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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1935

1,160 stories in Sydney's papers · page 55 of 58

STORMS. Rains in Queensland. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 December 1935 · page 11

Scattered thunderstorms occurred in southern Queensland at the week-end, and, although certain areas received relief, the general position is still acute. In the south-west,…

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Airplane Crashes Into Sea Pilot's Remarkable Escape From Injury Blinding Storm Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Monday 9 December 1935 · page 1

IN a blinding rainstorm, an aeroplane owned by the Rockhampton Aerial Service, ltd., crashed into the sea at Caloundra early this…

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Horse and Rider Caught in Flooded River. Man Struggles Ashore. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 December 1935 · page 11

Jack Parsons was swept from his horse while he was attempting to cross the Wollondilly River where it flows through Mr. J. Leary's property at Towrang…

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Storms in Victoria. Buildings Unroofed. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 December 1935 · page 16

Severe damage was caused By storms over a wide area of Victoria to-day. In many places buildings were unroofed, telephone and telegraph lines were blown down, trees were…

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Flying Blind In Heavy Dust Storms Broken Hill

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 11 December 1935 · page 5

DUSTSTORMS in the district to-day enticed interruption in the Adelaide and Sydney air services. The 'plane from Adelaide had to turn back…

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Houses Roofed in Gale Fallen Trees Delay Train Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 11 December 1935 · page 1

Travelling along a belt about two miles wide, a gale in the Huntly and Go[?]nong districts this afternoon unroofed houses, blew down…

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New Serial the Duke Cleans Up! How the Storm Broke

The World's News · Wednesday 11 December 1935 · page 1

When four men broke into the Gresley home they made their way to the bedrooms. The son's bed was unoccupied; but Chief…

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Forced Down. Pioneering 'Plane. Gannet in Dust Storms. (From Our Special Representative.) Tartna Point

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 December 1935 · page 15

The Gannet monoplane, flown by Pilot Small, and inaugurating the W.A.S.P. Airlines' extended service to Broken Hill, was forced down by dust storms at an outstation near here…

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Storm Seas[?]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 December 1935 · page 14

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Storm Damage to Crops. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 December 1935 · page 12

As it is expected that many applications will be lodged for advances of cheap money to farmers of the Culcairn district who suffered severe losses in a recent cyclonic storm, Mr. A…

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Channel Gale Port Closed For 24 Hours LONDON

The Sun · Thursday 12 December 1935 · page 1

When the Channel steamer Biarritz arrived at Folkestone from Boulogne this afternoon she was the first passenger boat to berth since the port…

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Wireless Aerial. Charged with Electricity. Effect of Storm. Yass

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 December 1935 · page 11

During a brief storm this morning, a wireless aerial at a Yass hotel was buzzing like a hive of bees and emitting intermittent sparks up to a quarter of an inch long…

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Trail Of Ruin After Storm Cessnock Struck by Tornado Woman's Home Overturned CESSNOCK, Wed

The Labor Daily · Thursday 12 December 1935 · page 1

A TWO minutes' tornado, which struck Cessnock district this afternoon, left a trail of wreckage in its wake, while…

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Macquarie Water Conservation Need for Early Conference Objections to Burrendong Scheme Based on Misunderstanding of River Control Regulated Floodings Better Than Haphazard Submergences

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 12 December 1935 · page 1

PEOPLE in the north-west, Jubilant at the outcome of the Narrabri conference, are enthusiastically co-operating in a big effort…

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Fader Tells About The Cyclone

The Land · Friday 13 December 1935 · page 7

Der has been a vind Fader moost dell yoo all apo[?]t. We had de terriblest vind yoo could effer see—vell no von could see…

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Fine Days Are the Promise Far-away Cyclone The Only Risk

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 December 1935 · page 7

SYDNEY is likely to enjoy a fine spell unless a severe tropical cyclone, now about the Solomon Islands. New Hebrides, Fiji, and…

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Shipping Dislocated. Gale in English Channel. (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, Dec. 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 December 1935 · page 13

The Channel steamer Biarritz arrived at Folkestone from Boulogne this afternoon, being the first passenger vessel to berth since the port was closed 24 hours earlier owing to…

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The Flood Staged Also a Romance of Marco Polo

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 December 1935 · page 7

Under Vice-Regal patronage, the Eastern Suburbs Division of the Girl Guides presented two plays at the Savoy Theatre last night. The first…

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Peace Plan Storm In Britain How Laval Launched Peace Plan Country Rises in Protest "Good Name Will Sink Low" London, Friday. Warning Of Italian Attack On British Fleet LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 December 1935 · page 1

POLITICAL observers declare that no issue has for years so stirred the country as the Government's peace plan. Proposals for the partition of Abyssinia agreed to by the French Premier (M. Laval) and the British Foreign Secretary (Sir Samuel Hoare) for submission to the League, are the subject of frank newspaper comment…

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The Flood Waters (To the Editor)

Nepean Times · Saturday 14 December 1935 · page 7

Dear Sir,—The repeated flooding og High Street during the past week must convince the public that all the public money spent on the ditch through…

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