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Floods & storms, 1935

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Gale Blew Cash Away Few Big Wagers Until End Of The Day

The Sun · Sunday 4 August 1935 · page 42

Until the last two races business in the ring at Canterbury was so dull that bookmakers thought that the gale…

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Cycling. Peppy Pedaller Porter Picks Up Precious Prize Home For State Title In a Gale

Truth · Sunday 4 August 1935 · page 7

IN THE TEETH of a 40 m.p.h. gale, 16 sturdy pedallers started from Parramatta yesterday in the State Individual Blue Riband title. THE DISTANCE was 62.14 miles, with a turning point near…

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South Sydney Took Advantage Of The Howling Gale-- And Won Good Football Was Impossible Kicks Went Astray Balmain Downed 18 To 10

The Sun · Sunday 4 August 1935 · page 45

South Sydney beat Balmain at the Sports Ground yesterday, in the Rugby League premiership, by 18…

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Terrific Weather in Eastern States Sydney Harbor Lashed Into Fury by Gale Three Yachtsmen In Peril When Sailing Skiff Capsizes Winter Returns to South

Truth · Sunday 4 August 1935 · page 12

TERRIFIC weather was experienced by the whole of eastern and southern Australia yesterday. A fierce westerly wind swept over New South Wales, and Sydney experienced its full force. Conditions on the harbor were…

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Stoves Take Sting Out of Pride of the North Bit Dust In Real Debacle No Bands of Welcome Gale Robs Game of Finesse, But Metters Dominate Play Townies Didn't Have Look-in

Truth · Sunday 4 August 1935 · page 7

THERE'LL be no bands playing when the Northern Special chugs into the Coaly City to-day and the beer and oysters on order for the occasion have all been returned. EVEN the special siren attached to the train will not break its…

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Rain, Hail, Floods Dancers Snowballed in Evening Dress Adelaide

The Sun · Sunday 4 August 1935 · page 2

Last night and today snow fell continually at Mt. Lofty, and heavy rain and hall at Gulnare, Terowie, Kooringn, Mount Bryan and Hallett…

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Continent Under Weather's Lash Blizzards, Bush Fires Dust Storms, Cyclone Nightmare of 13 Miles Trip in Gale Girls Break Trail for Rescue Party

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 August 1935 · page 1

BLIZZARDS and snowstorms in three State's, a cyclone in Victoria, dust-storms in the far west of New South Wales, and bush fires in Queensland, Casino, Gosford, and suburbs of Sydney combined in a weather paradox to make Australia's week-end the worst…

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After The Gale

The Labor Daily · Monday 5 August 1935 · page 7

Botany Bay received the full force of the gale on Saturday, and residents of La Perouse suffered. Quite a number of yachts and munches were driven ashore, while some of the craft were sunk. The main picture shows two of the boats salvaged, while in the…

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Gale on Harbour

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 August 1935 · page 9

Three men, Kenneth John Mullens, Robert Arnhein, and Richard East, all Mosman residents, were thrown into the Harbour on Saturday afternoon when their 14ft sailing skiff…

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Floods and Gales. Wild Weather in Victoria. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 August 1935 · page 10

Tarrific blizzards on the eastern highlands. heavy snowstorms extending as far south as Dunkeld in the western district, rough seas along the coast, hailstorms and abnormally…

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Severe Gale. Shipping Delayed

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 5 August 1935 · page 4

On Saturday Sydney experienced one of the most severe gales for a long time. Oversea vessels were unable to leave their moorings, and a number…

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Terrific Gales. Cyclone in the Tasman. Blizzard in the Snow Areas. Trying Ordeal of Kosciusko Party. Remarkable Scenes on Blue Mountains

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 August 1935 · page 9

Blizzards, snowstorms, and hailstorms swept the south-eastern and central part of the State during the week-end, and blinding duststorms occurred in the inland areas. Terrific gales, approaching cyclones, lashed the coast. A large party of skiers, bound for Kosciusko, were forced to walk nearly…

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Three States Lashed By Fierce Gale

The Labor Daily · Monday 5 August 1935 · page 7

FIERCE gales raged in three States -- New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia -- during the week-end, disorganising coastal shipping and throwing an icy blanket over inland areas, where heavy falls of snow, hailstorms, and rain were…

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Association Rules. Premiership Matches. Playing in a Gale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 August 1935 · page 14

Play in the State premierships on Saturday afternoon was affected by the gale, which made ball control very difficult for those clubs which played in Sydney. The principal match of the day, at…

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'Plane in Gale. Tossed Up and Sucked Down

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 August 1935 · page 9

The New England Airways 'plane which flew from Brisbane to Sydney on Saturday was so buffeted by the gale that, between Lismore and Port Macquarie, squalls at times shot the big…

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Marooned Party Takes To Skis 106 Leave Hotel At Kosciusko Gale Hits Lithgow

The Sun · Monday 5 August 1935 · page 7

STORM-BOUND at Kosciusko since Thursday, 106 tourists left the Government Hotel for Sydney at 1.30 p.m. to-day. All were on skis except two women, who were given seats on a sleigh…

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In Cyclone's Midst

The Sun · Tuesday 6 August 1935 · page 8

Somewhere in the zone of the cyclonic storm which has been sweeping the south Tasman and Bass Strait is Mr. Gordon Doherty, who is…

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Fine Days Gale Moves Out To Sea

The Sun · Tuesday 6 August 1935 · page 11

Fine weather, with mild days and cold nights, may now be expected, the unsettled conditions having passed over N.S.W., the State…

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Storm Wrecks Many Buildings Couple Buried in Bed Falling Bricks Crash Into Room Floods Now

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 6 August 1935 · page 8

THE cyclonic disturbance which, with every form of atmospheric discomfort, swept the whole southeastern corner of the continent…

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Homes Awash Vic. Floods Waters Rising Melbourne

The Sun · Tuesday 6 August 1935 · page 7

The Gippsland flood position is serious, particularly at Traralgon, where about 20 farms, which were abandoned on Saturday and Sunday,…

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