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Floods & storms, 1936

1,260 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 63

Ryan--gale

The Propeller · Thursday 23 April 1936 · page 7

At St. John's Church, Darlinghurst, last Friday flight, Miss Evelyn Gale, formerly a sister on the staff of the Royal Hospital for Women, was…

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Ninemorein Selection Olympic Fed. Bows to Storm Clarice Kennedy Still Out

The Labor Daily · Friday 24 April 1936 · page 1

THE Olympic Federation has bowed to the storm of criticism of the original selection of the team for Berlin, and…

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Caught in Cyclone

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 April 1936 · page 19

ADELAIDE, Friday.--Caught in a cyclone on her way from Ocean Island with a load of phosphates, the motorship Elmbark arrived today, 13 days…

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Budget Storm. Inquiry Into Rush for Insurances. Suspicion of Leakages. LONDON, April 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 April 1936 · page 9

Suspicion that there were leakages of the taxation proposals in the Budget which the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Neville Chamberlain) brought…

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Budget Storms

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 28 April 1936 · page 4

The storm which has been blowing over Lloyd's in London in regard to the alleged leakage of advance information, in regard to the budget, is literally one in a teacup. In the budget statement income tax was raised…

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In Cyclone Wanderer's Rough Trip Sails Ripped

The Sun · Tuesday 28 April 1936 · page 6

The yacht Wanderer, which left some time ago for Middleton and Elizabeth reefs, in the charge of Mr. Norman Wallis. who was accompanied…

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Storm-water Channels. Coroner Recommends Safety Measures

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 April 1936 · page 17

Recording a verdict of accidental death be drearing at the inquiry into the death of Donald Clifford Scholes. 6, who was washed down a storm-water channel at Canterbury…

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Dash to Aid. Steamers in Distress. Gale in Atlantic. New York, April 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 April 1936 · page 11

Two steamers are in distress in a fierce south-westerly gale, which is sweeping the Atlantic. In response to S.O.S. messages, other vessels are…

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Like Topsy, It 'Just Growed' Gift Wheat Crop Farmer's Luck Heavy Rain Result Barmedman

The Sun · Wednesday 29 April 1936 · page 25

"As ye sow, so shall ye reap"--but not always. Mr. Frank Morris, of Barmedman, has every prospect of reaping four bags of wheat to the acre from a 200-acre paddock-- a crop he did not have to sow…

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Flood Devastation in America

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 29 April 1936 · page 18

An aerial view near the centre of Hartford, capital of Connecticut, showing how the flood-waters have risen until only the upper stories and steeples of two of the city's principal churches are seen. The debris in the foreground indicates what the floods brought down…

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Riding Through the Flood-waters

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 29 April 1936 · page 37

On Carlachy Creek, in the Bogan Gate country, west of Parkes, New South Wales…

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The Storm

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 30 April 1936 · page 10

"In fury and terror The tempest broke: It tore up the pine And shattered the oak…

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Cable Ship. Battle with Gales. Two Men Injured. Race Back to Port

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 April 1936 · page 11

After battling with a series of terrific gales for three weeks while attempting to locate a defect in the truns-Tasman emergency cable, the…

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R.A.C.A. TIP How Best to Drive Through Flooded Areas

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 30 April 1936 · page 13

TO drivers unacquainted with the art of driving through flooded areas, the following suggestions how to proceed, should…

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Cable Ship's Battle with Storm: Nursery Days Photonews

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 May 1936 · page 5

PACIFIC CABLE SHIP RECORDER battling through terrific seas, 200 miles from the Australian coast, while attempting to locate a defect in the Trans-Tasman emergency cable. BOBBING ABOUT LIKE A CORK in a heavy swell, one of the Recorder's boats…

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Five-years Wage Bluff Is Called Government Bows to Storm New Female Wage To Be Set Aside Stormy Party Meeting

The Labor Daily · Friday 1 May 1936 · page 1

HAVING maintained the bluff for five years that the Government was unable to interfere with the reduction of the living wage by the Industrial Commission, the State Cabinet yesterday bowed before the storm of public resentment and indignation and obtained leave…

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Luggers Shelter From Gales

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 May 1936 · page 7

COOKTOWN (N.Q.), Friday.--The gales during the past five days have damaged property, driven seven pearling luggers to shelter, and delayed the…

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Heavy Gales. Damage at Cooktown. Luggers Shelteeing. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 May 1936 · page 17

Considerable damage to property has been caused at Cooktown, by gales, which have been blowing, for the last five days…

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Buildings Are Held by Ropes Many Unroofed By Gale Winds Much Damage COOKTOWN,Friday

The Labor Daily · Saturday 2 May 1936 · page 7

WINDS of gale force during the past five days have caused extensive damage to property in Cooktown, although no…

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Miss Daphne Flood

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 May 1936 · page 12

Miss Daphne Flood (contralto) and Mr. Alex Gray (tenor) will give a recital at the Forum Club, St. James Building, on Wednesday, May 13…

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