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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1938

1,278 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 64

Floodlit Foyer a Gay Scene

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 July 1938 · page 18

FIRST-NIGHTERS stepped from their cars in a blaze of floodlight at the entrance to the Theatre Royal last night…

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Swept Off Horse, Drowned in Flood

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 July 1938 · page 7

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--Emerald James Gale, 40, of St. Afford, Upper Murray (Vic.), was swept off his horse and drowned in the flooded Theresa Creek…

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Montoro Is Fighting Gale

The Labor Daily · Thursday 28 July 1938 · page 3

THE Burns Phlip steamer Montoro yesterday was fighting heavy weather off the North Coast and running many hours behind schedule…

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Storm Havoc I N N.z

The Labor Daily · Thursday 28 July 1938 · page 3

AUCKLAND, Wednesday.--Flerce rainstorms lashed Auckland and Auckland Province last night. Isolating two towns, damaging buildings…

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League Storm Brewing GOULBURN, Thurs

The Labor Daily · Friday 29 July 1938 · page 12

RUCTIONS in Group Eight Rugby League circles are expected if a threat made to-day to…

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S.S. Storm From Greymouth Conversion From Steam To Diesel

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 29 July 1938 · page 4

To the agency of H. C. Sleigh, the steamer Storm (749 tons gross) is due at Sydney this morning from Greymouth with a cargo of timber, and…

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No Flood of Migrants. About 75 Per Cent Rejected

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 July 1938 · page 13

The Assistant Minister for the Interior, Mr. Thompson, yesterday said that less than 25 per cent, of applications by foreigners for admission to…

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Only Heavy Rain Will Stop Races

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 July 1938 · page 18

Only very heavy rain today will cause a postponement of this afternoon's race meeting at Moorefield…

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Heavy Rain, But Water Board Wants More

The Labor Daily · Saturday 30 July 1938 · page 2

MORE THAN 1 12 INCHES OF RAIN DRENCHED SYDNEY WATER SUPPLY CATCHMENT AREA LAST NIGHT…

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Storm Clouds Gather Over Sydney — Wet Weather Scenes — Sidelights on Katoomba's Heavy Snowfall

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 July 1938 · page 20

Copies of Pictures by "sydney Morning Herald" photographers may be purchased [?] Art Gallery at the "Herald" office. Scale of charges may be obtained application…

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Today's News Of The World From Daily Telegraph Exclusive Correspondents Chinese Abandon Capital Japanese Find Floods Allies Against Hankow Government Prepares to Leave Up River Hongkong

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 July 1938 · page 3

FOR the second time, Chiang Kai-shek's Chinese Government has been forced to abandon its capital in the face of Japanese invasion. The Government is reported to be evacuating the…

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From a Rambler's Notebook The Storm

The Sun · Sunday 31 July 1938 · page 2

FIERCE, black, angry storm clouds were banked upon the horizon, while the hitherto calm, transparent water now swirled and writhed In…

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Migrants In a Flood Leave Disturbed Europe Dummy £50 To Enter

Truth · Sunday 31 July 1938 · page 16

FOREIGN migrants from disturbed Europe are converging on Australia in every overseas ship that arrives here. White…

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Storm Delays Ship

The Sun · Monday 1 August 1938 · page 7

Stormy weather caused the Hain Line freighter, Trehata, which arrived to-day, to heave to for 36 hours, near the end of a rough passage from…

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Fierce N.Z. Storm Leaves Trail Of Ruin AUCKLAND

The Sun · Monday 1 August 1938 · page 7

In a fierce storm which raged throughout New Zealand many roads were blocked by landslips and bridges were washed away. A landslide overwhelmed a large house at Onetangi beach…

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Storms in N.Z. Gold Mines Closed. Auckland Rain Record. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 August 1938 · page 11

Storms swept the North Island at the weekend, doing damage estimated at thousands of pounds. Bridges were washed away and roads blocked by slips…

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Gale Slows Down Ships

The Sun · Wednesday 3 August 1938 · page 3

Heavy seas and strong winds along the North Coast and in the Tasman are delaying ships. Heavy seas and a strong south-east wind extended to…

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Floodlighting Granville Request To The Council "The Only Way"

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 3 August 1938 · page 14

Granville Council will be asked "to improve the street lighting of Granville by installing floodlighting on the footpaths in the shopping areas…

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Kobe Suffers Again in Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 August 1938 · page 3

TOKIO, Tuesday.--Following the disastrous floods of three weeks ago, when more than 640 lives were lost, Kobe is again under water…

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Gales Delay Shipping

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 4 August 1938 · page 4

Owing to heavy seas and, strong: winds on the north coast and in the Tasman, ships duo at Sydney from the north have been delayed. The…

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