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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1939

1,053 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 53

Rain, Storms on Way Here In Few Days Mares Thinks

The Sun · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 3

Widespread rain and thunderstorms should within a few days disperse the hot and sultry weather now in New South Wales, the State…

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Daily News · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 6

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Floods in South Africa. Fifteen People Drowned. DURBAN, Feb. 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 12

Fifteen people have been drowned and thousands are homeless in Natal and the Transvaal as a result of heavy floods. Bridges and roads have been wrecked, and…

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Floods Follow English Snow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 12

Serious floods were caused in the West of England last month by the I thawing of the heaviest [?]nowfall for many years. This road scout found a high and dry vantage point'from which to divert traffic at [?]…

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Queensland Floods Subsiding. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 11

The flood waters, which yesterday isolated…

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Big Parade To-morrow. Route to Be Floodlit

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 11

Parts of the city will be floodlit for the parade of militia to-morrow night It will be the biggest military parade at night in Sydney since the war. Special…

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44,000 Homeless in Ohio Floods Our Own Cable Service

Daily News · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Wed.--Forty-four thousand people are homeless through the flooding of the Ohio River. The American Red Cross is rushing aid…

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'Flood' Of Aliens Curtin Purges Vigilant Qhoice Canberra

Daily News · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 5

THE influx of aliens was assuming the dimensions of a flood, said the Leader of the Federal Opposition, Mr…

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Floods Maroon Towns in Natal

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 3

DURBAN, Wednesday.--Thousands of Natal families are homeless as a result of floods in the last five days. Several towns are marooned. Crops…

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Hospital Storm Re-echoes

The Sun · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 2

A further echo of the storm over medical appointments to the Royal North Shore Hospital last year is…

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Gale Led to Child's Death Brisbane

The Sun · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 2

A railway truck set moving in the Kandanga railway yards. near Gympie, by a strong wind during a storm, was the cause of the death…

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Cyclone, Rain and Heat in W.A. PERTH

The Sun · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 3

A cyclone which has brought good rain to the Kimberley country is moving towards Port Hedland-- a town that has not yet recovered from…

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Storm Damage Claims Not Eligible for Fire Relief

The Land · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 7

Claims in respect of losses to property suffered in the cyclonic storm which occurred some time before. the recent bushfires in New…

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Ship Feared Lost Dash To Rescue In Atlantic Storm

Daily News · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday.--Hope is fading for the British motor-vessel Maria de Larrinaga, reported sinking in the Atlantic 1000 miles from the Irish coast…

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Daily News · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 11

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Floods Grip North Cairns

The Sun · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 3

The flood position in the far north was still serious today. Five inches fell at Atherton today. The Barron River was 13ft above…

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Daily News · Saturday 11 February 1939 · page 6

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"Floods Would Threaten Dam." Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 February 1939 · page 12

The President of the Kyeamba Shire Council, Mr. J. M. O'Brien, told a special meeting of ratepayers to-day that he had been officially informed that…

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Fears for Surveyors Camp Cut Off By Floods: Rescuers Are Driven Back By Water BRISBANE

The Sun · Sunday 12 February 1939 · page 3

Fears are held for the safety of a party of surveyors in the flooded areas of Jarr's Creek, about 15 miles from Tully, near…

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Yacht Win For Storm Victim

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 February 1939 · page 15

Badly damaged during the hurricane on December 10, Windward I (Tony Muston) showed on Saturday that the…

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