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Floods & storms, 1935

1,160 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 58

Big Damage By Cyclone Beaches Pounded Buildings Smashed City Escapes Winds

The Sun · Wednesday 19 June 1935 · page 15

NOT until this morning did Sydney realise fully what damage had been done in yesterday's cyclone. All along the coast waterfront buildings and launches were damaged, and the configuration of beaches…

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After The Storm--Seas Still Big Australian Ashes At Anzac

The Sun · Wednesday 19 June 1935 · page 22

Above: LACQUERED satin in an evening gown worn by Grace Moore (Columbia star)…

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Mountainous Seas Lashed to Fury by South-westerly Gale — Ketch Ashore at Manly

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 June 1935 · page 16

A PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN LATE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT BONDI. Mr. F. Keane's 35-foot ketch Eilander, which broke from her moorings in North Harbour late yesterday afternoon, was driven ashore on Manly harbour beach…

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Naked Hero of the Storm Saved Boy Washed Off Bondi Rocks

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 June 1935 · page 1

NAKED, Jack Beeby, a local resident, sprang into the surf at Bondi yesterday to rescue two boys swept off a rock by a wave…

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Floodlighting Business Areas Councils and Rating Powers

Construction and Real Estate Journal · Wednesday 19 June 1935 · page 6

A request was made last week by a deputation from the Leichhardt and Petersham Councils to the Minister for Local Government to amend the Local Government Act, so as to allow Councils to levy a…

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Balloon Shower Flood Of Color McDOWELL'S BALL

The Sun · Wednesday 19 June 1935 · page 19

AT McDowell's annual ball for charities at the Palais Royal last night, jazz caps and balloons, released at a signal, added to the color of…

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Big Seas But Wind Slight Conditions Menace To Shipping Roads Flooded

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 19 June 1935 · page 5

THE remarkable feature of the hege seas is the fact that there was comparatively little wind. The greatest recording at the Observatory…

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Liner's Cabins Are Flooded 70-Ft. Waves Broke On Deck Ship Hove-to

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 19 June 1935 · page 5

NOT for many years has there been so much drama connected with the efforts of all kinds and sizes of craft to make port, and…

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Cyclone Gone; Fine Again

The Labor Daily · Thursday 20 June 1935 · page 10

IMPROVED conditions are forecast for the city today. Mr. Mares predicting mostly fine weather, with…

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Cyclone Off N.z

The Sun · Thursday 20 June 1935 · page 23

The storm which lashed the coast of New South Wales has now passed over New Zealand, and is making unpleasant that area of ocean to the…

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Cyclone Now Beyond N.z

The Labor Daily · Thursday 20 June 1935 · page 1

THE centre of the cyclone has shifted to beyond, New Zealand, and its influence upon New South Wales…

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Nollington Court. Severely Damaged by Cyclone

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 20 June 1935 · page 4

Showing signs of having received a severe buffeting by the heavy seas at present raging along the coast, the steamer Nollington Court arrived at…

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Orphans of the Storm Forced Into Sydney For Repairs

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 June 1935 · page 7

DAMAGE greater than expected was disclosed yesterday, as steamers struggled into Sydney through the lifting…

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Shark-proof Enclosures and Sydney Storm Meshing Favored Officials' Views

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 June 1935 · page 3

HOW would those proposed shark-proof enclosures have fared in the tremendous seas that have pounded Sydney's…

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Damage of Storm Colossal Trail Of Ruin On All Ocean Beaches Bronte Park (Continued from Page 1.)

The Labor Daily · Thursday 20 June 1935 · page 8

BATTERED by what has been; described by numerous coastal residents as the roost terrific sea experienced in these parts in the last…

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At "Old Bodalla" Mr. Norman Bate's Battle with Recurring Floods

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 20 June 1935 · page 14

ALTHOUGH the Bodalla Agricultural Society obtained seven entries in its fodder conservation competition this year. Mr. Norman Bate, of "Old Bodalla,"…

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High Floods in New Zealand Wellington, (N.z.), Wed

The Labor Daily · Thursday 20 June 1935 · page 8

Thirty-seven hours of continuous rain resulted In flood- waters completely cutting off road access to Dunedin…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 June 1935 · page 12

Serious floods have occurred in Southland province. The main road linking Riverton and Invercargill is impassable. Water surrounded the township of Lumsden during the…

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A Deluge On Ladies' Day LONDON

The Sun · Friday 21 June 1935 · page 14

"LADIES' DAY" at Ascot race meeting was completely washed out in spite of the women's efforts to fulfil the…

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100 Miles an Hour. Freighter Encounters Cyclone. Critical Experience. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 June 1935 · page 11

One hundred and thirty nours out from Sydney, the Ellerman and Bucknall Line steamer City of Florence (6[?]2 tons) berthed at Victoria Dock at 5 p.m. to-day…

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