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Floods & storms, 1936

1,260 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 63

Scare for Five Fishermen Gale Peril at Sea

The Labor Daily · Monday 6 July 1936 · page 5

Exhausted after a three hours' battle in a gale at sea, five fishermen in two boats reached Thompson's Bay on Saturday…

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Thrilling Air Stunts "Storm Over the Andes"

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 6 July 1936 · page 2

Some of the most remarkable flying over done in a motion picture is to be seen in Universal's thrilling South American war and aviation drama,…

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Floodings Start in Victoria Water Up To Doors Of Suburban Homes Much Damage Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 6 July 1936 · page 5

POLICE and firemen warned a number of families in lowlying areas of Melbourne yesterday morning, when it appeared…

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Vain Search by Lifeboat Distress Signals in Gale Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 7 July 1936 · page 1

The Queenscliff lifeboat made a vain search in rough seas in the Rip at 6 a.m. to-day after eight distress signals had been seen from Point…

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A Rival of the Household Cat—floods in Melbourne Suburbs and Inland Victoria—heavy Bridge Traffic

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 July 1936 · page 14

The ability of this kookaburra at Longueville to catch mice has roused the envy of every domestic cat in the district. But he only laughs. Above: Arriving at the Showground for the Dairy…

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After The Flood

The Sun · Tuesday 7 July 1936 · page 13

The dreary outlook across an extensive mud-covered area after most of the floodwaters had receded at Moonee Ponds Creek (Vic.)…

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Street Floodlighting

The Sun · Thursday 9 July 1936 · page 29

The works committee of Petersham Council will consider a suggestion that a scheme of pavement floodlighting be installed at New…

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Men Are Snowed in & FLOODED Forestry Workers' Plight Time Is Lost

The Labor Daily · Friday 10 July 1936 · page 8

SNOWED in for a whole week and almost flooded out the next by torrential rains, forestry workers in the Batlow district have experienced…

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From Crusaders' Refuge to Nazi Storm Centre Danzig -- City of Romance

The Labor Daily · Saturday 11 July 1936 · page 10

Danzig, picturesque and romantic stronghold of the mediaeval Hanseatic League, became once again the trouble-spot of Europe last week-end when Herr Greiser, Nazi…

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Drought Toll Grows. 215 Deaths in U.S.A. Storm Lashes South New England. New York, July 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 July 1936 · page 18

Deaths in the United States as a result of the intense heat now total 215. Scattered showers in a section of…

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Floodings in England House of Commons Affected London

The Labor Daily · Saturday 11 July 1936 · page 1

PORTION of the base[?]fit of the House of Commons was among the areas flooded in several parts of London yesterday, following…

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S.P. Men Socked Full Wind Blew Like A Cyclone

Truth · Sunday 12 July 1936 · page 2

LONG before the winning post was reached in the second division of yesterday's Kogarah Stakes, punters who backed…

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Storm Burst When Cloudy Took the Count Hoots and Jeers for Judge Fans Fumed at Fence "Hoist the Favorite's Number" They Howled

Truth · Sunday 12 July 1936 · page 2

ONE of the noisiest demonstrations ever heard on a Sydney course was turned on at Moorefield yesterday when judge Dudley Smith awarded the first division of the Kogarah Stakes…

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Austro-german Pact Is Signed Dramatic WeekEnd Coup Middle Europe Entente Way Is Paved For An Agreement With Mussolini Storm Clouds Berlin

The Labor Daily · Monday 13 July 1936 · page 1

HERR HITLER made another of his dramatic week-end coups last night, when the Austrian Chancellor, Dr. Kurt Schuschnigg, broadcasting from Vienna, and Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels,…

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A Storm Around Kippax Before Election As A Life Member

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 14 July 1936 · page 5

BEFORE Alan Kippax, cricket international was appointed a life member of the Waverley Club at its annual meeting last night, an…

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County Council. Melbourne Visit. Storm About Official Car

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 July 1936 · page 15

Members of the County Council at the meeting yesterday criticised the action of the president (Alderman S. A. Lloyd, M.L.A.) in taking the official…

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Alan Kippax Will Keep On Playing With Waverley an End to the Storms Why Distinction Was Opposed At Meeting Didn't Play

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 15 July 1936 · page 3

Alan Kippax has not retired from grade cricket. He said yesterday that he would still play for Waverley…

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Flood of Entries for Headlines No. 2 Winner of No. 1 Contest to Be Announced Tomorrow

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 July 1936 · page 15

TOMORROW the winner of Headlines Contest No. 1 will be announced. In the meantime scores of sub-titles…

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More Than £200 For 'Headlines' Flood of Entries for Second Contest

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 July 1936 · page 7

COUNTING of the entries in "Headlines" Contest No. 1, which closed at 5 p.m. yesterday, has not yet been completed, but the huge mail has already made it evident that the prize money will exceed £200…

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Violent Storm. Encountered by Freighter. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 July 1936 · page 9

Seamen of the Shire line freighter Berwickshire were driven off the deck for two days during a violent storm on her passage from Liverpool to Australia. The Berwickshire…

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