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Floods & storms, 1936

1,260 stories in Sydney's papers · page 47 of 63

Hail Storm Kills Birds and Lambs. Moree

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 September 1936 · page 8

wnen a severe hailstorm passed over Mirriadool Station, the property of Mr. A. J. Campbell, water tanks were dented in places. Mortality occurred among birds and young lambs,…

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Euston Weir Flooded

The Labor Daily · Friday 11 September 1936 · page 8

As a result of the flooding of the Boston weir on the Murray River more than 200 employees have been rendered idle, and it is not expected that they will be…

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23 Hours in Gale Ordeal For Lifeboat MELBOURNE

The Sun · Monday 14 September 1936 · page 6

After having been for 23 hours continuously in rough seas, buffeted by a 64-mile-an-hour gale, the Queenscliff lifeboat, which had been…

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Tree Kills Boy And Woman Gale In Victoria MELBOURNE

The Labor Daily · Monday 14 September 1936 · page 5

A YOUNG woman and a boy met their deaths at Lockwood, near Belgrave, to-day, when an old tree crashed on them at the height of a gale, which caused widespread damage in the Melbourne suburbs…

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Gales in Victoria. Rescues in Port Phillip. Two Persons Killed. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 September 1936 · page 9

Gales which swept the State endangered the lives of 15 men in Port Phillip Bay to-day, and two persons were killed at Belgrave by a falling…

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64-Mile Melbourne Gale Baby Torn From Mother's Grasp, Blown 50 Yards Two Crushed to Death by Uprooted Tree Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 September 1936 · page 1

TWO were killed and many injured today in one of the worst storms for years which struck Melbourne. A 64-miless-an-hour gale smashed the new breakwater…

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On The Air Floods Of Words

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 September 1936 · page 11

MARCONI could not have known that the benefits of his genius would be offset to some extent by the…

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Storm Damage at Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 September 1936 · page 7

ROOFS WERE BLOWN off houses in North Melbourne during the fierce gale on Sunday…

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'Plane in Gale Return Flight Off MELBOURNE

The Sun · Tuesday 15 September 1936 · page 12

Because of stormy weather over Bass Strait the return flight of the Bungana from Melbourne to Launceston was cancelled this afternoon…

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Lifeboat Crew's Ordeal. Storm in Port Phillip Bay. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 September 1936 · page 11

The Queenscliff lifeboat last night weathered the worst storm experienced in Port Phillip Bay for 30 years while it was searching for a missing fishing party. When the boat…

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Return Atlantic Flight Succeeds Richman And Merrill Down In Newfoundland Made Good Time Through Storms First Both Ways St. John's (Newfoundland)

The Sun · Tuesday 15 September 1936 · page 1

HARRY RICHMAN and Paul Merrill, who left South-port (Lanes.) at 3.5 a.m. (G.M.T.) to-day on their return flight to New York, were forced to bring down their plane, the Lady Peace, in a marsh near here at…

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Briseis Flood Repairs

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 September 1936 · page 13

Briseis Consolidated, N.L., reports that until repairs to the river diversion have been completed and the mine again dewatered, very little production will be possible. Production…

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'Plane Strikes Storm Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 16 September 1936 · page 1

Fighting head-winds all the way, the Bungana took three hours to fly from Launceston to Melbourne today, The weather was considered so…

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Three Hurt in North Coast Cyclone in Blast House Is Wrecked Many Damaged Iron Hits Baby

The Sun · Wednesday 16 September 1936 · page 13

THE severest cyclone that has been experienced in the locality for 25 years blew a house to pieces at…

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CYCLONE Destructive Storm Sweeps New England

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 17 September 1936 · page 2

GUYRA district experienced a terrific cyclone last Wednesday when farm houses and dairy buildings were ruined. Crops were razed,…

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Cyclone Rages in North People Injured; Houses Damaged Lismore

The Labor Daily · Thursday 17 September 1936 · page 7

THE worst storm for many years struck the Brunswick district this morning, considerable damage being caused in the Ewingsdale, Tyagarah…

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Havoc by Cyclone. Homes Wrecked. Huge Hail Falls. People Injured; Crops Destroyed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 September 1936 · page 9

A disastrous cyclone swept through the Guyra district yesterday. Houses and dairy buildings were wrecked and crops were razed…

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Our Country As I See It All for State?—Defence—Section 92—Share-Farming—Mystery Post—European Storm

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 17 September 1936 · page 1

THE Governor-General, Lord Gowrie, speaking in South Australia over the week-end, expressed gratification that the…

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Floodlight and Roses

The Broadcaster · Thursday 17 September 1936 · page 3

The most notable feature of the park system of Topeka, Kansas, is the municipal rose garden of about 15,000 rosebushes, covering nine acres, equipped…

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Tornado Strikes North Houses Unroofed, People Cut by Hail Thunderstorms Confined to Eastern Part of State; Mares's Prediction Mullumbimby

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 September 1936 · page 2

WORST of a number of sharp thunderstorms which burst in different parts of New South Wales today laid waste the countryside for a radius of 60 miles and caused thousands of pounds' worth of…

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