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Floods & storms, 1935

1,160 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 58

Yangtse in Flood Heavy Loss of Life Shanghai

The Labor Daily · Friday 12 July 1935 · page 1

Reports from Hankow state that the Yangtse River. Valley has been inundated with one of the most devastating floods of recent times. The…

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Trapped In Their Beds, Thousands Die In Floods SHANGHAI

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 July 1935 · page 1

TRAPPED in their beds when floodwaters overwhelmed the walled city of Yen-sze, 3000…

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Floods and Droughts

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 13 July 1935 · page 4

From China and United States come stories of disastrous floods. In the former country the overwhelming of the countryside and of cities by the waters of the Yangtse and Hoang-ho are nothing new. In the United…

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Flood-lit Model. Skyscraper at Dance

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 July 1935 · page 9

Members of the Sydney Technical College Architectural Club expressed their ability in designing a big decoration for their annual ball, which was held this year at the State…

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Country News. Grant Fob Flood Damage. Canowindra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 July 1935 · page 16

The Boree Shlie Council has received a first advance of £500 as part of £3000 granted for repairs to flood damage in the shite. The balance will be made available when plans…

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£5000 PLAN Sports Ground Flood Lights

The Sun · Monday 15 July 1935 · page 13

THE Lands Department has authorised the trustees of the Sydney Sports Ground to open negotiations…

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Midnight Gale Sweeps Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 July 1935 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday. -- A 60-mile-an-hour gale which swept the city and suburbs at midnight created much damage. Electric wires were…

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Tennis Is a Storm Brewing? Representation The Trouble

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 July 1935 · page 3

Only a spark is necessary to cause the biggest conflagration in the history of tennis in N.S. Wales. On the return to Mr. B. C. Fuller,…

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R. League's Storm in a Tea Cup Misgivings Over Coming Tour Of N.Z. Dates Clash

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 16 July 1935 · page 7

EXPRESSIONS of misgiving and a warm debate in connection with the forthcoming tour of New Zealand by an Australian team…

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Lands in Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 July 1935 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--A monoplane piloted by Mr. Chapman, and the property of Kingsford Smith Airways, on its way from Melbourne to…

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The Late Mr. Ben Gambrill As Baby Was Carried Away in Flood

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 18 July 1935 · page 20

Mr. Benjamin Gambrill, who dies on Thursday at Parramatta District Hospital after a brief illness, was a well-known figure in the district. For very…

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Fight Flood Men Are Called Out PERTH

The Sun · Thursday 18 July 1935 · page 20

All available men, about 30, have been called out at Harvey, about 80 miles south of Perth, to fight floods which have broken through irrigation…

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Gale Lashes Melbourne. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 July 1935 · page 12

Sweeping the city and suburbs to-night, a strong northerly wind, which at times attained a velocity of 50 miles an hour, caused minor damage in several places. Electric light wires…

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Planes Hit Dust-storm

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 July 1935 · page 7

FARINA (S.A.), Thursday.--The Mackay aerial expedition left Oodnadatta at 9.30 a.m. to-day after having completed work with Flight No…

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WARNINGS New Belfast Storm BELFAST

The Sun · Friday 19 July 1935 · page 1

THE centre of the trouble has moved to the western districts and Protestants and Catholics have received…

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Dense Dust Storm Adelaide City and Hills Enveloped

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 July 1935 · page 1

ADELAIDE. Thursday.--The north of the State was enveloped to-day by a dust-storm, driven by a dry north wind…

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Bendigo Loses an Anchor. In Gale Off Gage Roads (W.A.)

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 19 July 1935 · page 4

The P. & O. Branch steamer Bendigo from London, arrived at Sydney yesterday morning and was berthed at No. 8 Walsh Bay wharf. She will…

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S.A. Dust Storm Worst In History Future Menace Adelaide

The Sun · Friday 19 July 1935 · page 11

MILLIONS of tons of dust swept over South Australia yesterday and early today, and covered practically…

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Steamer Karoola Damaged in Storm. Three Days' Fight with Terrific Seas. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 July 1935 · page 11

The interstate steamer Karoola to-day concluded one of the roughest voyages she has made on the westward run since she has been on the interstate trade. She was 24 hours…

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Gale Lashes Melbourne 15 Hours' Ordeal Wind at 60 m.p.h. Ships Drag Anchors Melbourne

The Sun · Friday 19 July 1935 · page 11

FOR 15 hours since dusk yesterday Melbourne, in common with the rest of the State, has been buffeted by a 40 to 50 miles an hour north-westerly gale, which has seriously hampered shipping and…

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