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Floods & storms, 1936

1,260 stories in Sydney's papers · page 62 of 63

Cessnock Hospital. Repairing Storm Damage. Cessnock

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 December 1936 · page 12

Men were busy to-day clearing away the wreckage of the hospital buildings which were so severely damaged in yesterday's storm. The main concern of the Hospital Board is to make…

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Small Window in Storm Door Saves Heat

The World's News · Wednesday 23 December 1936 · page 31

When answering calls, frequently it is not necessary to open a storm door during extreme cold weather if you…

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Steady Rain. Fruit May Suffer at Orange. Some Violent Storms

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 December 1936 · page 12

Steady rain, which was general throughout the metropolitan area, set in at about 6.30 o'clock last night. Up to 8 p.m. the registration was only six…

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Dog Loses Tail While Racing Storm Interrupts Coursing TAMWORTH

The Sun · Wednesday 23 December 1936 · page 11

Several inches of a greyhound's tail were cut off and it was badly torn about the chest when it fell with six others in a coursing race…

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Cleaning Up at Hospital Storm Damage Was £10,000 CESSNOCK

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 23 December 1936 · page 6

WORKING against odds and faced with the big task of cleaning up after yesterday's storm, the staff at Cessnock Hospital carried on…

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Thunderstorms Bring Rain Forster

The Sun · Wednesday 23 December 1936 · page 11

Registration of 152 points last night was the best rain this year. Holidaymakers are assured of plenty of water for Christmas camps…

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Storm Unroofs Houses

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 December 1936 · page 1

BRISBANE, Wednesday.--Severe thunderstorms which caused considerable property damage are reported from centres in the Maranoa district…

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Auckland Cup Recent Meetings No Value As Guide to Tprospects Flood Tide Will Remain Favorite For Big Race

Referee · Thursday 24 December 1936 · page 5

THE last race meetings as a preliminary to the Auckland Cup to be run on Boxing Day, have been held, and the value of the form disclosed has been next to nil. Not that that is at all surprising, for it has occurred before. At present speculators have little to go upon for the Cup…

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Crowds Flooding The Liberty

The Labor Daily · Thursday 24 December 1936 · page 9

HIS voice deep, rich and enchanting, Paul Robeson, world-famous basso, has attracted thousands of his admirers to "Show Boat,"'now in…

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Storm After Drought Damage Caused in Deluge Casino

The Labor Daily · Saturday 26 December 1936 · page 5

THE drought wad definitely broken when rain pelted down at Bingeebra Greek, three inches falling in 10 minutes, and six inches in…

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Storm at Darwin Monsoonal Deluge. Plane's Difficult Landing. Darwin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 December 1936 · page 11

One of the worst local monsoonal storms that Darwin has experienced burst over the aerodrome this afternoon shortly before the arrival of the…

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Storms in Queensland. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 December 1936 · page 11

Further storms have yielded from a half to more than three inches of rain in the northern Darling Downs. Falls on the southern Darling Downs were lighter. In southern and…

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Flying Postman in Storm Darwin Gets Its Mail

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 December 1936 · page 5

BRISBANE, Friday.--The Darwin plane Adelaide, arrived at Darwin at 4.15 p.m. yesterday, two hours late, with record Christmas mail…

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Fine Christmas. Showers Likely To-day. Storms in North of State

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 December 1936 · page 11

The greater part of the State was favoured with beautiful weather for Christmas Day. At Sydney the sky was clear, and the beaches and swimming baths were thronged…

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Storm Wrecks Township Terrified Families See Homes Destroyed Casino

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 December 1936 · page 2

FAMILIES stood bareheaded in the rain at Bingeebra Creek (30 miles from Casino), on Wednesday night, with terfied children clutching their mothers' knees, as they watched their homes being destroyed in a storm…

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Storm's Wet Blanket on Sports Events Tram Struck by Lightning Near the Railway

The Sun · Saturday 26 December 1936 · page 1

JUST when Sydney was ready to observe Boxing Day with traditional zest on sports field, track, and harbor a tropical thunderstorm washed out many of the field events to- day…

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STORM over Asia Flux of Events in Japan, Russia and China Is war in the Far East inevitable?

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 December 1936 · page 6

Guenther Stein, an authority on Easter affairs, answers that it is now too late to hope for peaceful and progressive development in this sphere. THE last 15 years, he says, have…

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Severe Storms. Deluge in Sydney. Rains Along the Coast

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 December 1936 · page 8

Storms deluged Sydney at the weekend and occurred in other parts of the State, mainly in coastal districts and the northern tablelands, bringing…

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Heavy Rain Upsets Sporting Plans Speedway, Greyhound Races and Tennis Postponed

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 December 1936 · page 14

RAIN washed out most of Saturday's sport--cricket, tennis, speedway racing, greyhound racing, and bowls being the chief sufferers. No play took place in the…

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Drop in Traffic Figures Attributed To The Heavy Rain In City RAIL & TRAM

The Labor Daily · Monday 28 December 1936 · page 5

STRIKING statistical proof of the great reduction in the number of passengers who used Sydney's trains and trams last Saturday (Boxing…

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