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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1938

1,278 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 64

The Man In The Street To The Editor Tones of Flood-lighting

The Labor Daily · Saturday 1 January 1938 · page 4

Sir, -- I note that the Government intends flood-lighting the flower beds in Hyde Park, etc., as part of the 150th Anniversary Celebrations, and…

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Storms Force Mail Back Flying Doctor Will Try Flight DARWIN

The Sun · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 3

A storm belt stretching across the north of Australia forced the southbound English air mall back to Darwin to-day…

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Fires and Gales. Damage in Victoria. Wild Night Follows Scorching Day. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 8

Extensive damage was caused by bush fires and gales in many country centres on Saturday. Fierce fires raged on the Mornington Peninsula and at…

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Coolchange Rain Expected To-day. Storms Approaching

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 7

A cool southerly change swept, over Sydney at about 10 o'clock last night and rain is expected to-day. The Assistant State Meteorologist…

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Electrical Storm. Several Persons Injured. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 7

Several persons were injured slightly during an electrical, storm in north-eastern Tasmania. Miss T. Cave suffered severe shock, The hydro-electric power was out off tem…

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Nazis Upset. Bold Opposition. Leaflet Flood in Germany. Fra[?]tic Police Raids. LONDON, Jan. 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 7

The dreaded Nazi secret police, without warning, has raided thousands of houses, offices, and flats throughout Germany in a desperate…

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Ship Lashed by Cyclone

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 7

Lashed by a cyclone for eight days, hove-to for two days, the steamer Anglo African, which arrived yesterday, was badly battered in one of the worst North…

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Brief Change. Tendency to Storms, Fine Weather To-day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 15

The State Meteorologist (Mr. Mares) said last night that conditions generally favoured a continuance of fine weather but a stotmy tendency still seemed to…

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Monster Picture Benefit. To Assist Storm Sufferers

Liverpool News · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 1

On Tuesday, January 18, a monster benefit performance will be given at the Regal Theatre, Liverpool, the proceeds of which will be devoted towards…

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In Thunderstorm Road Fatality at Colyton No Blame to Driver

Nepean Times · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 1

THAT El[?]beth Galbralth McA Callum, of Edith Street, Mt. Drui[?], died of fraeture of the skull and other injuries received when…

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Worse Floods in 62 Years at Lourdes. Water Reaches Grotto

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 38

The worse floods since 1875 caused considerable damage in Lourdes a few weeks ago. The height was reached when the water covered the Esplanade…

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Wind Storms Cause Serious Soil Drift

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 21

Recent severe wind storms in many western districts of the State have caused serious soil drift, and many dams have become silted up to a considerable depth…

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Housekeeping in Cyclone. Life on a Lonely Island

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 5

For some time Mrs. H. S. Snook, of London, who arrived in Sydney by the Cathay, lived on a tiny island in the midst of the ocean a considerable distance…

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Rumanian Prince Delayed Storm in Black Sea. LONDON. Jan. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 12

The torpedo-boat Regina Maria, in which Crown Prince Michael of Rumania was travelling to Athens from Constanta (Rumania), to attend the Royal wedding, was driven back…

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A Prince's Plight In Storm Ill on Disabled Destroyer Constanta (Rumania)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 3

VERY sick, Crown Prince Michael of Rumania landed here and boarded the Royal train to go to Athens to be best…

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Sensational Clash at Royal Commission Premier's Brother-In-Law As Centre Off Storm Sheahan Objects to Interruption Judge Angrily Demands Iff Bias Imputed Pipeworks Take-over

The Labor Daily · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 1

THE most strained and dramatic scenes so far witnessed at the Royal Commission into the sale of the State undertakings occurred yesterday, when the brother-in-law of the Premier, Mr. A. K. Anderson, and the manner in which he was selected as a representative of the Government at the stocktaking during the sale of the…

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Where Cyclone Struck

The Sun · Sunday 9 January 1938 · page 1

The waterfront and business section of the city of Auckland. The photograph was taken looking from the marine suburbs…

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Motor Boating. Storm Raised St. George Boats To Withdraw Australasian Title

Truth · Sunday 9 January 1938 · page 8

ALL is not well in the motor boat world. The action of the speedboat authorities in transferring the race for the…

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Big Storm Is Raging in N.Z. Bluejackets Save Many In Auckland Harbor; Centaurus's Return May Be Delayed AUCKLAND

The Sun · Sunday 9 January 1938 · page 1

Sweeping in from the Tasman, a cyclonic storm, accompanied by a deluge of rain, struck Auckland today. Hit by the unexpected blast, yachts on the harbor were…

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The Thunderstorm

The Sun · Sunday 9 January 1938 · page 3

THE sky had been a sultry grey for the greater part of the morning, but never until now had it become like this. Away to the east,…

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