between 5 and 6 p.m. yesterday, a fall of six points of rain was…

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Postponed "Smithy's" Flight Wednesday Now Storms on Route

The Sun · Monday 13 May 1935 · page 7

ON the advice of the Government Meteorologist, Sir Charles Kingsford Smith has postponed until Wednesday…

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A Storm in a Teacup Trouble Over Jubilee Medals Canberra

The Labor Daily · Monday 13 May 1935 · page 9

The Canberra Advisory Council, by two votes to one, has passed a motion directing the attention of the Government to the disaffection…

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200 Search Bush in Storm Pyjama-clad Man's Ordeal Barefoot For 12 Miles

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 May 1935 · page 7

MUSWELLBROOK, Sunday.--Through blinding rain and pelting hail, and threatening lightning, police and 200…

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Electrical Storm. Kempsey

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 May 1935 · page 12

During a severe electrical storm yesterday residents of Austral-street, Kempsey, had a terrifying experience. A vivid flash of lightning wrought havoc among wireless [?]ts and…

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