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Floods & storms, 1936

1,260 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 63

Cyclone Wrecks Buildings Brisbane Seaside Resorts. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 March 1936 · page 9

Steady rain, a king tide, and cyclonic winds, which were experienced at suburban seaside resorts on Saturday night and this morning, left a…

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Plane Is Saved by Bonfire Was Heading Towards Cyclone Forced Back

The Labor Daily · Monday 23 March 1936 · page 1

FEARING that disaster would overtake New England Airways' mail plane in a terrific cyclone, which raged across the northern portion of…

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Hove to in Raging Cyclone Liner Steered Away From Dreaded Spit Long Delay Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Monday 23 March 1936 · page 5

THE cyclone which lashed the North Coast yesterday sent small ships scurrying for shelter and larger vessels caught in the…

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Heavy Gale Lashes Coast Planes Delayed One Soars 10,000 ft. 14 Ships Are Late

The Sun · Monday 23 March 1936 · page 7

BAD weather delayed the departure from Mascot of service 'planer, to Brisbane and Bega this morning, and the 'plane for Melbourne circled over Sydney to nearly 10,000 feet before shooting over the…

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Flood Toll. 169 Known Dead. 221,500 Persons Homeless. New York, March 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 March 1936 · page 10

In most of the flood-stricken areas of the 14 inundated States, the waters receded to-day. The known dead total 169, and the property damage is…

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Sweeps on Flood in Ohio R. Homes Lost 320,000 Destitute New York

The Sun · Monday 23 March 1936 · page 12

WORKING its way to the Mississippi, the flood in the Ohio River is rising steadily in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana,…

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Typhoid in Wake of Floods Bodies Are Being Recovered By Guardsmen U.S.A. Disaster New York

The Labor Daily · Monday 23 March 1936 · page 1

TYPHOID and dysentry have broken out in the flood affected areas of the Eastern States owing to the general…

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New Misery Follows On Big U.S.A. Floods Nation's Relief Machinery Fights Disease New York

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 March 1936 · page 4

FLOODS are continuing their ravages in the States of New England, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia as the gigantic relief and reconstruction…

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Floods Follow Cyclone in Queensland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 March 1936 · page 12

Low-lying areas inundated below the General Hospital, Brisbane, as a result of torrential Tain during the week-end cyclone…

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Vessels Battle with Gale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 March 1936 · page 11

After having steamed into the teeth of a raging gale for three days, during which her decks were constantly awash, the John Burke freighter Tinana reached Sydney last night. 12…

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Gales Lash the Coast. Shipping Delayed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 March 1936 · page 11

Fierce south-easterly gales lashed the northern coast of New South Wales yesterday, and mountainous seas pounded the northern beaches causing- hundreds of…

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A Lull in the Storm

The Sun · Tuesday 24 March 1936 · page 9

"They buckled to the doubtful fray At first with some remorse But he who must be slain or slay Soon strikes with vengeful force."…

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Off Coast Cyclone Rages 3 Days' Fight

The Sun · Tuesday 24 March 1936 · page 9

FOR three days terrific seas lashed the British freighter Redsea, which arrived to-day from the Pacific coast with…

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Cyclone Cripples Shipping On Two Coasts Cannot Leave or Make Port

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 March 1936 · page 2

UP to midnight last night only six of 15 ships due in Brisbane had managed to make port…

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Huge Seas Lash Coast Cyclone Delays Shipping All Vessels Severely Buffeted Cold Snap

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 24 March 1936 · page 1

CONTINUED cyclonic activities along the New South Wales and Queensland coasts have resulted in a complete…

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Two Men Killed on Buildings One Falls From A Girder During Wind-Storm Lift Tragedy

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 24 March 1936 · page 5

TWO carpenters employed on the construction of buildings in the city yesterday were killed, one instantly, within a…

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The American Floods

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 March 1936 · page 10

Incalculable damage and hardship are being suffered by the people of the United States in the greatest disaster that has ever overtaken their country…

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Flood Damage In United States. 320,000 People Destitute. New York, March 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 March 1936 · page 11

It is unofficially estimated that between 200 and 250 people have been killed in the floods In the United States. The Red Cross society announces that 77.000 families have…

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HARVEST U.S. Floods Latest Tally New York

The Sun · Tuesday 24 March 1936 · page 1

THE latest flood statistics show that 172 dead persons have been identified, that 425,000 people are homeless and that the…

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Imports Flood Alarms Ch'bers Of Commerce Conference ADELAIDE

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 24 March 1936 · page 6

AUSTRALIA had no room for the man who was afraid of work. He would always be a burden and a nuisance in any country, said the…

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