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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1939

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

Daily News · Tuesday 10 January 1939 · page 5

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

Daily News · Wednesday 11 January 1939 · page 6

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Helping Storm Victims

Liverpool News · Thursday 12 January 1939 · page 2

The Minister for Agriculture wrote to Liverpool Council stating that the Rural Bank had been authorised to make advances to orchardists, poultry farmers…

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Imported Jersey Killed in Gale

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 12 January 1939 · page 11

ETHNE (imp.), owned by Navua Jersey Stud, Grose Wold, was killed by a filling limb when sheltering under a tree during the gale in December…

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Aid for Storm Victims

The Biz · Thursday 12 January 1939 · page 6

The Minister for Agriculture wrote to Liverpool Council stating that the Rural Bank had been authorised to make advances to orchardists, poultry farmers…

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Cyclone Sweeps on Town Perth

The Sun · Thursday 12 January 1939 · page 3

An ominous silence has fallen upon Port Hedland (1300 miles from Perth) since it was overwhelmed…

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

Daily News · Thursday 12 January 1939 · page 6

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Sea Threatens Town. 80-Mile-an-hour Gale. Houses Washed Away. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 January 1939 · page 11

An 80-mile-ah-hour cyclone at Port Hedland has raised such seas that many houses in the town have been washed away…

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Social Side Of Science Congress Garden Party Guests Dispersed By Storm CANBERRA

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 January 1939 · page 11

An unexpected finish to the garden party given at Parliament House this afernoon for the visitors to the Science Congress was the terrific thunderstorm which burst over Canberra…

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at Parliament Ho Storm Creates Disorder. Guests Leave Party Hurriedly. From Our Special Representative Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 January 1939 · page 22

AT three o'clock just as the guests were arriving at Pailiament House for the garden party given by the Ministers of Slate to the members and…

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Discharge in Flood Time

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 January 1939 · page 13

"In dealing with the need for increasing the discharge under flood conditions, the report of the consultants sets out that, when the dam was…

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Cyclone Lashes Nor'west Bunding Storms Hold Air Mails Back Monsoon Has Broken Over Timor Sea DARWIN

The Sun · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 2

Cyclonic winds and rainstorms have dislocated, mail services and shipping on the North-west coast of Australia. The monsoon has broken over Darwin and Arnhem…

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Violent Storm in West. Goldfields Flood. Electric Power Fails. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 12

Damage estimated at £50,000 was done to-day by a rainstorm, unequalled in violence within the memory of residents on the goldfields…

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The heat wave is expected to continue today BUT a cool change with heavy rain is forecast for the weekend

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 1

FORK LIGHTNING over Sydney at 8 o'clock last night, held in suspense by a Daily Telegraph photographer. It marked a short, sharp storm which quickly passed over…

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Fire Peril Goes With Gale Many Spend Night of Terror Melbourne

Daily News · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 6

WITH the dropping of yesterday's northerly gale, danger to life has lessened though great fires are still burning on a number of fronts. Erica township, missed by the flames when hope…

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

Daily News · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 8

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£50,000 Loss In Storm Downpour Puts 2000 Men Out of Work Kalgoorlie

Daily News · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 5

DAMAGE to local government and public works, estimated at £50,000, was caused and 2000 men were temporarily thrown out of employment to-day when four inches of rain flooded Kalgoorlie and…

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Chapter Xii. Across Flooded Country

The Land · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 13

With the aid of Dan who knew the lie of the land, Captain Tom, after steering down-river from Wilcannia for some miles, set a course across…

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Dam Flood Precautions

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 5

Steps to ensure safety in time of flood during the reconditioning of Burrinjuck Dam will include:--…

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Cyclone Storms. Torrential Rains in North-West. Widespread Damage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 January 1939 · page 12

Severe storms, accompanied by heavy rain, have occurred in the north-west of Australia. A cyclone has done severe damage at Port…

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