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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1939

1,053 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 53

Flood Waters in Lockhart Lockhart

The Sun · Friday 17 March 1939 · page 6

Business was suspended here today, all the residents flocking to the eastern end of the town, which is under flood. The picture theatre is…

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Two Stations Isolated By River Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 March 1939 · page 7

Torrential rain and flooded rivers have isolated two northern stations, Goondabluie and Burrenbluie. Men swam the swollen river to the stations, carrying…

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Flood Rains. Deluge in South-west. Hope for Burrinjuck

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 March 1939 · page 11

The outstanding feature of the weather over New South Wales yesterday was the concentration of heavy rain in the central section of the…

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Flood Falls Deluge the South-west Rail Traffic Interrupted; One Life Lost

The Sun · Saturday 18 March 1939 · page 1

Heavy rain over the entire south-west of the State has resulted in severe local floodings in many centres. Rivers in the Riverina are rapidly rising, and with further falls anticipated, many towns are preparing for…

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

Daily News · Saturday 18 March 1939 · page 6

WHILE SILVIA IS BEING HAULED…

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"Hitler A Traitor" Storm Follows Outburst by Duff Cooper London, Friday. Our Own Cable Service

Daily News · Saturday 18 March 1939 · page 3

DESCRIBING Hitler as "a thrice-perjured traitor and breaker of oaths," Mr. Duff Cooper, former Cabinet…

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Digest Of The Week's News "Smith's Weekly" writers bring Australian, New Zealand and Overseas events into focus. Sin Floodlit By Methodists

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 18 March 1939 · page 3

TO the annual Methodist Conferences, held simultaneously in the capitals Australia looks for a floodlighting of its sin. This year's…

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Militia Camp Scandal--Staff Bungling Dysentery, Gastric Cases, Flooding, Transport Failure the Indictment Risk To Enthusiasm And Health Of Volunteer Army

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 18 March 1939 · page 1

SCANDALOUS BUNGLING BY THE HIGHER COMMANDS, CAUSED APPARENTLY BY AN ABYSMAL IGNORANCE OF THE ELEMENTARY REQUIREMENTS OF A MILITARY CAMP, HAS FORCED THE EVACUATION OF WOONONA, ON THE SOUTH COAST OF N.S.W., WHERE MILITIAMEN WERE TO HAVE BEEN TRAINED…

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Truck Driver Drowned Swept To Death In Flood

Daily News · Saturday 18 March 1939 · page 5

GUNDAGAI, Friday. -- Leo Doyle, 35, single, of Wagga, was drowned this afternoon in the creek at Jackalas, on the Brungle Road, about three miles from…

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Dangerous Floods In Riverina

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 March 1939 · page 2

Lives were endangered and cattle destroyed, in one of the worst floods in the southern Riverina yesterday…

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Storm Clouds Over Palestine

The Sun · Sunday 19 March 1939 · page 4

"Why should Palestine be given as a national home? It has belonged to our people for centuries. If the Jews want it, let them come and take it the way they did before--let them fight for it!" THE eyes of our Arab chauffeur…

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Man Drowned In Big Flood

The Sun · Sunday 19 March 1939 · page 3

A man was drowned and heavy damage caused by severe floods over the entire south-west of New South…

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

Daily News · Monday 20 March 1939 · page 5

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Bitter Demonstration After Let Slip's Win Striking Reversal of Form J. King Centre Of Another Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 March 1939 · page 18

ANOTHER bitterly hostile demonstration was made against J. King, a leading Sydney trainer, at Rosehill on Saturday…

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South-west Floods. Roads Blocked. Mailman Missing. Streams Subsiding

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 March 1939 · page 13

Roads were badly damaged and bridges were washed away by serious flooding which occurred in the southwestern district on Friday night and…

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Girl Swam Raging Stream Brave Dash to Bring Aid Southern Floods

The Sun · Monday 20 March 1939 · page 2

To bring aid to her mother, who was seriously ill, an 18-year-old girl swam a flooded creek near Junee. Southern towns to-day report that floods are…

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Floods Subside

The Sun · Monday 20 March 1939 · page 2

Floods in the south-east quarter of New South Wales are subsiding, but further rain during the weekend and in prospect may cause a…

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Race Meeting Put Off Town Menaced By Flood Waters

Daily News · Monday 20 March 1939 · page 5

WAGGA, Sunday. -- The heavy rain, which made the roads impassable, caused the St. Patrick's Day race meeting on the Murrumbidgee Turf Club's course at…

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Floods Isolate Towns Remarkable Escapes In Rising Greeks: Main Lines Damaged

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 March 1939 · page 2

Many towns isolated by floods in the Riverina and south-west of the State at the weekend are short of food. Floods have subsided, but communications have not yet been fully restored, and more rain fell last…

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