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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1936

1,260 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 63

Film Ice Cyclone Fear Ebony Apollo

The Sun · Thursday 30 January 1936 · page 32

A motion picture unit, headed by Mr. Charles Chauvel, recently returned from the islands of the…

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Barelegged Guard Railway Line Flooded PERTH

The Sun · Thursday 30 January 1936 · page 22

A barelegged guard had to pilot a train over several hundred yards of flooded rails, as a result of a cyclone which struck the railway siding at…

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Dust Storms Delay Mail 'Plane Darwin

The Labor Daily · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 1

Word has Just reached Darwin that the mail plane from Brisbane, delayed by dust-storms in Western Queensland. is stopping overnight at…

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Battle with Gales. Tyneside Tug Reaches Auckland. AUCKLAND

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 16

The Auckland Harbour Board's new tug, William C. Daldy, which left Newcastle-on-Tyne on November 7, has arrived after a stormy voyage, during which she experienced…

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Cyclone Hits Koolinda Cabins Continually Flooded Perth

The Sun · Sunday 2 February 1936 · page 3

The motorship Koolinda, on arrival at Carnarvon with a large number of tourists, including a big party of Y.A.L. boys, reported that when a…

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Tree Falls on Woman Blown Down During Heavy Storm Badly Injured Surat (Qld.)

Truth · Sunday 2 February 1936 · page 33

THE condition or Mrs. J. Ray, who was injured when pinned beneath a fallen tree during a terrific storm, is serious, but not…

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Terrific Gale Batters New Zealand Wreckage-strewn North Island Cyclone Drives Two Ships Ashore; Cities Isolated 3 Dead; Railway Carriages Blown Over By Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 February 1936 · page 1

AUCKLAND, Sunday.--Many cities and towns were devastated last night and to-day by a terrific cyclone which swept the full length of North Island--the worst experienced for many years…

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Ship Buffeted by Cyclone Perth

The Labor Daily · Monday 3 February 1936 · page 4

While voyaging from Java to Perth, the motorship Koolinda ran into a cyclone and for over a day and a half was subjected to a severe…

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New Zealand Cyclone. Three Men Killed. Ferry Steamer Strikes Rock. Havoc on Land and Sea. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 February 1936 · page 9

The severest cyclonic storm for many years raged throughout the Auckland district last night and this morning. Extensive damage was caused. At Kaitaia (North Auckland) a young man, Walter Botherill, was drowned while endeavouring to rescue his effects from a flooded house which…

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Flood's Century at Albury Albury

The Labor Daily · Monday 3 February 1936 · page 7

Harry Flood, brilliant young Sydney University batsman, who during the recess has been playing with the Albury Colts, made a century in an…

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Weeds, Storms, and Birds. Rice-Growers' Difficulties

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 9

Rice-growers at the Griffith end of the irrigation areas are experiencing a very difficult season. Some of the problems they had to combat last month were excessive weed growth,…

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N.Z. Cyclone. Heavy Damage. Ferry Passengers' Ordeal. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 12

The storm which swept practically the whole of the North Island of New Zealand for 24 hours from midnight on Saturday was the worst for many years. The damage caused…

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N.Z. Storm Damage Is Terrific Wind And Rain Cause Havoc Wellington (N.z.)

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 5

SCARCELY any part of tho North Island escaped damage in yesterday's storm. The havoc to the power, telegraph and telephone…

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Shield Records May Go Athletics Under Flood Lights HAMPSON

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 3

A big experiment will be conducted by the Amateur Athletic Association to-night, when it will finalise the annual Dunn Shield…

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12 DEAD Toll Of N.Z. Storms AUCKLAND

The Sun · Wednesday 5 February 1936 · page 17

The discovery of a baker's cart beside a flooded river near Ngatea brings the storm death roll to 12. Searchers failed to find any trace…

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Many Die in Fierce Cyclone News Now Filtering Through Of Disasters Wellington (N.z.)

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 5 February 1936 · page 5

AS telephone and telegraph lines are gradually being repaired, and services to outlying districts are being resumed…

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Spooner Amazes With His Mere Million Storm in Loan Council Water Board Gets Half It Asked

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 February 1936 · page 9

CANBERRA, Tuesday. -- The remnants of the Loan Council were staggered to-day when the…

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Nine Lives Lost. Result of N.Z. Storm. Tramping Party Overtaken in Ranges. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 February 1936 · page 15

The storm which swept tue North Island during the week-end was responsible for the loss of nine lives. The dead were: Ralph Wood, 29, married, of…

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Gale's Trip to United States

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 February 1936 · page 16

R. G. Gale, a prominent committeeman of the New South Wales club, and also captain of the A grade team, left by the Monterey yesterday for a trip to the United States. He was farewelled by…

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£100,000 Storm Loss AUCKLAND

The Sun · Thursday 6 February 1936 · page 21

Damage estimated at [?]100,000 was done to Auckland district orchards by the recent storm…

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