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Floods & storms, 1936

1,260 stories in Sydney's papers · page 44 of 63

Worst Gale in 2 Years Swept State

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 25 August 1936 · page 5

TWO persons were injured, one critically, by flying roofs and window panes whirled through the air by fierce winds, and citizens joined brigadesmen to fight blazing scrubbery that swept parts of the metropolis during what the State Meteorologist…

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Orsova in Gale on Last Voyage Perth

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 25 August 1936 · page 1

AS the result of heavy weather encountered in the Bight, the liner Orsova will not arrive at Fremantle until midnight. She leaves Australia…

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In Gale Boat Capsized Long Swim Newcastle

The Sun · Tuesday 25 August 1936 · page 9

TWO young Sydney men had an unenviable experience in yesterday's gale, when their sailing boat…

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Wild Gale Much Damage Dust Inland Goulburn

The Sun · Tuesday 25 August 1936 · page 18

LAST night and again to -day Goulburn experienced the wildest weather this city has known for a…

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Damage Over Wide Area. Fires and Gales. Houses Destroyed. Shipping Hampered

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 August 1936 · page 11

Bushfires swept through portion of Erina Shire yesterday, destroying at least five cottages at Ocean Beach and Ettalong. More than 100 others were…

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"COCKEYED" North -west Storm Fight for Life Melbourne

The Sun · Tuesday 25 August 1936 · page 14

HOW a telegraph linesman in North -West Australia crawled, swam and was blown along through 18…

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Storm Twice Australia's Area Covers 6,000,000 Square Miles: Damage to Buildings Strong Headwinds Disorganise Air and Sea Services

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 August 1936 · page 2

A STORM covering approximately 6,000,000 square miles--twice the area of Australia--is sweeping the whole continent. Yesterday air and shipping services were disorganised, roofs were torn from…

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Briseis Mine. Flooding Follows Rain. HOBART

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 August 1936 · page 12

The British tin mine at Derby was flooded to-day, and more than £10,000 of damage was done. The disaster was caused by the bank of the artificial bed of the Ringarooma…

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Flood Danger In The River Murray Big Rise Week -End Rains Warning Issued Hume Weir Water Albury

The Sun · Tuesday 25 August 1936 · page 18

THERE has been an appreciable rise in the height of the River Murray at Albury during the last 24 hours, as…

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Dog's Barking Flood Warning

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 August 1936 · page 2

LAUNCESTON, Monday.--The barking of a dog chained to a kennel amid swiftly rising waters gave the mining township of Derby the first indication…

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Storm Damage. South Coast Gales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 August 1936 · page 13

Severe gales were experienced along the south coast early yesterday morning. At Wollongong, the wind reached a velocity of more than 60 miles an hour, and sheds and…

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School Damaged In Gale

The Sun · Wednesday 26 August 1936 · page 23

The Wollongong High School was badly-damaged in the gale on Monday night…

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Gale Delays Ships Perth

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 26 August 1936 · page 1

After being weatherbound at victoria Quay, Fremantle, until noon today, the veteran Orient liner Orsova, left on her final voyage to London…

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Airliner in Storm Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 26 August 1936 · page 5

The Qantas airliner from Singapore to-day met a storm at Longreach and passed through it all the way to Brisbane. At times it had to attain…

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The Storm in the Valley

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 26 August 1936 · page 39

THERE are some things which indelibly impress themselves upon one's mind. Such an experience is that of a violent storm in the mountains…

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Epic Swim For Life In Gale NEWCASTLE

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 26 August 1936 · page 1

THE story of two Sydney men's swim for life after their sailing boat capsized in the westerly gale which raged yesterday reached…

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Lake Forbes in Flood

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 26 August 1936 · page 2

The photograph was taken from Wood's Crossing, where the water cut off access to Camp Hill, one of the principal residential sections of the town. The water, which came out at the Southern Cross, 13 miles above Forbes, found its way through lagoons and swamps into the lake, which practically surrounds the town. The lake overflowed…

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Up Again Murray Rising Flood Danger Albury's Risk Albury

The Sun · Wednesday 26 August 1936 · page 21

THERE was a rise of 11 inches overnight in the Murray River here, from 13 feet at 6 o'clock last night to…

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Murray River in Flood Albury

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 26 August 1936 · page 6

Water Pounding over the wall at the Hume Reservoir at a terrific rate has caused floodings in the Mur[?] River at Albury, where the…

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Albury Fears Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 August 1936 · page 2

ALBURY, Tuesday. -- Stock- owners have been warned to move cattle from low-lying areas along the banks of the Murray…

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