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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1936

1,260 stories in Sydney's papers · page 54 of 63

Storm in N.Z. AUCKLAND, Nov. 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 November 1936 · page 11

South Auckland, including Waikato and Rotorua, were swept yesterday evening by an electrical storm which brought torrential rain. heavy hall, and lightning. Auckland City and…

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Queen Mary Answers Storm S.O.S. Motor Ship Lost: Thought 39 DROWNED Injury And Damage As Terrific Seas Sweep Great Liner

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 November 1936 · page 1

S.S. QUEEN MARY, Atlantic Ocean, Monday. THE Queen Mary, the largest and fastest liner in the world, battled today through a 70-miles-an-hour gale to aid a sinking ship…

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Big Liner Delayed In Gale LONDON

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 11 November 1936 · page 5

THE giant Cunard-White Star liner Queen Mary, after having altered her course to race to the aid of the stricken motor-ship, Isis, which was…

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Atlantic Storm. Liner Severely Tested. Well-known Persons Aboard. London, Nov. [?]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 November 1936 · page 15

Captain R. V. Peel, of the liner Queen Mary, says that the recent storm in the Atlantic was the longest in his experience. It kept him on the bridge for 60 hours…

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During the Cyclone

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 12 November 1936 · page 42

Farmer: Gosh! You munt be brave to come down with a parachute in a wind like this. Camper: I didn't come down with a…

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Atlantic Storm. Wreck of the Isis. Survivor's Story. London, Nov. 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 November 1936 · page 12

Fritz Roethke, the sole survivor from the German motorship Isis, which foundered in the Atlantic, told the story of his experiences in an interview at…

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Victim of Gale London

The Labor Daily · Friday 13 November 1936 · page 7

FRANK GOFFIN, who was taken off the Queen Mary on its arrival at Southampton suffering from injuries sustained aboard during the…

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Terrific Gale at Capetown Capetown

The Labor Daily · Friday 13 November 1936 · page 1

The harbor has been closed as a result of a gale, raging at the rate of 90 miles per hour for the last two days…

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Royal Train in Gale London

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 November 1936 · page 3

WHEN the Royal train arrived at Portland today at 4 a.m., bringing the King for a review of the Fleet, a gale was…

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Hawkesbury Tragedy. Coroner Blames Gale. No Negligence with Launch

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 November 1936 · page 8

Attributing the drowning of 12 persons on the Hawkesbury River on October 18 to the treacherous weather, the Parramatta District Coroner (Mr. H…

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17 Hurt on Liner in Gale Mongolia Badly Buffeted London

The Sun · Friday 13 November 1936 · page 12

SEVENTEEN of the passengers and crew aboard the Mongolia were injured during a 70-mile an hour gale in the Bay…

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"Storm Beaten"

The Methodist · Saturday 14 November 1936 · page 5

One is amazed at the variety of men who daily find their way to our Francis Street Refuge—young men, who have left home for the first time, venturing forth from their…

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Storm Terror on Mongolia

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 November 1936 · page 3

LONDON, Friday.--At the height of the terrific storm which buffeted the liner Mongolia to the Bay of Biscay, causing injuries to 17 passengers, a…

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King Inspects Home Fleet in Severe Gale. London

The Labor Daily · Saturday 14 November 1936 · page 7

OWING to the exceptiona[?]y severe storm storm that swept the English Channel, certain features of the programme arranged for the King's…

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Mongolia in Gale. Many Passengers Injured. LONDON, Nov. 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 November 1936 · page 17

The R.M.S. Mongolia arrived late at Plymouth, owing to a 70-mile-an-hour gale in the Bay of Biscay. The furious seas stove in three portholes,…

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Liner Is Buffeted in Gale 17 Of The Passengers And Crew Suffer Injuries Bay of Biscay London

The Labor Daily · Saturday 14 November 1936 · page 1

THE P. and O. liner Mongolia, on its homeward voyage from Australia, experienced a terrific buffeting in the Bay of…

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Fleet Review. Ships in Storm. King Carries On. Programme Curtailed. (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, Nov. 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 November 1936 · page 17

The storm that swept the English Channel yesterday made it necessary to curtail certain features of the programme arranged for the King's…

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Thunderstorms Likely

The Sun · Saturday 14 November 1936 · page 3

Scattered rain and thunderstorms may occur over the State during the week-end, according to the State Meteorologist (Mr. Mares),…

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Flood of Fantastic Yankee Prophecies Baltimore Girl Friendship of Who Won Friendship King Edward Viii "Liberty" Takes Liberty Exalts Mrs. Simpson

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 14 November 1936 · page 3

Typical of Yankee newspapers are these excited headlines regarding Mrs. Simpson's future. The American Press is feeding its readers with the fantastic idea that the former Baltimore girl is to become England's Queen. Many journals are seriously advancing her ancestry as…

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Caught In A Storm At Sea

The Sun · Sunday 15 November 1936 · page 3

WE were drifting lazily on the ocean when suddenly, with a rumble and roar of thunder, a storm was upon us. Vivid flashes…

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