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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1935

1,160 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 58

Tennis at Wimbledon. High Praise of McGrath. Surprising Defeat of Allison. Thunderstorm Holds Up Yesterday's Play. LONDON, June 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 June 1935 · page 13

V. McGrath has won much praise for defeating W. L. Allison, the fifth seeded player, in the first round of the men's singles at Wimbledon yesterday. Although he made his usual indifferent start, McGrath gave one of his best exhibitions in England, and he used his double-handed backhand with…

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Many Thunderstorms London

The Sun · Wednesday 26 June 1935 · page 15

Severe thunderstorms broke over London and much of southern England this afternoon. Three persons were killed,…

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Storms Wreak Havoc In Eng. LONDON

The Labor Daily · Thursday 27 June 1935 · page 1

THREE persons were killed as the result of landslides and terrific thunderstorms that swept Engaland to-day. Many buildings were damaged road transport was held up, and railway lines were blocked…

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Austria As Centre of Storm Where Hitler's Policy Is Leading LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 30 June 1935 · page 5

Armaments will not satisfy Germany indefinitely, nor will cancellation of some of the meaningless paragraphs of the Versailles Treaty…

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Forty-Eight Drowned River Flooded in Japan Tokio

Truth · Sunday 30 June 1935 · page 16

THE Yodo River has overflowed its banks and flooded Osaka, spreading a network of rivers and canals, inundating…

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Late News Japan Flood Disaster Tokio

The Sun · Sunday 30 June 1935 · page 1

At least 22 are dead or missing in Kyoto and Osaka, following torrential rain and floods. Already 20,000 houses have been…

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Tokio Flood Big Losses TOKIO

The Sun · Monday 1 July 1935 · page 1

Further excessive rainfall has occurred in Chikugo Province. The river has risen 23ft. endangering refugees on higher ground…

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Floods Devastate Japan 60 Killed and Thousands Homeless Tokio

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 July 1935 · page 1

CENTRAL Japan was swept by a devastating flood yesterday, 60 persons being drowned and thousands…

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Gale in New Zealand Menace of Floods. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 July 1935 · page 12

A south-west gale which is sweeping Canterbury to-night caused the steamer Gabriella to break from her mornings at Akarcoa wharf. She drifted dangerously near…

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A Story for the Kiddies The Adventures Of Will Wattle-Gum Scooters Scattered By A Sudden Storm

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 2 July 1935 · page 9

"DO scooters ever have roofs?" shouted Clarence Kookaburra from behind as he came wobbling along on his scooter behind Will…

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Floods in Japan. Heavy Mortality. Houses and Bridges Swept Away. TOKYO, July 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 July 1935 · page 12

Further heavy rain has fallen in Chikugo province, and the river has risen 23 feet, endangering the refugees on higher ground. The death roll is 85 in Tokyo, where 292…

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Japan's Flood Toll

The Sun · Tuesday 2 July 1935 · page 10

Tokio, Tuesday. -- The death-roll in the Japanese floods is officially stated to be 227…

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Huge Flood Damage Tokio

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 2 July 1935 · page 1

The latest reports of the floods in central Japan show that 85 were drowned, 68 injured, and 12 are missing…

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Bodies Delayed On Flooded Roads

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 July 1935 · page 7

MOREE, Monday. -- Undertakers conveying the body of William Amos Connolly (46), from Moree to Boomi, have been…

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Hit by Gale Ship Plating Torn Off

The Sun · Wednesday 3 July 1935 · page 15

BEHIND the simple narrative of officers of the British freighter, Miltonia, which put in to Sydney to-day for repairs to the rudder, is a stirring story of a struggle with gales and pounding seas off the coast of New Guinea…

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With Feet Kept Tiller In Gale NEWCASTLE

The Sun · Wednesday 3 July 1935 · page 15

Lashed to a narrow beam projecting from the rear of the 30ft. ketch Whileaway, which almost foundered in terrific seas after the steering gear…

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Caught In A Desert Storm

The Sun · Sunday 7 July 1935 · page 3

SAND! Sand! Sand! All around us was sand, and as we rode over the Sahara Desert in the early morning, we were all talking…

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Heavy Rain Queensland Benefits BRISBANE

The Sun · Monday 8 July 1935 · page 9

Splendid rains, assuring a good spring, fell almost throughout the State during the week-end. The only places which missed the…

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Mild, But Cyclone May Wander

The Sun · Tuesday 9 July 1935 · page 17

Although Sydney is enjoying temperatures milder than they have been for a month, a cyclonic condition is lurking off the central east coast…

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Helpless Steamer Drifts in Storm Oonah & Maheno In Peril Fighting Cyclone for 39 LIVES Towline Parts In Heavy Seas; Oonah's Steering-Gear Damaged

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 July 1935 · page 1

BATTERED by heavy seas off the Queensland coast, the old passenger steamer Maheno yesterday broke away from the Oonah, which was towing her, and is drifting at the mercy of a cyclone…

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