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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1935

1,160 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 58

Cyclone's Trail of Wreckage Bellbird's Half-hour of Terror Barrage Of Flying Iron In Main Street Bushfires, Too Cessnock

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 6 February 1935 · page 1

SWEEPING across a narrow strip of country at Bellbird this afternoon, a terrific cyclone left a trail of wreckage. Houses were…

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Handy Hints High-power Gas Flood Light Contains Supercharger

The World's News · Wednesday 6 February 1935 · page 35

Operating on low pressure gas, either manufactured or natural,…

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What Cyclone Did To Bellbird

The Labor Daily · Thursday 7 February 1935 · page 1

The cyclone which struck Bellbird, in the Cessnock district, on Tuesday afternoon, left a trail of wreckage. The top picture shows the home of the Edmunds family in Mathieson Street, which was unroofed, Mrs. Edmunds, an invalid, her two sons, John and Stanley, and a neighbor. Miss Jessie Allen, were inside at the time. Some of the sheets of iron, after being carried hundreds of feet into the air, were…

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Town Suffers in Big Storm Lights Fail; Children Moved to Safety Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Thursday 7 February 1935 · page 7

A severe storm struck Goyndah, in the Maryborough district, last night. A number of buildings were unrooted, lightning shattered trees, and the…

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Sailing Ex-amateur Skipper Ebsary Wins First Race in Pro. Ranks Southerly Gale Caught Skippers Napping

Referee · Thursday 7 February 1935 · page 11

VIC EBSARY, a recruit from the ranks of the Sydney Amateur Sailing Club, mid a former Western Australian boating pilot, scored his first win last Saturday since joining the ranks of the Sydney Flying Squadron. He sailed Cecil O'Dea's Kiwi to victory and registered a magnificent…

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Taree's Progress Show Ring to Have Flood Lights

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 7 February 1935 · page 4

MR. CHAS. A. JACKSON, secretary of the Manning River Agricultural and Horticultural Association, reports that prospects for the Tare[?] National Show,…

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May Be Showers Cool Change Coming BAROMETER [?]20.92 INDICATOR [?] THUNDERSTORMS

The Sun · Thursday 7 February 1935 · page 10

City Forecast.--Fine, warm to hot and sultry at first, but cloud increasing in afternoon and evening, with a tendency later to some scattered…

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Flooding in London. Thames at High Level. Result of North-east Gale. London, Feb. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 11

The Thames is higher than at any time since the floods of January, 1928. The water along the Victoria Embankment is four feet above the normal high-water level.s…

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Lines Down Storm At Wagga Much Damage

The Sun · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 9

A SERIES of thunderstorms has occurred in the Wagga district, and it is feared that much general damage has been done and…

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Long Chase After Suspect. Constable Injured. Man Escapes in Dust Storm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 11

Police who were investigating: the activities of a gang of cracksmen had a dramatic encounter with a suspect yesterday. The man eluded them after…

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Wreck Fear & Flood Toll Fishing Vessel Missing 1500 Homeless In U.S.A.

The Labor Daily · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 1

A FISHING vessel is believed to have foundered in the North Sea during the recent severe storms, and 1500 persons were rendered…

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Small 'Plane Fights Through Storm Tossed by Gale Skilful Landing Lightning Close

The Sun · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 5

A SMALL Moth 'plane, piloted by Squadron-Leader T. W. White and carrying a passenger, was caught in the violent storm that broke over Sydney late yesterday afternoon…

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Lightning Stabs Sydney in Fierce Storm Strikes Man Unconscious Wide Damage in Gale Fireballs Fall; Women Faint In Terror

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 1

AT the height of the fierce storm which burst over Sydney yesterday evening, a man was struck unconscious by…

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Sudden Storm. Fireball Strikes House. Man Unconscious

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 15

A shaip thunderstorm late yesterday afternoon marked the commencement of unsettled conditions, which are likely to continue. A fireball struck the house of Mr. Stephen…

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Injury, Damage, Darkness in Wild Gale Trains Are Held Up Shops Shut As Lights Fail Fireball Paralyses 3 Men And Girl Suburbs Suffer

The Labor Daily · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 1

SWEEPING over a four mile front, a spectacular electric storm, heralded by gale force winds and clouds of dust, struck Sydney and outer suburbs late yesterday with unexpected…

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DOWNPOUR Sport Off Flood Warning

The Sun · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 5

VIVID lightning, thunderclaps and then rain in torrents banished hopes of sport for the majority to-day…

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Stop Press Cyclone

Truth · Sunday 10 February 1935 · page 15

A taxi-driver was blown through a window in King-street, Mascot, overhead wires were blown down, and portion of a shop root was…

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Late News Mascot Is Struck by Cyclone

The Sun · Sunday 10 February 1935 · page 2

Within five minutes between 11.30 and midnight last night, a terrific cyclone struck portion of Mascot,…

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Ice and Fire Freaks in State-wide Storm Man Blinded, Wall Crashes, Horses Die Cigarette Halved In Mouth Hail Cuts Hands And Face

The Sun · Sunday 10 February 1935 · page 1

Yesterday's storm produced some freak lightning which: Knocked down and temporarily blinded Mr. C. Burgess (,82) as he was putting a kettle on the stove in his…

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Lang Makes a Bid for Votes of the Farmers His Forecast of "New Era" Government and the Country Policy Speech As Storm Raged Dubbo

The Sun · Sunday 10 February 1935 · page 2

"Before Easter there will be a Labor Government in control of the Treasury benches, and a new era will have begun," declared Mr. Lang in an address this afternoon to the State A.L.P. provincial…

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