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Floods & storms, 1936

1,260 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 63

Swept From Moorings By Storm

The Sun · Wednesday 24 June 1936 · page 1

Two of the many craft swept ashore from their moorings d tiring the storm last night-- The one at left it in Careening Cove, and the other in Taylor Bay…

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Acting-premier Averts Party Meeting Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 June 1936 · page 2

A strong undercurrent of hostility by members of the United Australia Party toward the Main Roads Amending Bill came to the surface at a…

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Storm Gives Pilot Trip To Geelong

The Sun · Wednesday 24 June 1936 · page 13

So rough was the sea at the Heads last night that it was impossible to take the pilot. Captain R. S. Millington, from the Norwegian motor…

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Heavy Rain and Big Fields To Trouble Punters Kala Moti Suited Has Fancy for Heavy Going

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 24 June 1936 · page 1

YESTERDAY'S rain and the rise of the fields have made the outlook for punters at Vctoria Pork to lay far, from bright, yet conditions…

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Believed Missing in Storm Katoomba Search For Woman

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 24 June 1936 · page 5

POLICE and citizens were searching early this morning for Mrs. Jack Sinclair, 40, of Abbotsford Road, Katoomba,…

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Big Tree Crashes in Gale Man Has A Narrow Escape From Death

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 24 June 1936 · page 6

NARROWLY missing a man' as it crashed to the ground, bringing down overhead electric wires with it, a huge tree,…

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The Lull After the Storm and a Rainbow of Hope

Il Giornale Italiano · Wednesday 24 June 1936 · page 4

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Harbor Craft In Storm's Fury... Yachts And Launches Ashore Safety First

The Sun · Wednesday 24 June 1936 · page 26

The diagram for the "Safety First" game, will be published in the back page of "The Sun" to-morrow…

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Burrinjuck Dam in Flood, N.S.W.

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 24 June 1936 · page 11

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FLOODLIT College Dance St. Andrew's

The Sun · Wednesday 24 June 1936 · page 21

The dance of St. Andrew's College, Sydney University, is always one of the brightest shows of the year, and to-night the…

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Storms. Snow, Floods, and Gales. Shipping Warned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 June 1936 · page 9

Torrential rain, high seas, and gales, which have hampered shipping and aviation and caused considerable damage in some country…

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Cyclone and Rain

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 25 June 1936 · page 2

A CYCLONE battered Sydney on Tuesday night, piling up small craft on the rocks and foreshores of the harbor. The disturbance was…

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Airship Leaves Despite Storm Warning

The Labor Daily · Thursday 25 June 1936 · page 1

LAKEHURST (New Jersey) Wed. THE giant airship. Hindenburg.' departed on its homeward journey to-day, despite storm warning from…

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Gale Delays Sailing of Ship Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Thursday 25 June 1936 · page 7

Meeting the full force on a Southerly gale on her beam the Adelaide Steamship Company's vessel Manunda which was to have left No. 14…

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All Night in Storm. Woman Lost on Mountains. KATOOMBA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 June 1936 · page 9

Nearly 50 police and local residents searched all last night, throughout a violent storm, for a woman who had lost her memory. The woman, Mrs. Mabel Sinclair, 40, of…

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Tuesday Night's Gale Drove Many Harbour Craft Ashore—mr. Chichester Prepares for Long Flight

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 June 1936 · page 12

At left: Many harbour craft broke from their moorings and drifted ashore during Tuesday night's fierce gale. Here are a yacht and…

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Snow in Wake of Cyclone Country and City Shiver Eight Degrees Of Frost At Mid-day

The Labor Daily · Thursday 25 June 1936 · page 7

FOLLOWING the cyclone which swept eastern areas of the State early yesterday, snow has fallen on the Blue…

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"Irresistible Deluge of Goods." Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 June 1936 · page 11

In justifying Australia's revised duties on artificial silk and cotton piece goods, Mr. Lyons, who spoke from Canberra, said that the…

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Sting in Tail Gale Still Delays Ships

The Sun · Friday 26 June 1936 · page 10

Lashed by the sting in the tail of the departing gale, ships still are running late at Sydney. The Adelaide Company's cargo…

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Severe Floods in Victoria. Rescues by Boat. Towns Isolated. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 June 1936 · page 11

Fierce gales in the eastern half of Victoria during the last two days brought with them heavy falls of rain and snow, and there are serious floods in East Gippsland…

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