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Floods & storms, 1938

1,278 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 64

Tasman Gales Delay to Ships in Storm Centre

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 June 1938 · page 5

STRONG north to northeast winds, amounting to gale force, are raging over the Tasman…

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Trees for Martin Place. Floodlighting Suggested. Mr. Jeune's Views

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 June 1938 · page 8

The provision of lights alongside or underneath trees planted in Martin Place is suggested by Mr. V. T. Jeune, chairman of the tree-planting section of the Citizens of…

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Gale's Periodical Comet. Reappears After 11 Years

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 June 1938 · page 10

Gale's Periodical Comet, which was discovered on June 7, 1927, by Mr W. F. Gale, president of the Biitish Astronomical Association (New South Wales branch), has re…

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Colder Days Expected. More Heavy Rain. Yesterday's Foretaste

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 June 1938 · page 17

Yesterday's biting westerly wind, with cold, rainy conditions and heavy falls of snow, which blocked several roads on the southern highlands,…

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FLYING M's.P. in Storm. Plane Driven Out of Course. CANBERRA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 June 1938 · page 17

Mr. Fairbairn, M.P., had to dodge storms and fly low continuously to keep in sight of the ground when he flew his plane from Melbourne to Canberra…

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Aorangi Fighting Gale

The Sun · Thursday 30 June 1938 · page 3

The Aorangi, on her way to Sydney from Vancouver and Auckland, wirelessed to-day that she was fighting a gale in the Tasman and would not…

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SUSPEND M.H.R. After Storm in House Canberra

The Labor Daily · Thursday 30 June 1938 · page 3

A MEMBER was suspended in the House Representatives to-night after an angry clash with the Treasurer, Mr. Casey. When the Treasurer moved his…

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Floods Jin Japan. Suburbs of Tokyo Affected. TOKYO, June 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 June 1938 · page 11

Floods and typhoons are causing extensive damage throughout Japan. The heaviest rain for 20 years has caused the flooding of 100,000 houses in the suburbs…

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Fighting on Yangtse. Matang Boom. Chinese Attack. Floods Subsiding in North. SHANGHAI, June 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 June 1938 · page 11

The actual position at the Matang boom, the limit of the Japanese advance along the Yangtse Kiang, is obscure…

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Japan Hit by Big Flood Tokio, Wed. Our Own Cable Service

The Labor Daily · Thursday 30 June 1938 · page 2

TREMENDOUS floods on the river Edogowa have caused a disaster of the first magnitude…

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Before Storm

The Labor Daily · Friday 1 July 1938 · page 13

QUEENSLAND Rugby League vanguard in close formation prior to starting a passing bunt in training at the Cricket Ground yesterday. Hooker C. Dickson and H. Kitching are handling the ball…

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Made Mad by Storm Paris

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 July 1938 · page 3

TERRIBLE experiences in a raging storm drove mad the lone survivor of the crew of a wrecked fishing boat…

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Typhoon Sweeps Japan. 150,000 Houses Flooded. TOKYO, June 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 July 1938 · page 13

Japan has endured two days of terror during floods, tornadoes and earthquakes. The rainfall has been the heaviest in the memory of living men. More than 100 people…

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Flood Damage to Roads. Byron Bay

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 July 1938 · page 9

Damage to subsidiary roads, other than trunk, main, and State highways, as the result of recent floodings in the Byron Shire was estimated at more than £3,000 by the…

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Fighting China and Floods

The Sun · Friday 1 July 1938 · page 5

Japan's army in China sweeps on across mountains and floods. Above, steel-helmeted troops scale a strategically important mountain south of Hsuchow. Below, Japanese troops wade knee-deep in flood-water and mud pushing their boat clear. These pictures give a striking impression of the difficulties of terrain the Japanese have to overcome…

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Floods, 'Quake Ravage Tokio TOKIO

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 July 1938 · page 1

Floods and a typhoon following the heaviest rainfall for 60 years, have caused heavy loss of life and vast damage in Tokio and…

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Floods Maintain Farm's Fertility

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 July 1938 · page 20

TAREE. Wednesday.--While erosion is worrying many inland farmers, the opposite effect is seen at Greenwood, Bagnoo, the property of Messrs. A. E. Browning and Sons, winners of…

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Floods in Japan. Hundreds of Thousands of Houses Destroyed. TOKYO, July 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 July 1938 · page 18

Between 225,000 and 227,000 houses were destroyed by floods as the result of the terrific typhoon which swept Japan during the last two days. There…

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Floods in N.Z. CHRISTCHURCH

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 July 1938 · page 13

Heavy rain during the week, culminating in a 36 hours' downpour, caused widespread flooding in all parts of Canterbury, particularly in Banks Peninsula…

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Japan's Big Flood Toll

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 3

TOKIO, Monday.--Floods and landslides continue to take toll of life to Japan. Since Thursday, when 81 were drowned…

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