Storm Havoc On Land, Sea
Shipping was affected and property damaged when Sydney was lashed by a cyclonic storm and winds of near-gale force early this mornings SOUTH-EASTERLY winds reached a…
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1,687 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 85
Suburbs Hit By Explosion, Storm
FACTORY BLOWN UP. Dawn revealed this twisted wreckage following the explosion at a chemical works at Rosebery last night…
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SHIPPING was affected and property damaged when Sydney was lashed by a cyclonic storm and winds of…
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SHIPPING was affected and property damaged when Sydney was lashed by a cyclonic storm and winds of…
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SHIPPING was affected and property damaged when Sydney was lashed by a cyclonic storm and winds of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Flood Disrupt Catholic Life English Parishes Are Hard Hit; One Priest Killed
CATHOLIC life in many parts of Britain, particularly in the Thames Valley, the Trent Valley (in the Midlands) and the East Anglian fen district, was…
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A southerly gale forced seven ships to seek shelter or postpone sailing in Sydney. Newcastle, and Port Stephens harbors yesterday…
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Playing sound, safe golf in appalling weather conditions, W. Bolger took the lead in the second round of the Ampol £1000 professional golf tournament at the Australian Club yesterday. Following his first round of 73 with a 76 yesterday,…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Red Cross Appeal For Flood Relief Funds To Help Britain
CONTRIBUTIONS are still needed for the Red Cross Society's Flood Relief Appeal to help the people of Britain. Country people can send their remittances to "The Farmer and Settler" and contributions will be acknowledged…
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SPECIAL emergency "Drying Squads" organised by the Ministry of Health have been busy making the homes of those who live in the…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Country Women's Interests 500 Attend Red Cross Conference Greater Activities Planned Radio Appeal To Aid Victims Of Floods In Britain
THE coming year will see a big increase in activities in many Departments of the N.S.W. Red Cross Society. Immediate concern of the Division is the British Flood Relief Appeal. Over 500 delegates many…
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LONDON, April 18.—The Ministry of Agriculture will make grants to encourage farmers to crop and cultivate land reclaimed after the recent…
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Radio listeners yesterday gave at least £12,700 to the Red Cross British Flood Relief Appeal. Sydney radio stations broadcast the appeal from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Deluge Floods Homes, Shops Many Stranded, Cars Submerged
One of the greatest one-hour deluges in Sydney's history,-- 180 points -- this morning flooded shops, homes and offices, turned streets into rivers and stranded thousands of workers…
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LONDON, Tuesday.--Caught in an 80-miles-an-hour gale while being towed to Clyde shipbreakers, the battleship Warspite is adrift off Land's End…
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LONDON, Tuesday.--H.M.S. Warspite, which visited Sydney Harbor during the war, is adrift in an 80 m.p.h. gale off Land's End…
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LONDON, Tuesday.--H.M.S. War spite, which visited Sydney Harbor during the war. is adrift in an 80 m.p.h. gale. off Land's End…
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LONDON, Tuesday.--H.M.S. Warspite, which visited Sydney Harbor during the war, is adrift in an 80 m.p.h. gale off Land's End…
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LONDON, Tuesday.--H.M.S. War spite, which visited Sydney Harbor during the war, is adrift in an 80 m.p.h. gale off Land's End,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Deluge Cuts Off Phones and Light Big Sydney Damage
A CLOUDBURST this morning interrupted 'phone services, and was indirectly responsible for power blackouts in all areas supplied by the County Council. Heaviest rain for years flooded many parts of the city…
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