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Floods & storms, 1936

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Flooded Dam Is Danger to Wagga

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 August 1936 · page 1

WAGGA, Friday.--Because of recent heavy rains, the Lake Albert dam, heavily flooded, is a serious danger to Wagga, the engineer (Mr…

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Olympic Torch Heralds Great Games Woodhouse Out Through Ankle Injury Heavy Rain Damps Ceremonial Berlin

The Sun · Sunday 2 August 1936 · page 1

To-day the Olympic Tech arrived, borne by the last of the relay runners who had carried it from ancient Greece, and the pageant of the Olympiad began…

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Omission Of Miss Hayes May Make Storm

The Sun · Sunday 2 August 1936 · page 43

The omission of Miss Kath Hayes from the New South Wales Lawn Tennis team to meet Queensland in…

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Flood Fear Heavy Inland Rain

The Sun · Monday 3 August 1936 · page 7

"Due to the operations of a very extensive and energetic disturbance over the south-east of Australia, persistent rain, heavy in parts, has been…

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Collier Wallarah in Peril Close to Shore Dundula's Rescue Dash S.O.S. Picked Up Will Anchors Hold? Gale Whips Up Seas

The Sun · Monday 3 August 1936 · page 7

A SEA drama was being enacted late to-day off Catherine Hill Bay, where the collier Wallarah, having broken down off the jetty, was straining at her anchors in a rough sea while the interstate…

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17 Dead in Korean Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 August 1936 · page 3

TOKIO, Sunday.--Heavy rains, causing floods in Southern Korea, have resulted in 17 people being killed and more than 100 injured…

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Flood Fears More Rain Damage by Gales

The Sun · Tuesday 4 August 1936 · page 7

FROM watersheds that are saturated with rain, flood waters are sweeping into north-west and south-west rivers, which are rising, and, in places, have already submerged fiats along their courses…

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STORMS In the Country. Ship in Peril. Squalls on Harbour

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 August 1936 · page 9

Boisterous weather conditions prevailed throughout the State yesterday, and in many places inland local floodings were threatened…

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Ships in Peril in Storm Wallarah Bursts Pipe, Strikes Reef: Tow to Sydney Naval Ship Loses Anchor; Rain Forecast Threatens Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 August 1936 · page 2

TWO vessels narrowly escaped being driven ashore and a naval sloop lost an anchor in yesterday's north-east gale, which at one time reached a velocity of 50 miles an hour. The Weather Bureau advises…

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Hawker Drowned Car In Flooded Creek GUYRA

The Sun · Tuesday 4 August 1936 · page 9

WHEN his car was washed down flooded Bald Blair Creek and overturned. Alexander Nicholas, 62, of…

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Floods Claim 18 Lives Torrential Rain in Turkey Istambul

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 4 August 1936 · page 1

EIGHTEEN persons are dead and 500 head of cattle have been drowned in the Sivas region in South Anatolia as the result of the most…

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Betting Drift Did Not Affect Air Gale's Speed

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 August 1936 · page 10

AFTER the brilliance he had shown for a few furlongs in Sedunum's race at Rosehill, bookmakers bet a remarkable price about Air Gale in the second division of the Maiden Welter at Kembla Grange yesterday…

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Drifted, But Won. Air Gale at Kembla Grange. Versatile Apprentice's Win

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 August 1936 · page 19

The apprentice A. Gough has displayed his versatility in the last couple of months. He is apprenticed to J. A. Cain, but for some time was in the charge of the Victorian…

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Liner in Storm. Terrifying Experience. Child Nearly Washed Overboard

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 August 1936 · page 15

An infant child was nearly swept into the sea from the deck of the steamer Barrabool during the vessel's final voyage from Australia to London, which was recently completed…

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FLOODS In South-eastern Areas. Hawker Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 August 1936 · page 15

A man was drowned and many settlers along the river banks in the south-eastern areas were forced to evacuate their homes by floods…

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Big Rise 20 Homeless Flooded Rivers Rain Eases

The Sun · Wednesday 5 August 1936 · page 10

TWENTY are homeless at Tamworth pending the reconstruction of their shacks on the banks of the Peel…

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Flood Of Imports In July Alarms Trade Circles Highest Since .March, 1930 NEARLY £600,000 INCREASE Credit Balance Overseas Low New System

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 5 August 1936 · page 5

COINCIDENT with a warning on behalf of the Chamber of Manufactures of New South Wales, concerning Australia's…

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Flood Hangers Increasing Drowning At Guyra

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 5 August 1936 · page 5

THE persistence of recent rains on the catchments of practically all the eastern inland river systems, has caused rises in many parts, and floods in most of the Small and large tributaries, which are now affecting the main rivers…

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Warning To Settlers Fear of Dam Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 August 1936 · page 2

POLICE have warned settlers along the Lachlan, particularly near Wyangala Dam, to be…

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Heavy Rain Delays Olympic Events Running Tracks Flooded But Another Record Owens' Rival Berlin

The Labor Daily · Thursday 6 August 1936 · page 1

ANOTHER American negro, Matthew Robinson, stole the honors of today's Olympic events. On a rain-soaked track…

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