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Floods & storms, 1936

1,260 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 63

Seven Trapped Flooded Colliery LONDON

The Sun · Wednesday 27 May 1936 · page 16

IT is feared that seven men have been drowned in a colliery disaster in South Wales. Hope has been…

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Flood Escape

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 May 1936 · page 4

Baulkham Hills Shire decided yesterday to confer with Windsor with regard to the clearing of the banks of Cattai Creek to permit an easy escape…

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Mine Disaster. Seven Men Trapped. Deep Workings Flooded. (British Official Wireless and Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, May 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 May 1936 · page 10

It is feared that seven men have been drowned in a colliery disaster in South Wales. While 20 men of the day shift were at…

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Seven Drowned In Flooded Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 May 1936 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday.--It is now certain that seven miners were drowned when they were trapped by an inrush of water into the Leveston…

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Deluge Of Hail In North Victoria

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Lambs were killed by hail and buildings damaged in storms which swept over Northern Victoria tonight…

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Storms in Victoria. Homes and Shops Flooded. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 11

Severe storms with heavy hall caused great damage to-night in northern Victoria. Many residents of Rochester were flooded out and stocks at stores in the town were damaged…

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Heavy Rain Far West Rejoices B'kn Hill Deluge Over Whole State ?

The Sun · Saturday 30 May 1936 · page 3

GOOD rain has fallen in the western part of the State, Tibooburra recording 210 points and Milparinka 150…

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Floods in South Aust. Adelaide

The Labor Daily · Monday 1 June 1936 · page 7

Transforming the seasonal outlook overnight, heavy rain fell in all parts of the State excepting Eyre Peninsula and Yorke Peninsula on…

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NIGHTMARE Yacht Fought A Gale

The Sun · Tuesday 2 June 1936 · page 11

After a nightmare experience in a gale, in which she was almost wrecked the yacht Oimara arrived in Sydney this afternoon, having taken a…

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In Storm Fremantle Mail Ships Perth

The Sun · Tuesday 2 June 1936 · page 12

VIOLENT rain squalls which swept Fremantle Harbor early to-day seriously interrupted shipping movements…

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New Motor Liner for Interstate Passenger Trade Reaches Sydney — Gale in the Yarmouth Roads

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 June 1936 · page 14

Above: the new Mcllwraith McEacharn motorship Kanimbla (11,000 tons) passing up the Harbour yesterday…

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Flood Relief Fund. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 June 1936 · page 8

Of the total of £129,934/3/7 contributed by the public to the Lord Mayor's Flood Distress Relief Fund £128,340/10/7 has been paid to persons who suffered in the floods in Victoria…

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Gale Delays Oversea Liners

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 June 1936 · page 3

PERTH, Tuesday.--The Ormonde, which had an exciting passage through the Moles yesterday afternoon, was to have left at daylight, but weather…

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Gales Delay Liners Perth

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 3 June 1936 · page 7

Yesterdays gale at Fremantic continued through the night and most of to-day, delaying the movements of shipping. The Ormonde, which…

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Through Gale With A List

The Sun · Wednesday 3 June 1936 · page 27

The British freighter Nollington Court, which arrived from Vancouver to-day, with a heavy list to port. She had a big deck cargo of timber and lost part of it during a gale…

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Wild Weather. Shipping Delayed. Gales, Hail, and Floods in W.A. PERTH

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 June 1936 · page 14

Following a, wild night, marked by wind at gale force, heavy wind, rain, and hail swept the city and suburbs to-day, and the droughtstricken agricultural areas received copious…

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Hit by Gale Timber Carrier's Fight

The Sun · Wednesday 3 June 1936 · page 27

The British Freighter Nollington Court, which arrived at Sydney to-day from Vancouver, had an anxious two days when, with a heavy list, it…

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Pub. Servants Storm Parlt. House Gates Slammed In Their Faces Determined But Orderly Protest Against Cuts Sevens' Govt. Is Counted Out

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 3 June 1936 · page 1

THE amazing spectacle of more than a thousand public servants angry, resentful but ordinary,making a public protest outside the gates Parliament House, which had been slammed in their faces, while in side the Government, nervous and desperate, was pushing through all…

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Floods in England

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 3 June 1936 · page 5

Scene at Chertsey, where the overflowing of the Thames made a temporary, mirror for the trees…

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Open Always? Anzac Memorial Floodlights Plan

The Sun · Wednesday 3 June 1936 · page 19

THE Lord Mayor (Ald. Howie) to-day promised the strongest support to a proposal that the Anzac Memorial in Hyde Park should be illuminated by floodlights at night and that it should be kept open…

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