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Floods & storms, 1938

1,278 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 64

Flood Rails on the Peel. Transporting Supplies in the Northern Territory

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 10 August 1938 · page 39

This line of flood rails, designed to prevent cattle from wandering along the river bed and into a neighbour's property, has outlived its usefulness. It spans a peaceful stretch of the Peel River at Woolomin, Tamworth district, New South Wales. The miniature fleet is carrying all kinds of stores to stations along the McArthur River…

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Many Drown in Indian Floods Calcutta

The Sun · Wednesday 10 August 1938 · page 5

About 100 persons and 1100 cattle were drowned in the Nonda district, near Lucknow, by floods, which, it is estimated, covered 400 square miles…

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Mussolini and the Pope. Stunt Newspaper Storm

The Catholic Press · Thursday 11 August 1938 · page 22

During the last few days the British yellow press and its Australian echo have been making another attempt to indicate a clash between Signor Mussolini and the…

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Czechs Allege Bloodshed Plots by Storm Troops London

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 August 1938 · page 3

CZECH newspapers complain that Germany is trying to create an atmosphere that will make the success of Lord Runciman's mission to Prague impossible. Clandestine plots are attributed…

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100 Drowned in Floods. Lucknow, Aug. 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 August 1938 · page 12

One hundred persons and 1,100 head of cattle have been drowned in the Nonda district, as a result of floods, which are estimated to cover 400 square miles…

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Flood Maroons Men on Island Auckland

The Sun · Thursday 11 August 1938 · page 9

Six men, marooned on an island in Rangitikel River. spent an anxious day watching flood water rising and threatening to sweep them…

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Indian Flood Havoc

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 August 1938 · page 3

ALLAHABAD, Wednesday. -- More than 4000 villages are under water from the rivers Rapti and Gogra, tributaries of the Ganges…

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Davis Cup. Postponement of Play. Courts Flooded. Hopman Not Worried. Montreal, Aug. 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 August 1938 · page 15

It was decided this morning, beuse of rain, to postpone to-day's play in the Davis Cup tie between Australia and Japan until to-morrow…

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10,000 Villages Flooded Out

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 August 1938 · page 3

ALLAHABAD, Thursday.--Nearly 10,000 villages have been inundated or marooned by the floods in the eastern United Provinces…

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English Storm Havoc

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 August 1938 · page 3

LONDON, Friday.-- Violent storms continue in various parts of England. London, which had hitherto escaped, was visited by thunderstorms last night,…

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Gale Wins N.s.w. Golf Club Title

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 August 1938 · page 16

R. G. Gale, New South Wales Golf Club committeeman, scored a meritorious win over E. L. Apperley, leading State amateur, 6 and 5, in the club…

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Golf Clubs' Championships. R. Gale's Win at N.S.W. Healy Beats Hughes. Ruckley at Long Reef

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 August 1938 · page 18

R. G. Gale played splendidly at New South Wales yesterday to win the club championship for the first time. He beat the veteran, E. L…

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Empty Ship Runs Wild in Tasman Gale Plucky Capture Ends Tow Boat's Anxious Chase

The Sun · Tuesday 16 August 1938 · page 1

With her towing charge, the 500-ton steamer Mako, running wild in a howling mid-Tasman westerly gale, the British motorship Salamaua patrolled mountainous seas for two nights keeping the lights of the empty Mako…

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Rebel Body' Rugby League Dispute. Storm at Committee Meeting. Canterbury Club's Report

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 August 1938 · page 15

The dispute between the Canter[?]ury-Bankstown district club and the New South Wales Rugby League over the disqualification of the…

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Japanese Floods. Devastation in Kobe

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 August 1938 · page 12

The recent floods in Japan are described in a letter from a resident of Sydney now in Kobe where, he said, he was appalied at the widespread devastation The roads were…

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Damage by Fire Sprinklers. Celluloid Ablaze. Basement Flooded

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 August 1938 · page 12

Stocks of sports goods, shoes, boots, and saddlery, at the premises of Farleigh Nettheim Pty., Ltd., Foveaux Street, were damaged by water yesterday morning, when…

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Storm Over Books Plan

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 17 August 1938 · page 5

FIERY WORDS flew at North Sydney Council meeting last night during a discussion on the free…

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Towing Ship Nearing Port After Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 August 1938 · page 3

Good progress across the Tasman was last night reported by the motorship Salamaua, which is towing the empty 500-ton steamer Mako from Auckland to…

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Broken Towline Storm on Tasman. Empty Ship Recovered

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 August 1938 · page 16

In a special wireless message to the "Herald" last night, Captain Andrew Smith, of W. R. Carpenter and Company's 6676-ton motor vessel Salamaua,…

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Mrs. Anastasia Elizabeth Gale

The Catholic Press · Thursday 18 August 1938 · page 27

Mrs. Anastasia Elizabeth Gale, of Padding-ton-street, Paddington, died on the 16th ult., fortified by the lost rites of the Church. Mrs. Gale was born at Bowenfels, N.S.W., in 1862…

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