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Floods & storms, 1939

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Our Daily Feature Strips and Stories Jim Gale All-Australian Story Strip

Daily News · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 7

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Storm Comes to Aid of Battling Monsters of the Sea Tales of The Barrier Barrier

Referee · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 19

THE SCREAMING OF EAGLES WOKE US, WHISTLING SCREAMS FULL OF MENACE AND DESIRE. IT WAS SO UNUSUAL…

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Boat Rescue in Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 2

RISING FLOOD waters surrounded the Boorie home of Mrs. R. Dwyer, who was seriously ill. She is shown here after being rescued by boat on Sunday…

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Coastal Floods Likely Heavy Rain Is Expected State-wide Falls

The Sun · Friday 10 March 1939 · page 2

More rain, heavy in places and conducive to local floodings--particularly in eastern inland and coastal areas--is expected by the State Meteorologist (Mr. Mares)…

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Dairying Outlook Changed by Heavy Coastal Rain

The Land · Friday 10 March 1939 · page 8

HEAVY rain early this week ended Coast, and materially improved Extensive areas of the South Coast Reports of dairying instructors for…

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Our Daily Feature Strips and Stories Jim Gale All-Australian Story Strip

Daily News · Friday 10 March 1939 · page 6

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Troops Marooned in Alps. Rescue Impossible in Gale. BERNE, March 9. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 March 1939 · page 11

Seventy-six Swiss soldiers, who are short of fuel, are snowed in in a but near Wildhorn, in the Bernese Alps, at an altitude of 7,600 feet…

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Daily News · Saturday 11 March 1939 · page 6

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Still More Rain. Flood Warnings. Road and Rail Traffic Held Up

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 March 1939 · page 13

Rain was still falling over the greater part of the State last night. According to the forecast issued by the weather Bureau, it is likely to continue…

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Drowning Tragedy. Two Women and Child. Flood Sweeps Car Away

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 March 1939 · page 11

Two women and an infant were drowned when a motor car was swept away in a flooded creek near Manildra last night…

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More General Rain. Storms Forecast

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 March 1939 · page 11

The Assistant State Meteorologist, Mr. Newman, said last night that the break of fine weather would probably be only temporary, and there was a…

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Daily News · Monday 13 March 1939 · page 5

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Flood Missed Racecourse Alleged Attempt By Terrorists LONDON

The Sun · Monday 13 March 1939 · page 1

Liverpool police are investigating an alleged attempt by I.R.A. terrorists early this morning to flood the Grand National racecourse at…

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Receding Floods Reveal Victims

Daily News · Monday 13 March 1939 · page 3

MANILDRA, Sunday.--The bodies of the three people drowned in raging flood-waters following a terrific cloudburst on Friday night were recovered yesterday…

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Deluge Follows Cyclone

Daily News · Tuesday 14 March 1939 · page 1

ON the heels of a violent cyclone, rain fell in bucketfuls in the Wyong and Newcastle districts yesterday. A cloudburst at Wyong produced 275 points of rain…

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Severe Local Storms. Torrential Downpour at Wyong. Flood Damage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 March 1939 · page 12

Although rain fell generally over the State during the week-end, rainfall yesterday was confined to isolated outbreaks of thunderstorm activity…

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Daily News · Tuesday 14 March 1939 · page 5

JIM. IN THE NICK OF TIME…

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Camps Wrecked. Damage by Storm. Misfortune of Holiday Visitors. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 March 1939 · page 11

A high wind, which accompanied a sudden violent hailstorm this afternoon, wrecked a number of camps in South Belmont Park—a favourite resort…

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Cyclone Levels Tents; Lifts Boy, Boat And Car Blast Hits Woman Who Had Fortune Told Newcastle

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 March 1939 · page 7

Tents were flung down and a boat was blown from the water when a cyclone hit Belmont Park today…

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Racecourse at Aintree. Danger of Flood. Canal Bank Gives Way. London, March 13. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 March 1939 · page 12

What appeared at first to be an attempt early this morning to flood the Grand National racecourse at Aintree was later found by the Liverpool police…

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