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Floods & storms, 1938

1,278 stories in Sydney's papers · page 36 of 64

Wanganella in Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 July 1938 · page 15

WELLINGTON, Tuesday. -- The Wanganella, which arrived at Wellington this morning from Sydney, was buffeted throughout the crossing by a strong…

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Hattersley's Great Round Round Of 70 Ensures Place In British Open Accurate Golf in Heavy Rain London

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 July 1938 · page 18

H. W. HATTERSLEY (Australia) played a brilliant round of 70 in heavy rain on the Prince's course at Sandwich today. It was the second qualifying round for the British…

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Floods in Japan. Kobe Submerged. 130 People Dead; 300 Missing. TOKYO, July 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 July 1938 · page 17

The floods continue to cause death and damage in Japan. In Kobe 100,000 houses—almost the entire city—are submerged…

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Captain Saves Freighter Orders Flooding Of Hold BRISBANE

The Sun · Wednesday 6 July 1938 · page 2

A violent gale and high seas were encountered by the Llangollen, first overseas vessel of the 1938 sugar fleet to reach Cairns, on the…

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£6,250,000 Flood Railway Damage

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 July 1938 · page 3

TOKIO, Tuesday. -- Damage estimated at £6,250,000 has been done to Japanese Government railways by floods. The June rainfall was 26 inches --…

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News Of The World From Daily Telegraph Correspondents Leave Spain Scheme: Storm Looms International Soldiers May Make Long Stay in England London

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 July 1938 · page 3

BRITAIN'S plan for the withdrawal of foreign combatants from Spain has been unanimously accepted by the signatories to the Non-Intervention Agreement. The plan will be submitted before the end of this week…

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Floods in Kobe. Hundreds Dead or Missing. Kobe (Japan), July 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 July 1938 · page 12

The floods which submerged a great part of Kobe are subsiding. It is known that 206 persons are dead; 407 people are missing…

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Japs. Dead in Floods Our Own Cable Service

The Labor Daily · Thursday 7 July 1938 · page 1

TOKIO, Wednesday.--Nearly 1000 people are believed to be dead as a result of floods in Kobe. These were caused by torrential…

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Kobe's Flood Death Roll Exceeds 500 TOKIO

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 July 1938 · page 3

BETWEEN 500 and 800 persons are believed to have been drowned in yesterday's floods in Kobe and district…

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Dash For Lifebelts In Gale

The Labor Daily · Friday 8 July 1938 · page 3

FEARING the vessel would founder, passengers donned lifebelts when heavy seas crashed over the Strath-naver…

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Flooded Kobe. 252 Bodies Recovered. TOKYO, July 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 July 1938 · page 11

Al Kobe, 252 bodies have been recovered Horn the floods, but 360 are still missing Many have been injured. The damage is estimated at £6,000,000…

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Famine and Flood

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 8 July 1938 · page 3

HANWOK, July 4.—As a result of Japanese “management” in northern China, 1,000,000 Chinese are in danger of death by starvation. The…

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Crop of Ailments on Eve of Third Test Delay in Start May Help Australia Soft Wicket Favors England; Ground Flooded After 15 Hours Of Rain MANCHESTER

The Sun · Friday 8 July 1938 · page 18

Facing a soft wicket, and with a number of players suffering from minor ailments, the Australians will not be upset if rain delays the start of the third Test at the Old Trafford ground to-morrow…

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Hundreds Die In Floods KOHL

The Sun · Friday 8 July 1938 · page 1

Two hundred and fifty-two bodies of flood victims have been recovered here; 390 are missing. Damage done by the waters is…

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Barton Park Danger of Flooding

The St George Call · Friday 8 July 1938 · page 1

In his report at the last meeting of Rockdale Council, the engineer (Mr. Caro), said since his last report some of the highest tides in the year had…

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Floods, But No Drinking Water

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 July 1938 · page 3

TOKIO, Thursday. -- "Water, water everywhere, and not a drop to drink," was never better illustrated than in the floods at Kobe…

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British Open. R. A. Whitcombe Wins. Play in Fierce Gale. LONDON, July 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 July 1938 · page 19

R. A. Whitcombe to-day won the British open golf championship, with a total of 295. His scores for the four rounds were: 71, 71, 75, 78…

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Winter Gale

The Sun · Sunday 10 July 1938 · page 1

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Storms in Tasman. North Coast Lashed. Plane Held Up

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 July 1938 · page 14

An extensive high-pressure area, located over the greater part of the State, combined yesterday will forces of cyclonic nature to the cast of the…

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Chamberlain Faces Storm This Week London

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 July 1938 · page 3

THE revolt against Mr. Chamberlain's policy of feeding Britain from outside sources in wartime is likely to come into the open on Wednesday. Then the Government's…

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