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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1940

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Nazi Storm Clouds Menace Yugoslavia

The Sun · Wednesday 24 April 1940 · page 4

THE news that German ships were starting to load bauxite at Dubrovnik, the Yugoslavian port on the Adriatic, may not have conveyed anything of consequence to the layman. It is, however, of great significance to the student of economic warfare…

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Hills Council Chambers to be Floodlit

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 24 April 1940 · page 8

Baulkham Hills Shire Council Chambers are to be floodlighted. Installation work will commence shortly. Sodium vapour floodlighting,…

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Stop-press News. Last Nights Storm. Accidents on the Roads

The Propeller · Thursday 25 April 1940 · page 7

As the "Propeller" this week is published on Friday morning, instead of Thursday afternoon, on account of the Anzac Day holiday, we are able…

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This Racing Game Perfect Conditions for Randwick Heavy Rain Benefits Track

The Sun · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 14

Perfect track conditions should prevail for the Warwick Farm meeting at Randwick to-morrow. Heavy rain yesterday was of considerable benefit to the course and the section of the track outside the…

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Suburban Blackout In Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 1

Lights in hundreds of suburban homes were fused when a severe electrical storm hit Sydney early last…

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Soldiers Storm Hitler Sign

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 7

Singing "The Siegfried Line," a group of A.I.F. soldiers attempted to remove a "Heil Hitler" sign from a bond store wall in Walsh Bay yesterday. German sailors wrote the…

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City Storm. Heavy Hail at Hornsby. Country Bon[?]fits

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 10

A severe thunderstorm, accompanied by vivid lightning, heavy rain, and hail, burst over the city and suburbs late yesterday afternoon. Half…

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Heavy Showers Sweep City Ships Run Late In Cold Wintry Gale

The Sun · Saturday 27 April 1940 · page 2

Stormy weather which set in last night continued to-day. Whipped up overnight by a south- easterly gale, a heavy sea was running on the N.S.W. coast near…

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Navy May Storm Trondheim Daring Fiord Attack London

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 April 1940 · page 2

The London Daily Express suggests that a large-scale British naval assault on Trondheim is…

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Aboriginal Found Dead After Flood

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 April 1940 · page 2

CAIRNS, Friday.--After flood waters on his property had subsided. Sam Wah, a market gardener, found the naked body of an aboriginal suspended…

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Deluge Failed to Daunt Punters

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 28 April 1940 · page 37

There was a rush and scurry for the stands when the rain suddenly fell on punters at Randwick racecourse yesterday afternoon. Feminine racing enthusiasts…

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Defied the Storms Sportsmen Carry on

The Sun · Sunday 28 April 1940 · page 4

Drenching rain and a veering wind were the portion of yesterday's sportsmen and sportswomen, but…

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Is It Lull Before the Storm? Nations Wait On Norway General Determination to Resist a Nazi Coup London

Truth · Sunday 28 April 1940 · page 19

THE smaller nations, particularly those in Central South-Eastern Europe, are concentrating attention on the Norwegian struggle, believing that the outcome there will decide the Balkan future. ALTHOUGH it may be a deceptive lull before the storm there was…

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Storm in City

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 May 1940 · page 14

A sudden thunderstorm occurred in the city about 4.20 o'clock this morning. Vivid lightning, and thunder were accompanied by strong windsqualls and heavy rain…

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Storm Caused Blackout

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 1 May 1940 · page 7

The fusing of a high tension wire during Thursday night's storm, caused a blackout in Baulkham Hills Shire, which…

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Canberra Blackout In Electric Storm CANBERRA

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 May 1940 · page 2

Parliament was blacked-out for more than an hour during an electric storm tonight. Cabinet Ministers groped their way along the corridors…

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Fierce Storm in Metropolis Hour's Wind, Rain

The Sun · Wednesday 1 May 1940 · page 11

Practically all Sydney was awakened to-day by a terrific thunderstorm, which began at 4 a.m. It was precede dby vivid lightning, and, accompanied by steady rain and fierce wind, continued for more than an hour…

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Car Agreement Bill Move Storm in House Expected Canberra

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 May 1940 · page 9

The Prime Minister asked leave in Parliament today to introduce a bill to ratify the agreement…

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Some Heavy Rain is Forecast by Inigo Jones for This Month

The Land · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 3

CROHAMHURST Observatory, Q., April 26.—The drought relief has come to New South Wales very closely in accordance with the cyclical plan, and should now continue along the eastern coast and eastern central regions through May, and give some heavy falls along the coast…

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Born In Ambulance During Rain Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 1

GLEN DAVIS, Thursday.--The first child born in the new shale mining township of Glen Davis arrived early yesterday morning during a hazardous…

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