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Floods & storms, 1936

1,260 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 63

Floods in America. 50 Lives Lost. Martial Law in Pittsburgh. New York, March 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 11

The floods, which are due to melting snow, follow the hardest winter for 100 years. Centring on Pittsburgh, the havoc extends from Maine to North and South Carolina…

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Hundreds Feared Dead in Tragic U. S. FLOODS Damage Many Millions Caught on Roofs Thousands In Peril Homes Swept Away New York

The Sun · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 11

ONE -QUARTER of the area of the United States was under flood -water to -day. Though already 160 fatalities are known, the loss of life may exceed 1000, while the damage to property is…

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60 Die in U.S.A. Floods Damage Totals Millions People Cut Off From Homes Foodless New York. Thurs

The Labor Daily · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 1

DEVASTATING floods, resulting in the loss of more than 60 lives and rendering 40,000 homeless, have swept over 1?…

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Flood Damage Heavy Damage in Low-lying Country

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 8

BRISBANE, Thursday.--With the cessation of rain inland, the flood menace has eased considerably. The Barcoo River at Blackall is…

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Soldiers Called Out To Fight Floods. Four States in Peril 50 Dead, 50,000 Homeless New York

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 1

THE National Guard has been mobilised in the States of Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Vermont…

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Havoc Caused By Cyclone BRISBANE

The Labor Daily · Saturday 21 March 1936 · page 5

A TROPICAL cyclone off the coast of Queensland is causing boisterous conditions along and near the coast south from the tropics. The storm centre at 3 o'clock this afternoon was…

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Cyclone Off Coast Vessels Running Into Weather

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 March 1936 · page 1

BRISBANE, Friday.--A tropical cyclone off the coast is causing boisterous weather. The storm- centre at 3 o'clock this afternoon was…

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CYCLONE Devastates Island. Mission Buildings Demolished. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 March 1936 · page 17

Mornington Island, in the Gulf of Carpentaria, has been devastated by a cyclone. Th[?] Presbyterian mission station buildings and church were…

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£100 for Relief Food for Mornington Island Cyclone Victims

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 March 1936 · page 5

BRISBANE, Friday.--The Minister for Health and Home Affairs to-day authorised the expenditure of £100 for urgent food relief for residents of…

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Many Heroes in U.S.A. Deluge Disaster Convicts Liberated To Aid Rescue Workers New York

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 March 1936 · page 1

Many acts of heroism have been recorded in the disastrous floods which have swept across one- quarter of the area of the United States, causing at least 160 known fatalities, although the final death -roll may…

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Miss Nancy Bird Aids Floodbound Children. Flight to Queensland. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 March 1936 · page 18

Miss Nancy Bird, who flies a Leopard Moth monoplane, and is attached to the New South Wales Far West Childrens Health Scheme at Bourke, went to the aid of floodbound…

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U.S. FLOODS. 200,000 HOMELESS Deaths May Exceed 1000. Danger of Epidemic. New York, March 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 March 1936 · page 17

One quarter of the area of the United States was under water yesterday and 200,000 people are homeless. Already 106 deaths have been…

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Ridley And Hines In West Thirteen Floodlit Games In League S Syd. Tries Colts Crippen In The Centre With Norths Test Men

The Labor Daily · Saturday 21 March 1936 · page 3

New South Wales Rugby League's night games were so spectacular on Wednesday that a very large crowd is expected at…

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200 Dead in U.S.A. Floods Damage Heavy at Capital President's Appeal For Martial Law New York

The Labor Daily · Saturday 21 March 1936 · page 1

WASHINGTON, capital of the United States, suffered the full force of the most disastrous floods in American. history,…

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Liner Caught in Cyclone Forced to Heave-to in Wild Sea Brisbane

The Sun · Sunday 22 March 1936 · page 10

Small coastal ships have sounded to shelter before the battering force of a cyclone which is centred off Sandy Cape, and is moving…

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Foiling Flood Famine Scientists Fight Yellow River SHANGHAI

Truth · Sunday 22 March 1936 · page 19

BY defying nature Mrs. T. H. Shell, one of China's few women scientists, has brought hone to the flood-stricken millions of the…

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Pittsburg Is Now Tragic City of Desolation Receding Flood Water Reveals Disaster Death and Destruction Reported From Eastern States Of U.S.A. Hundreds of Dead Found New York

Truth · Sunday 22 March 1936 · page 20

FLOOD waters in Pittsburgh receded yesterday within the river banks, revealing damage to property far in excess of the highest estimates, and a tragic situation for scores of thousands of the city's 1,500,000 inhabitants…

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VAST U.S. Floods Leave Trail of Ruin Quarter Million Without Homes: Thousand Are Believed Drowned Waters Recede in Some States, Others Still in Grave Danger New York

The Sun · Sunday 22 March 1936 · page 1

The floods which devastated the Eastern States of America and caused £50,000,000 of damage and about 1000 deaths -- 175 bodies have been recovered -- are receding in parts after nearly a week of terror…

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Shipping Delayed. Heavy Gale at Brisbane

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 23 March 1936 · page 4

The motor ship Taranaki, which left Brisbane on Saturday afternoon for United Kingdom ports, returned and anchored in Moreton Bay shortly after…

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Ships, Suburbs Suffer In Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 March 1936 · page 2

BRISBANE, Sunday. -- A cyclone wrecked seaside suburbs and held up shipping and plane…

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