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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1936

1,260 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 63

Big Storms In Riverina Land Flooded

The Sun · Thursday 20 February 1936 · page 20

TERRIFIC storms were experienced in Riverina districts last night, up to five inches of rain being reported…

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More Rain Storms Developing

The Sun · Thursday 20 February 1936 · page 4

BAROMETER .... 29.98 INDICATOR .. .. Rain City Forecast.--Cloudy, close and unsettled with further rain and some…

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Storm Cloud's Trot Win

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 February 1936 · page 3

PERTH, Wednesday.--The final series of the inter-Dominion trotting championships attracted a record attendance. South Australian Handicap, 1½m. (moving up start):…

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Summer Storms Cause Damage to Fallows in Southern Areas

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 20 February 1936 · page 3

SEVERE storms last month caused much damage to fallout on the southern slopes, reports Mr. L. Judd, senior agricultural instructor, Such…

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A Queensland Thunderstorm

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 20 February 1936 · page 15

ESHER WESTMORELAND (Queensland).—Recently we had a very severe thunderstorm. All day it was breathlessly hot and towards nightfall the thunderstorm broke. The…

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Queensland Floods. Value of Air Services. Serum Taken by 'Plane. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 February 1936 · page 10

The value of air services in flood time in North Queensland was demonstrated to-day, when an urgent call was received at Townsville from Ayr for serum to treat a tetanus…

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Aged Woman Drowned in Flood Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Thursday 20 February 1936 · page 5

An old-age pensioner, Mary Murphy, 65, who was camping on the banks of a creek near the Ross River. Townsville. with another…

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Further Deluge in Queensland Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 5

Torrential rain again fell along the tropical coast during the 24 hours ended at 9 o'clock this morning. Port Douglass received nine inches…

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THIMDERSTORMS. Heavy Riverina Rain. Floods in Some Districts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 11

Violent thunderstorms swept Riverina on Wednesday night, and the torrential rain that followed inundated large areas of low-lying country…

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Fifty Men Marooned. in Danger From Flood Waters. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 11

Fifty relief workers in camp near Ashley Bridge, Canterbury, to-night are surrounded by flood waters, on an island between Ashley River and Saltwater Creek. Their plight is…

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Queensland Floods. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 11

With to-day's registration of five inches for the 24 hours ended at 9 a.m. the rainfall at Innis[?]ail for the month so far totals 49½ inches…

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50 Men in Danger in N.Z. FLOOD Relief Workers Marooned Wellington (N.z.)

The Labor Daily · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 7

FIFTY relief workers are in a perilous position in the Canterbury floods. Their camp is on an Island between the Ashley River and…

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STORMS. Lash Newcastle. Lives Lost. Terrific Lightning

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 February 1936 · page 17

A relief worker was killed by lightning and two other men were rendered unconscious during a thunderstorm which swept the Newcastle…

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"Wall of Water" Ambulance Waggon Stopped by Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 February 1936 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Friday. -- David Smith, 34, a slingman at the steelworks, suffered broken arm when he was hit by a metal lamp shade,…

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Warm Day Tendency To Storm Barometer...29.77 Indicator, Unsettled, Sultry

The Sun · Saturday 22 February 1936 · page 2

City Forecast.--Warm, sultry and Unsettled, with a tendency to further scattered thunderstorms during, the day; east to north-east breeze, chiefly…

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Cyclone Hits South Queensland Farms Damaged: Roofs Off BRISBANE

The Sun · Sunday 23 February 1936 · page 2

Telephonic and telegraphic communication between Brisbane and the South Coast was disorganised by a severe…

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Eighteenpenny Storm in Politicians' Teacup Rise in Hotel Rates Causes Howl Sacred Privileges in Danger Sacrifice Others?

The Sun · Sunday 23 February 1936 · page 3

Much lies behind the astonishing announcement from Canberra that 20 permanent residents at a Government boarding-house may be ejected to make…

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N.Z. Wheat Crops Affected By Serious Floods CHRISTCHURCH

The Sun · Sunday 23 February 1936 · page 25

Floods in North Canterbury, the worst for 68 years, have caused the loss of one-quarter of the Canterbury wheat crop, which is New Zealand's…

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Swept by Storms, Ship Is 10 Days Late

The Labor Daily · Monday 24 February 1936 · page 6

The British-India Line freighter Devon, which arrived yesterday from Liverpool, was delayed over ten days by almost incessant storms, and…

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Week-end Storms Are Vanishing Night of Hail and Lightning

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 February 1936 · page 7

FINE weather is to return to-day, and except for some showers in the early morning should be unbroken…

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