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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1936

1,260 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 63

Trail of Damage. Storm-lashed Auckland. AUCKLAND

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 March 1936 · page 12

Considerable damage was done lo the waterfront at Takapuna and other Auckland suburbs by the storm in which (as reported in yesterday's "Herald") the 45-ton scow Kaiala,…

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Some Bog Floods of the Past News of the devastating floods in the Eastern United States recalls some of the major flood disasters that have occurred in New South Wales. In this article "Swinglebar" mentions several of the most ruinous floodings of inland rivers

The Land · Friday 27 March 1936 · page 47

OPINIONS differ as to what were the worst flood years in the history of New South…

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Floods in America. Message from President. CANBERRA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 March 1936 · page 10

The Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) to-day received from President Franklin D. Roosevelt the following telegram, addressed from White House, Washington:—…

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Nurse's Bravery. Crosses Flooded Streams. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 March 1936 · page 11

During the recent floods in Western Queensland, a station on the Diamantina applied to the sister at the local hospital for advice for a sick employee…

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City Again Flooded

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 March 1936 · page 3

PITTSBURGH, Thursday. -- Overflowing rivers have again flooded portions of the city, and the low-lands bordering the Ohio, halting…

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Nurse's Heroic Flood Journey

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 March 1936 · page 10

BRISBANE, Thursday. -- Swinging hand over hand on a rope across flooded rivers; a sister from the Diamantina Hospital recently made a long…

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In Pacific Gale

The Sun · Saturday 28 March 1936 · page 5

Two members of the crew of the British freighter Trelissick, which was in distress in a gale in the North Pacific. The Vessel arrived at Sydney…

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Sea Peril Logs Move List in Gale

The Sun · Saturday 28 March 1936 · page 5

LISTING dangerously, her main deck level with the water after a fight with a North Pacific gale, the British freighter…

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Ship with Plane in Gale Auckland

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 March 1936 · page 3

GREAT seas which crashed aboard the steamer Hauraki, which arrived today from Los Angeles, threatened at times…

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N.Z. Gale Delays Ships. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 March 1936 · page 18

The arrival of several steamers has been delayed by the recent gale. The Hauraki. which arrived to-night, was hove-to for several hours off the Auckland coast…

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Beating the Dust Storm Menace Millions of Trees Big Planting Scheme WASHINGTON

Truth · Sunday 29 March 1936 · page 14

FORTY MILLION trees are to be planted in the United States to form a vast "shelter belt" to protect the farm lands…

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Freighter's S.O.S. In Fierce Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 March 1936 · page 7

En route to Sydney, the log cargo of the freighter Trelissick shifted in a gale, and she listed so badly that her master, Captain J. C. Coad,…

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Perilous Voyage. Freighter in Distress. Battle with Cyclone

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 March 1936 · page 9

After battling for days with a terrific cyclone off the Pacific coast the British steamer Trellsslck which arrived at Sydney on Saturday, sent out distress signals…

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Cargo Shifted in Storm the Trelssick Arrives

The Labor Daily · Monday 30 March 1936 · page 5

The British freighter Treilssick, which narrowly escaped disaster a month ago, when its cargo or timber shifted in a storm, arrived in…

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Storm on Buses in Council

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 March 1936 · page 8

HEATED exchanges marked a discussion on the question of operating trolley buses instead…

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Harnessing Icy Polar Gales For Power

The World's News · Wednesday 1 April 1936 · page 22

RIVERS of icy wind fifty miles wide and hundreds of feet deep, howling across the frozen ivastes of the Antarctic at seventy feet a second,…

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Serious Storm in N.z

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 April 1936 · page 7

A BOAT dashed against the wall by the fury of the storm at the eastern tide deflector, Auckland, during last week's violent weather, which caused erosion and damage to eastern and northern bays…

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Bill For Milk Inquiry Raises Storm In Legislative Assembly Investigator to Be E. H. Swift "Taking Cream From Babies" Accuses Lee

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 April 1936 · page 2

IN an atmosphere of excitement and hostility, the Minister for Health, Mr. Fitzsimons, sought leave in the Legislative Assembly last night to introduce a bill providing for a full inquiry into the milk…

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Motor Bills Flood in New York

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 2 April 1936 · page 15

According to advice received by the N.R.M.A., New York motorists are facing a flood of bills dealing with motor vehicles and their operation, which will…

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FLOODED Grocer's Store-room "Case for Damages Against Council"

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 2 April 1936 · page 18

On behalf of the residents of his district, Mr. P. Brooker, of 189 Cumberland-road, Auburn, wrote to Auburn Council last week…

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