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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1938

1,278 stories in Sydney's papers · page 50 of 64

Press Foresees Storm Over Terns Of Peace LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 October 1938 · page 3

AGAIN the Press of London proclaims the arrival of the hour for calm analysis of the Munich peace terms…

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Gale Crashes Tree On'bus

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 5 October 1938 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.--Uprooted by a 90 m.p.h. gale an elm tree was hurled on to the top of a crowded motor bus at Norwood, killing three…

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11 Die in Gale in Britain London

The Sun · Wednesday 5 October 1938 · page 12

A fierce gale which arose yesterday evening blew all day to-day and seriously damaged property through…

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Gale Kills Three In London: Blows Shipping Ashore LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 October 1938 · page 1

SEVERAL lives were lost in a 70-mile-an-hour gale which swept England early today. Three persons were killed and 11 injured when a 70ft. elm tree…

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Eleven Killed in Storm. Gale Sweeps England. LONDON, Oct. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 October 1938 · page 12

Three passengers were killed and 10 were injured when an elm tree was blown down on top of a double-decker bus at Norwood during a fierce gale…

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Radio Flash Ban Storm

The Labor Daily · Friday 7 October 1938 · page 2

CANBERRA, Thurs.-- For having withdrawn permission for the broadcasting of certain news "flashes" during the European crisis the…

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Bombers Crash in Storm London

The Sun · Friday 7 October 1938 · page 1

While the crews (five in each) parachuted to safety when a magnetic storm crashed two R.A.F…

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Mock War in Deluge Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Saturday 8 October 1938 · page 5

AFTER a "technically" fierce combat, two battalions of hostile troops were driven back into the sea at Port…

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Gale Damage in S.A. Township. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 October 1938 · page 11

D[?]ing a duststorm this afternoon a violent gale struck Jamestown, a township 140 miles north of Adelaide. The electric light throughout the town failed, and the balcony of the…

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Book Review Risked Life in Gale for His Ship

The Labor Daily · Saturday 8 October 1938 · page 9

CAPTAIN F. J. Murchison risked almost certain death during an Atlantic gale to save his…

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R.A.F. CRASHES. Plane Hits Mountain in Dark. Another Lost in Storm. London, Oct. 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 October 1938 · page 12

The three occupants of a night flying Royal Air Force plane were killed on Wednesday when the machine crashed into the side of Mount Plynlimon (Cardigan, Wales)…

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Meet Here: Rebecca ("Becky") Gibson (Mrs. Gavin Flood)

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 8 October 1938 · page 11

in her early twenties, adopted daughter of Sarah and Spencer Gibson, of Salletts, California, who knew nothing of Becky's mother,…

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Plane Meets Gale

The Labor Daily · Monday 10 October 1938 · page 3

A SEVERE buffeting in a storm during which ice formed on the wings was described by the pilot…

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Boat On Beach After Gale

The Labor Daily · Monday 10 October 1938 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Sunday. -- Battered by a terrific gale in Bass Strait since Wednesday, the crayfish boat Sennia was beached at Wilson's…

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"Not Real Peace." Calm After Storm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 October 1938 · page 12

At St. Mary's Cathedral, where the principal Roman Catholic ceremony took place, the High Mass of Thanksgiving was sung by the Rev. John Ferrari. The choir, under the direction…

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Fascists Storm Prelate's Palace LONDON, Sunday. Our Own Cable Service

The Labor Daily · Monday 10 October 1938 · page 2

AS a reprisal for his "anti-Nazi sermon" on Friday, 3000 Nazis stormed Cardinal…

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Airliner in Storm. Damage by Hail. Flew at 16,000 Feet

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 October 1938 · page 13

Huge hail stones tore the fabric off the top of the cabin, and severely cut the leading edges of the W. R. Carpenter airliner, which arrived at Kingsford…

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Wrecked In Storm, Walked 40 Miles Fishermen Drift Three Days Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 October 1938 · page 2

THREE shipwrecked A fishermen limped into Foster at dusk yesterday, after walking 40 miles…

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Nazis Storm Catholic Palace Burn Sacred Emblems Assault While Cardinal Prayed VIENNA

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 October 1938 · page 3

TWO thousand Nazi sympathisers stormed the palace of Cardinal Innitzer, Archbishop of…

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Riding Out the Storm

The Sun · Tuesday 11 October 1938 · page 4

THAT the world must wait patiently until the people living in the totalitarian countries see fit to change their form of government is…

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