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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1940

682 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 35

Failure at Dakar. Cabinet Faces Storm. Critical Questioners. From Our Own Correspondent. London, Sept. 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 September 1940 · page 14

As a result of the failure of the Dakar expedition, Mr. Churchill's Cabinet will face its first Parliamentary storm…

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Punctual, So Missed Storm

The Sun · Sunday 29 September 1940 · page 30

CONCERTGOERS have become so punctual that most of the audience at the Town Hall for the final…

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Some Hail with Thunderstorm

Truth · Sunday 29 September 1940 · page 18

A SHARP tropical rainstorm deluged most or the city last night, but provided no relief from the metropolitan drought…

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Catchment Rains Disappoint; Gale Along Coast

The Sun · Monday 30 September 1940 · page 3

The south-westerly storm which deluged the metropolitan area with heavy rain yesterday, caused welcome falls also on the catchment areas, but not, so far, in anything like sufficient volume to relieve…

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Catchment Rains. More Likely. Record Gale in Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 September 1940 · page 9

More than an inch of rain fell over Sydney's catchment area in the weekend, when a fierce gale lashed the metropolitan district…

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18-Footers in Gale. None Completes the Course. Crews Endangered

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 September 1940 · page 12

Crews of boats competing in the 18-footers' sailing race on the harbour had their lives endangered yesterday when the…

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Goebbels Admits Raid Havoc R.A.F. Battles Through Storm To Bomb Berlin LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 September 1940 · page 3

The German Propaganda Minister (Dr. Goebbels) admitted in a speech to the Hitler Youth Movement that British air-raids on Germany had paralysed the work of the…

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Gale Causes Rough Seas

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 October 1940 · page 10

Heavy seas which were whipped up by Sunday's gale, continued to pound the beaches yesterday. The picture shows heavy seas rolling in at Coogee…

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Ketch Driven Ashore In Harbor Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 October 1940 · page 7

A 32ft. ketch was driven ashore at Chinaman's Beach, near The Spit, during a storm at 1 am. yesterday. The owner, Mr. J. Irvine, of Hunter's…

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Tanks, Planes in a 'Flood' New York

The Sun · Tuesday 1 October 1940 · page 2

American journalists who have toured Canada report that war industries have been built up to the point where they are now ready to…

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phones Dislocated Rains Flood Mains

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 October 1940 · page 7

Stormwater damage to underground telephone cables dislocated communications in six suburbs yesterday…

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Gale Damage. 18-footer Sailing Boats

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 October 1940 · page 14

Three 18-footers, City Tatts, Malvina, and Ada A., which were blown off the course in last Sundays gale, have not yet been returned to their sheds…

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Empire Flying-Boat Turns Back In Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 October 1940 · page 3

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--While the Empire Airways flying-boat Cleopatra battled against a 60-mile-an-hour gale near Coff's Harbor today. Eleanor Mary…

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Planes Search For Launch 3 Men Caught in Gale Grafton

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 October 1940 · page 7

Five R.A.A.F. planes are being used to search 100 miles of beach between Ballina and Coff's Harbor,…

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Fears of Floods on Coast

The Sun · Wednesday 2 October 1940 · page 6

Flood conditions, developing on parts of the coast, threaten an anti-climax to the breaking of the drought…

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Barefoot to Meals in Flooded Saloon

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 October 1940 · page 7

Some women passengers went barefooted for meals in a trans-Tasman liner, which has arrived after one of the worst crossings from New Zealand for more than 17 years. The second-class saloon was…

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The Storm Sweeps Nearer

The Sun · Thursday 3 October 1940 · page 4

WITH the announcement of the alliance between Japan and the Axis Powers, the policy which threatens the peace of the…

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Tells of "Insanity Storm"

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 October 1940 · page 8

"I don't know what happened. It was like a big electrical storm coming over me. I must have been…

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No Sign Of Launch Caught In Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 October 1940 · page 10

COFF'S HARBOR, Wednesday.--An Air Force plane and a coastal steamer saw no sign today of the launch in which three men were caught in a 6…

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Floodings Likely Weather Warning in North

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 October 1940 · page 7

Local floodings may occur in North Coast river districts during the next few days said the State…

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