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Floods & storms, 1938

1,278 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 64

Airliner Guided by Radio Through Storm Fights Rain And Wind And Lands Safely

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 July 1938 · page 2

FLYING blind in rain, and against a 45 m.p.h. wind, a Stinson airliner was guided to Mascot by radio instructions yesterday. The plane left Brisbane at 7.30 a.m., and reached…

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Test Match. Still No Play at Manchester. More Heavy Rain. Complete Abandonment Probable. Manchester, July 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 July 1938 · page 13

There was no play to-day in the third test m[?]tch between England and Australia at Old Trafford. Only to-morrow remains for play; but, as…

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Storm Passes. Fine Weather Ahead. Rain in North

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 July 1938 · page 12

The disturbance,, which caused stormy weather, along most of the coast of New South Wales in the weekend, moved east yesterday, and…

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Armed Arabs Storm Je[?]ms [?] Mon. Our [?] Service

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 12 July 1938 · page 1

AN [?] colony [?] south of [?] is surrounds [?] by 300 armed…

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Japan's Floods. 1,000 Dead or Missing. TOKYO, July 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 July 1938 · page 11

The Ministoi fot Home Affrais descubes the damage done by the recent floods as "almost inconceivable." Government relief must immediately, be ad…

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Flood Toll 1000 Lives Tokio

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 July 1938 · page 3

THE number of dead and missing as a result of the floods in eastern Japan is approaching 1000…

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Forcing China's Dardanelles Under Warships Fire 400 Miles Inland Japanese Sweep Flooded Yangtse For Mines HONGKONG

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 July 1938 · page 3

MORE than 400 miles upstream from the mouth of the Yangtse River, Japanese warships are crashing shells into the town of Kiukiang, situated at the entrance to "China's Dardanelles."…

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"Police Not Like Storm Troopers"

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 July 1938 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Allegations by councillors that police had been used as political agents to break up last Wednesday night's anti-von Luckner…

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Damage in N.Z. Gale Auckland

The Sun · Wednesday 13 July 1938 · page 13

A raging gale is sweeping the North Island. Great havoc has been caused in North Taranaki, where hundreds of trees have been blown…

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Storm Troops Touch In Vic. MELBOURNE, Tues

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 13 July 1938 · page 5

POLICE at the Count von Luckner demonstration outside the Tivoli Theatre on Wednesday…

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Fishermen Safe. Took Shelter From Storm. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 July 1938 · page 16

The party of seven amateur fishermen who left the Hull River, in the Tully district, Sunday morning, and who had been reported missing, returned to Tully this morning. They…

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Council Interested Floodlighting Scheme Reports to Chamber of Commerce

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 13 July 1938 · page 13

Optomism was the key-note of reports presented to Granville Chamber of Commerce last week by members of the deputation which placed…

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Japs Fight Flood Terror In China France Prepares To Honor The King

The Sun · Wednesday 13 July 1938 · page 16

YELLOW RIVER floods hall Japanese invasion. Stripped to the waist, Japanese soldiers fight desperately to repair a washed-out bridge…

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Terrific Gales New Zealand Battered AUCKLAND

The Sun · Thursday 14 July 1938 · page 1

A gale of great intensity has swept the North Island, doing enormous damage in many centres…

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Gale Wrecks Scores in British Open Steady Player Takes Title

Referee · Thursday 14 July 1938 · page 17

AUSTRALIA'S interest in the British Open faded when Harry Hattersley failed by a stroke to qualify for the last two rounds of play. It was bad luck for the sturdy young Australian. A fierce gale blew on the concluding…

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Floodlights Assist Workers at Warragamba

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 July 1938 · page 12

More than 1,600 men, working three shifts a day, are now employed on,the construction of the Warragamba dam so that the pipe line to bring water to Prospect reservoir may be completed by September, 1939. Left: Work in the tunnel running 7,000 feet from the dam to the Nepean River. The tunnel, which is 9 feet in diameter, will carry a 48 inch main temporarily, until the [?]60 inch main is ready. Right: Two of the battery of floodlights (seen in the foreground) which…

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Farmers Storm Parliament

The Land · Friday 15 July 1938 · page 7

FOLLOWING the elections held last month, farmers will dominate the Saskatchewan (Canadian) Parliament. Twenty-one of the…

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Freaks Of 75 M.P.H. N.Z. Gale

The Labor Daily · Friday 15 July 1938 · page 2

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Thursday.-- Freak results of a 75 m.p.h. gale which yesterday caused enormous damage to many North Island, New…

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World Storm Cloud Over Danzig LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 July 1938 · page 3

DANZIG, the free port outlet of the Polish Corridor, which runs through Germany, is again likely to become a world…

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Voyage in Effort to Save Sight Morinda Fights Through Storm with Four Hospital Cases

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 July 1938 · page 7

A PASSENGER on the Morinda, which arrived yesterday, has come to Sydney in an effort to save his sight. He is M. Paul Leroux, 31, of the New Hebrides…

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