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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1935

1,160 stories in Sydney's papers · page 56 of 58

Move To Stage Athletic Titles Under Floodlights A.A.A. to Decide on Mon. May Experiment With Dunn Shield First Time

The Labor Daily · Saturday 14 December 1935 · page 3

IT to on the cards thai future championship meetings of the Amateur Athletic Association will be staged at night under floodlights at…

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Cover Protects Wicket In Storm DURBAN

The Sun · Monday 16 December 1935 · page 1

A heavy thunderstorm, with torrential rain, broke over the city early this evening. Kingsmead cricket ground is sodden, but the pitch, being…

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Crew's Battle in Storm Working 3 Miles Deep in Tasman

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 December 1935 · page 7

AUCKLAND, Sunday.--Several men were injured and others narrowly escaped being swept overboard when the cable…

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Thursday Will Decide Fate Of British Govt. Baldwin To Make An Issue Bitter Attack Hurled at Plan Hoare Faces Storm London

The Labor Daily · Monday 16 December 1935 · page 1

IT is learned that the Prime Minister, Mr. Baldwin, has decided, as the only means of preventing a landslide of Conservative support from beneath the Government, to make the…

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Anglo-french Plan to Sacrifice Abyssinia to Fascist Italy Arouses Storms of Protest

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 17 December 1935 · page 1

Although no official statement has yet been made regarding the “peace” formula arrived at between Britain and France, enough has leaked through to evoke a widespread storm of protest…

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Australians Bat in 65-Mile GALE Amazing Scenes At Test Match McCABE'S Fine Fighting Century Side Is In Strong Position DURBAN

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 December 1935 · page 1

AUSTRALIA played its first innings in the Test match against South Africa to-day in a haze of dust, newspapers, and spectators' hats driven across the Kings- mead ground by a 65-miles-an-hour gale…

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Floods in Fiji. Bridges and Roads Damaged. SUVA, Dec. 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 December 1935 · page 10

Owing to general heavy rains throughout Viti Levu, the overland road has suffered severely. Reports just received show that several…

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'Plane Forced Down. Heavy Rain and Bad Visibility

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 December 1935 · page 20

Heavy rain and bad visibility forced a privately-owned monoplane that was being flown from Muswellbrook to Sydney to land on Wamberal Beach, seven miles from Gosford,…

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New Serial: Bow the Storm Broke

The World's News · Wednesday 18 December 1935 · page 24

When four men broke into the Gresley home they made their way to the bedrooms. The son's bed was unoccupied; but Chief Inspector Gresley and his wife were in their room…

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Batting in Gale McCabe and Brown Star

Referee · Thursday 19 December 1935 · page 9

THE Australian batsmen came through a very severe and searching trial of their abilities and fighting capacity on Monday…

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Missionary Activities. in Flooded China

The Catholic Press · Thursday 19 December 1935 · page 5

The St. Columban fathers, in the Vicariate of Hanyang, Chine, baptized 2644 adult converts during the 12-month period which closed on June 30. They are instructing…

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Cyclone Fury Brisbane Damage BRISBANE

The Sun · Friday 20 December 1935 · page 11

Homes were razed, windows shattered, roofs lifted, trees uprooted and overhead wires brought down during last night's cyclone at Belmont, a…

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Country News. Culcairn Cyclone Sufferers Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 December 1935 · page 12

Mr. Mair, M.L.A., who made representations to the Government on behalf of the settl[?] in the Culcairn district, who suffered loss as a result of the recent cyclone, has been…

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Baldwin Bows His Head to Storm a Confession Nation Spoke From The Depths Scene in Commons London

The Sun · Friday 20 December 1935 · page 1

SOMETHING has happened that has affected the deepest feelings of our countrymen. Some note has been struck that brings back to them a response from the depths."…

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Lightning Death : Fireball Ruin Brisbane Storm Leaves Trail of Wrecked Homes Narrow Escapes From Fury Of Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 December 1935 · page 1

BRISBANE, Friday.--Two violent storms were responsible for death and destruction in Queensland today. At Morayfield, near Caboolture, a boy was killed…

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Violent Storm Sweeps Over Brisbane Child Killed by Lightning. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 December 1935 · page 13

A six-year-old boy was Killed by lightning, a suburban church was smashed to matchwood, and many houses were wrecked or severely damaged, in a succession of violent…

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Night Of Terror In Fierce Cyclone Flash of Lightning Is Fatal Houses Lifted Bodily Many Hurt Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Saturday 21 December 1935 · page 1

PUT and bruised by falling galvanised iron and timber as their homes were unroofed or I lifted bodily from their blocks…

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Where Germany's Pavement Ends Memel, an European storm-centre.--A region full of interest. --700 years of German history.--New Dortmund.--The unexcelled beauties of Memelland. I.

Die Brucke = The Bridge · Saturday 21 December 1935 · page 11

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Damage by Thunderstorm. Baan Baa

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 December 1935 · page 14

As a result of a sharp thunderstorm at 4.30 p.m. yesterday, branches of trees were seattered on the road, and several buildings were unroofed. Further storms are threatening…

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Town Swept by Dust Storm Hillston

The Sun · Sunday 22 December 1935 · page 7

The worst dust storm for years swept over the town yesterday, continuing unabated throughout the night and again to-day…

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