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Floods & storms, 1936

1,260 stories in Sydney's papers · page 43 of 63

Country Party to Carry Spooner's Dole Baby Handed Over Deftly Amid Storm of Criticism Approval of Relief Work Abolition

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 August 1936 · page 1

MR. SPOONER and members of the U.A.P. have succeeded in passing responsibility for the bungling dole scheme on to the Country Party, which has accepted it…

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Murray in Flood. Anxiety of Stockowners. ALBURY

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 August 1936 · page 10

The Murray River at Albury rose to 12ft 11in this morning, and there has been an increase of about two inches in the spillway overflow at the Hume reservoir, Rain which fell…

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For King Bay Floodlit BELGRADE

The Sun · Thursday 20 August 1936 · page 1

The whole of Cattaro Bay was floodlit tonight in honor of King Edward on his arrival from Dubrovnik…

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Rivers Rise Near Flood Level

The Sun · Thursday 20 August 1936 · page 7

Swollen by the steady fall of light rain and by snow melted during the warmer conditions, the Murray has risen to nearly flood level…

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Floods Drown Sixty

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 August 1936 · page 3

CALCUTTA, Wednesday.--At least 60 persons were drowned during floods in the Bengal province, where five rivers burst their banks…

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Storm Abates Search For Fishermen MELBOURNE

The Sun · Friday 21 August 1936 · page 15

The storm, which for a week has lashed the section of Bass Strait in which the three Port Albert fishermen are missing, abated to-day and…

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Tom Glover Says:-- There's a Storm Brewing for "Tubby"

The Sun · Sunday 23 August 1936 · page 4

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Flood Beats Wallabies at Auckland Auckland

The Sun · Sunday 23 August 1936 · page 20

The Australian Rugby Union team was beaten 8 to 5 by Auckland in the opening match of their tour, but…

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Flood Sweeps District Lives At Risk AUCKLAND

The Sun · Sunday 23 August 1936 · page 5

Severe floods in North Auckland followed torrential rains. Water is ten feet deep in some places…

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Gale Fury in Four States Huge Storm Area Sydney Damage

The Sun · Monday 24 August 1936 · page 7

MELBOURNE is near the centre of a storm, estimated to be 6,000,000 square miles in area-- twice the area…

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Fierce Gales Still Rage in Victoria. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 August 1936 · page 10

Northerly gales, which have lashed Victoria since the beginning of August, increased in fierceness in the week-end. Throughout to-day the velocity of the wind was between 40…

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Shirley Temple Orphan Of The Storm

The Sun · Monday 24 August 1936 · page 11

Shirley Temple is an Orphan of the Storm in her latest picture, "Captain January," at the State. The whiskery old lighthouse-keeper…

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Storm Beat Ferrier in Open, Says Sarazen

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 August 1936 · page 7

"JIM FERRIER'S chances in the recent British Open went in a violent electric rainstorm, which affected his swerve and nerve. Had the weather been better he would certainly, have made a much better showing, though he might deny that…

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60 M.P.H. GUSTS Schooner In Gale MELBOURNE

The Sun · Monday 24 August 1936 · page 7

The wind in Melbourne gradually increased overnight until it reached a maximum force of 60 miles an hour at 9 a.m.-- the highest gust since 63…

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In Gale South Aust. Wins Women's Golf N.S.W. Defeated Adelaide

The Sun · Monday 24 August 1936 · page 8

SOUTH AUSTRALIA, which defeated Victoria this morning, won the Gladys Hal Memorial Cup for women's interstate…

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For Life Men's Struggle Mine Flood Melbourne

The Sun · Monday 24 August 1936 · page 7

SWOLLEN by abnormal rains, the Ringarooma River at Derby, 62 miles from Launceston, burst…

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Left Road in Flood 2 MISSING Car In Stream 30 ft. Drop Auckland

The Sun · Monday 24 August 1936 · page 9

TWO miners are believed to have been drowned when a car in which they were driving home from a…

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Torrential Rain Causes Floodings Wellington (N.z.)

The Labor Daily · Monday 24 August 1936 · page 4

Considerable damage has been caused in North Auckland following torrential rain, and some places are inundated to a depth of 10 feet…

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Storm Damage In City

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 25 August 1936 · page 1

One man was Injured and a number of pedestrians had remarkable escapes from injury yesterday afternoon when these four plate-glass windows on the York Street side of the Grace Building were blown out by the strong winds. The windows extended a total distance of…

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Gale No Ill Wind at Zoo

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 August 1936 · page 8

The gale yesterday enabled the scrub turkey at Taronga Park to more than half complete a home which he has been struggling to build for weeks past…

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