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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1939

1,053 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 53

Bromwich-quist Win Final Three Straight Sets in Doubles "Cyclone'' Mrs. Westacott's Fine Singles Win Mrs. Hopman Downed Melbourne

The Sun · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 8

Australia's Davis Cup pair, J. Bromwich and A. K. Quist, defeated D. P. Turnbull and C. Long, in straight sets to-day--6-4, 7-5, 6-2,--in the final of the Australian doubles championship at Kooyong…

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Floods Subsiding Trains Wait Inland S.A. Worries ADELAIDE

The Sun · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 3

Although railway lines are still under water and Oodnadatta and other towns remain isolated, reports…

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Floods, and Gold Production

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 25

DISLOCATION of W.A. gold production was never expected from floods. But that unexpected has happened…

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Floods Isolate DARWlN Telegraph Lines Down: Rails Washed Away MELBOURNE

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 2

Only by radio can Darwin and all parts of the Northern Territory north of Ooodnadatta communicate with the rest of Australia tonight. Washaways have been caused by floods resulting front…

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High Seas Batter Surfers, Boats Most Coastal Shipping Delayed by Storms

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 January 1939 · page 2

Heavy seas yesterday did £60 damage to North Cronulla surf boat, overturned a Manly surf boat, carried out several surfers, and caused five surf clubs to postpone races…

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Pacific Gale Batters Ship Battered Freighter Loses Deck Cargo In Hurricane

The Sun · Monday 30 January 1939 · page 2

Minus 40 big logs, which had been washed overboard, and with bulwarks and lifeboat smashed, deck cargo askew, and battered rails banging over the side, the British motor ship, Jersey,…

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

Daily News · Monday 30 January 1939 · page 6

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Bushfires Blaze Again Houses, Shop, Dairy Destroyed Northerly Wind Nears Gale Force In Victoria MELBOURNE

The Sun · Monday 30 January 1939 · page 2

Three houses, a shop and a dairy were destroyed in less than 15 minutes, when bushfires entered the main street of Selby this afternoon. Northerly winds, almost at gale force, are…

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Most to Britain Lesson of Floods Isolation Of Darwin ADELAIDE

The Sun · Monday 30 January 1939 · page 3

Virtually cutting off Darwin from the rest of Australia and upsetting the Adelaide-Darwin air…

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Flood Fears Vanish Brisbane

The Sun · Monday 30 January 1939 · page 3

Clearing skies over Queensland have dispelled flood fears. Most of the rivers, which rose quickly late last week, are no longer causing…

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2 in Flood Trap Unable To Swim: Starvation Peril BRISBANE

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 January 1939 · page 2

Caught between flooded creeks, two men face starvation if the floods do not abate within a few days…

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Food Shortage Feared. Central Australian Floods. ADELAIDE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 January 1939 · page 7

Floods in the north are reported to be subsiding, but Tennant Creek, which has been isolated by the floods, is now threatened with a shortage of essential foodstuffs, and some…

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Eighteen Men Marooned. Climbed Trees to Escape Floods. Surrounded by Water. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 January 1939 · page 10

Eighteen men, who left a camp in the Moura district, 29 miles north of Theodore, in Central Queensland, yesterday, fearing they would be cut off by…

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Storm-Battered Ship In Port

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 2

BATTERED BY STORMS 500 miles south-west of Vancouver, the timber-freighter Jersey limped into port yesterday. Forty logs were washed overboard, and her bulwarks and a lifeboat smashed. Her deck cargo yesterday was askew. (See story,…

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Six Days' Terror In Gale Narrow Escapes From Death

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 7

Six days of terror in one of the worst Pacific hurricanes on record! The experience was described…

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

Daily News · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 6

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FIFTY - FIFTY Letterettes In Fifty Words Lull Before Storm-troopers?

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 12

Poor old "Dinkum Australian," who thinks we are safe from Fascism. There are top many like you, ready to bury their heads in the sand. Wait until…

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Ship Damaged by Storm. Logs Washed Off. Seas Sweep Bridge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 13

Battered by a storm which lasted a week, the British freighter, Jersey (4,986 tons), bore many marks of the ordeal when she reached Sydney from…

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Dutch Prepare for War. Fears of a German Invasion. Flooding As Aid to Defence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 10

[There is much talk in Europe of the likelihood of Germany, in the event of war, attempting to outflank the French Maginot Line by a march through Holland, just as she violated Belgian neutrality in 1914. Mr. MacColl has recently returned from Holland, where he had…

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Flooded Central Australia. Communications Being Restored. ADELAIDE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 10

Railway and telegraphic communications are gradually being restored in the flooded far north, and the Commonwealth Railways work train which left Port Augusta on Friday night…

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