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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1939

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Death. Havoc in Storm Rail Washaways In Victoria

Daily News · Saturday 8 April 1939 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday. -- Floods throughout the State to-day caused the loss of one life and much damage to property. Vast areas in central and northern…

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Floods Halt Trains. Motorist Swept to Death. Damage in Victoria. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 April 1939 · page 17

Severe damage to railways, roads, and private property was done by terrific thunderstorms, hail, and torrential rain in Victoria yesterday and…

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Stop Press Phone M2406. Newcastle 472 Floods in Victoria

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 April 1939 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday. -- Floods, following State-wide heavy rain, have disorganised rail services and rendered main highways im[?]…

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Flood Damage in Victoria. Streams Now Subsiding. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 April 1939 · page 11

Flood watcrs "weie feet deep over wide arcas of northern north-castern and central Victoria during the week-end causing heavy property damage. Sevcral towns were…

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Trail of Flood Damage Melbourne

The Sun · Monday 10 April 1939 · page 1

Receding flood waters in northern and northeastern areas of Victoria reveal heavy losses of stock…

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Storm Debris Menaces Bridge

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 April 1939 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Tons of logs and other storm debris in the Goulburn River are piling up against the railway bridge at Mooroopna…

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

Daily News · Tuesday 11 April 1939 · page 5

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Flying-boats Meet with Snow. Storm in Queensland. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 April 1939 · page 13

To-day for the first time since inauguration of the service, flying-boats encountered snow on the Darwin-Townsville route. Captain G. U. Allan, in charge of the…

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Thunderstorm Likely To-day

The Sun · Tuesday 11 April 1939 · page 2

A thunderstorm tendency has returned to Sydney. To-day should be mostly fine, but very sultry, and this should…

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Severe Inland Storm. No Rain in Sydney. Thunderstorm Likely

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 April 1939 · page 16

Stormy conditions prevailed over the greater part of New South Wales yesterday, and several severe thunderstorms were reported from country…

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Storms in Trundle District. Trundle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 April 1939 · page 5

Heavy storms occurred during the Easter holidays in parts of the Trundle district, with registrations in the vicinity of five inches in two separate falls. Fallow and fencing on Mr…

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Storm Likely. Relief from Humid Weather

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 April 1939 · page 9

The State Meteorologist, Mr. Mares, said last night that the humid weather of the last lew days would probably culminate in a thunderstorm in Sydney…

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Summary. Oversea News. Ga[?]iering of Storm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 April 1939 · page 1

From various parts of Europe and Northern Africa, there are further reports of military and naval moves by the Powers, all of which are adding to the general state of tension…

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Mlitiamen Leave Camp. Go Home to Fight Floods. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 April 1939 · page 8

Nearly 100 men of the 59th Battalion left camp at Seymour to-day, after they had received advice that their properties had been flooded…

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Thunderstorms Likely Today

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 April 1939 · page 1

Warm and sultry weather, mostly cloudy and unsettled, with scattered rain and thunderstorms, is predicted today over the State…

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Gale Deaths in America

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 April 1939 · page 3

NEW YORK, Thursday. -- Three were killed and 20 were injured in severe storms in three southern States. There were severe thunderstorms,…

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Storm May Follow World Calm LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 April 1939 · page 3

WHILE British statesmen think politically, the dictators act strategically, states the British news-magazine,…

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

Daily News · Friday 14 April 1939 · page 6

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Fear of Losses in Floods

The Sun · Friday 14 April 1939 · page 2

Soaking rain has fallen over the greater part of N.S.W. in the past 24 hours. Low-lying districts of the…

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Heavy Storm Rains. Wet Week-end for Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 April 1939 · page 22

Except for a small section of the coastline north from Sydney, the whole State of New South Wales received rain yesterday…

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