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New England · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1927

257 stories in New England's papers · page 5 of 13

Welcome Storm

The Inverell Times · Thursday 14 April 1927 · page 2

As the result of a mildly oppressive day yesterday a sharp storm passed over the town about 7 p.m. It was accompanied by a strong southerly…

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Floods in Texas. Great Loss of Life. San Francisco

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Thursday 14 April 1927 · page 2
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A Rock Sprrings message imports the most disastrous tornado ever experienced in that section of Texas. In the inland grazing districts it took…

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Bank [?] Flooded [?]

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 14 April 1927 · page 1

The vaults [?] Savings Bank at the corner of [?] Street and flinders Lane [?] flooded by water yesterday. [?] heard a…

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Crowds at the Royal Show. Despite Heavy Rain. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 20 April 1927 · page 4

Notwithstanding heavy rain throughout yesterday, the attendance at the Royal Show numbered 153,850, compared with 151,800 for Easter…

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Terrific Gales. Cause Widespread Devastation and Loss of life. Two Electrocuted: Two Drowned. Hotel Partly Demolished: Panic-stricken Guests. Brick Cottage Collapses: Railway' Traffic Interrupted. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 20 April 1927 · page 4

Torrential rains fell in Sydney and suburbs yesterday, and all the low-lying parts are submerged. Driving rain was accompanied by a gale of cyclonic forte. Many buildings were badly damaged. trees uprooted, and…

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Six Dead. Mad Fury of Tearing Cyclone. Bodies in Storm Water. Sydney

The Uralla Times · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 2

Six lives were lost, several people were injured and a vase amount of property damage was caused by the the 64 miles-an-hour cyclone, which,…

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Vagaries of Storm

The Uralla Times · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 2

Two horses stepped en live wires at Newtown and were killed. A party of motorists were imprisoned in their car when a roof was…

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Floods in U.s.a

The Uralla Times · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 5

Kansas City. Tuesday. Torradoes and cloudl[?]st have added to the toll of fi[?]ds in the central and southern States…

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30,000 HOMELESS 75 KILLED ; 800 INJURED Property Damage 25,000,000 Dollars Floods In United States MONTREAL

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 1

A New York message states that the toll of life and destruction of property in the storms and roads in the Mississippi basin and South…

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Maitland Flooded Nearly 14 Inches of Rain Sea of Water MAITLAND

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 8

Drenching showers fell on Tuesday bringing the total rainfall since Friday to 1359 points, but the stormy conditions have now abated…

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Davidson Memorial Shattered. Result of Storm. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 23 April 1927 · page 7

A fine memorial erected by public subscriptions to the honor and memory of the late State Governor (Sir Walter Davidson), sit South Head,…

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United States Floods Death Roll Now 200 Disease Grips The Destitute VANCOUVER

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 23 April 1927 · page 1

A Kansas City message states that bitter weather on Friday added to the horrors of thousands of flood victims. Disease has stricken the destitute…

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Million Dollar Floods. America's Trial. (Reuter's Cable). Montreal

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 23 April 1927 · page 6

A New York message states that the gravity of the disaster caused by flex[?]s is interesting hourly. At present it is [?]red that 160 are…

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Sydney Show Week. Cyclone and Torrents of Rain

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 25 April 1927 · page 2

The one week of the year which Sydney people as well as a multitude of visitors hoped would be fine was a week of boisterous weather…

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World War Prophesied Storm Centre in Pacific

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 April 1927 · page 3

"Intervention in China will become an imperialistic war. Because of the interests of the various powers in the Pacific, it will mean a…

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Floods in U.S.A. Military Forces Evacuation "Refugees Die Like Rats" MONTREAL

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 26 April 1927 · page 1

A message from Memphis, Tennessee, states that General Green, commanding the Mississippi National Guard, ordered the forcible…

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[Through Router.] LONDON, Sunday. Flooda in America. Mississippi Valley's Plight

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 April 1927 · page 1

A message from Kansas City states that food and water shortage is reported from all towns on the Mississippi Valley as the result of the floods…

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Disease Follows Floods Compulsory Evacuation of Stricken Area Sacrifice to Save New O[?]s

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 28 April 1927 · page 1

To save the city of New Orleans, a st[?]ch of 70,000 acres of land is to be flooded and the 4000 inhabitants are…

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[Through Reuter.] LONDON, Wednesday. to Prevent Flood. Surrounding Country Inundated

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 1

Vancouver. — A message from New Orleans says: Carrying all their moveable belongings, hundreds of trappers and farmers to-day left their…

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