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Floods & storms, 1936

1,260 stories in Sydney's papers · page 59 of 63

Floods Drown 100

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 December 1936 · page 4

ISTAMBUL (Turkey), Tuesday. -- At least 100 people have been drowned by floods which are sweeping over the region about the city of Adana in…

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Floods Kill Thousands

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 December 1936 · page 2

MANILA (P.I.), Tuesday. -- Military authorities say "thousands were swept away" by a flood in the Cagayan…

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Cyclone Wrecks Homestead Brisbane

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 December 1936 · page 9

A CYCLONE at Camoola Park homestead, Longreach, lifted a verandah over the roof and deposited it in the garden…

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Deluge of Messages to M.'sH.R. A Test Of Public Feeling Is Demanded CANBERRA

The Labor Daily · Thursday 10 December 1936 · page 7

DEMONSTRATING the widespread nature of the concern lest the Government will irrevocably commit Australia on the Imperial crisis…

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Flood in Philippines. Manila, Dec. 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 December 1936 · page 11

Army aeroplanes have been ordered to [?]yen Valley, where, it is reported founds of people are dead or missing as a result of what is regarded as the most…

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Cloudburst. Albury Flooded. Two Inches in 15 Minutes. ALBURY

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 December 1936 · page 20

Of two and a half inches of rain recorded at Albury to-day two inches fell between 2.30 p.m. and 2.45 p.m., in what was believed to be the heaviest…

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Carss Bark Floodlighting

The St George Call · Friday 11 December 1936 · page 2

Kogarah Council's engineer (Mr. A. H. Brewer), told the last meeting of the council that the floodlights have now been installed in Carss Park, and…

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Weekend Storms Forecast Urgent Need in Country

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 December 1936 · page 4

WARM and sultry weather, culminating in frequent spasmodic thunderstorms, is predicted in Sydney during…

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Struck by Lightning. Grazier Killed in Storm. Warren

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 December 1936 · page 24

Harold William Cosgrove, 28, was struck dead by lightning during a thunderstorm yesterday evening. He had been managing his father's grazing property, Undora, four miles…

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The Price of Pleasure—No. 13. Wonders of Insurance. Guarding Against Fires and Floods How To Show a Profit From a Rainy Holiday

Truth · Sunday 13 December 1936 · page 20

THE growth of insurance in Britain is the most remarkable of all financial developments of the past forty years. Take the matter of fire insurance. The gross amount insured against fire even in 1929 was no less than…

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Archbishop Ran for Shelter Storm During Prize Distribution

The Sun · Monday 14 December 1936 · page 11

Prizes were being presented by Lady Street at Abbotsleigh Girls' High School, Wahroonga, when a rain storm occurred this afternoon…

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Welcome Rain. Storm at Wilcannia Long Dry Spell Breaking. Further Falls Likely

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 December 1936 · page 11

Bain fell in many parts of the Stale during the week-end, but it was mainly of stormy nature, and the falls were scattered…

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Rain Relieves Drought in Many Areas Floodings Near Bathurst, Wilcannia Deluged

The Sun · Monday 14 December 1936 · page 11

RAIN fell over wide areas of the State during the weekend, alleviating drought conditions in many centres. Overflowing its banks, the Turon River flooded low-lying areas in the Bathurst district, washing away fences…

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Thunderstorms in Queensland Charleville

The Sun · Monday 14 December 1936 · page 11

In thunderstorms between 10 p.m. on Saturday and 6 p.m. on Sunday, 262 points of rain were registered at Charleville. In the last storm up to…

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Floods Follow Bush Fires Melbourne

The Sun · Monday 14 December 1936 · page 11

Breaking its banks during the week-end, after three inches of rain, the Kiewa River flooded dairying flats in Gundowring, Kergunyah and…

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Thunderstorms Likely

The Labor Daily · Monday 14 December 1936 · page 8

CONDITIONS over metropolitan areas today should be mostly unsettled and at times thunderstorms are…

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Battle with Storm Young Pilot's Race To Starting Line in "Death's Head"

The Sun · Tuesday 15 December 1936 · page 1

FLYING the "Death's Head," a young Melbourne pilot is battling through the storm to Brisbane to start in the air…

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Vanished Plane Day-long Search in Storm Weather Pilot Missing Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 December 1936 · page 1

FIFTEEN R. A. A. F. planes searched all day, in terrible weather, for the Air Force weather…

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Transport Bd. Seat Is Sought Move By Motorists Causes Storm Qld. Cgmmn. Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 15 December 1936 · page 6

Widespread public controversy has been caused by the suggestion made to the Transport Royal Commission by Mr. A. E. Jones,…

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Storm in Victorian Politics Bill Held-Up By The Legislative Council Old Tactics Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 15 December 1936 · page 10

A STORM has been roused by the A action of the U.AP. majority in the Legislative Council in stifling the Greater Melbourne Council Bill…

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