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Floods & storms, 1929

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Football Rugby League Australia Defeated Goes Down to Cumberland Match Played in Gale London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 December 1929 · page 3

Following successive defeats in the last two matches, the Australian Rugby League team was defeated by Cumberland at Worthington on a ground swept…

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Terrific Storm Sweeps English Channel Many Ships In Peril One Steamer Founders 21 Lives Believed Lost London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 December 1929 · page 2

Another violent storm with torrential rain and a gale struck the South of England last night, causing many deaths and widespread damage. The…

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English Storm Many Shipwrecks Fierce Weather Continues London, Dec. 8

The Daily Express · Tuesday 10 December 1929 · page 1

The exceptionally violent gale, which struck Southern England on Friday night and continued yesterday day was renewed with severity…

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Branxton Miners Reject Settlement "Rothbury the Storm Centre" Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 December 1929 · page 2

The aggregate meeting of miners at Branxton to-day rejected the settlement terms arrived at by the recent conference, by a large majority…

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Violent Gale in South of England Shipping Badly Battered Man's Daring Exploit Carries Rope to Helpless Vessel LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 December 1929 · page 1

The exceptionally violent gale when struck Southern England on Friday night and continued yesterday was renewed to-day. At its height the…

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Defied Gale to See Prize Fight Flight Across Channel London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 December 1929 · page 1

When Saturday's roaring gale suspended boat and aeroplane cross-Chanel services, the chairman of the De Havilland Co., Mr. A. S. Butler, and…

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English Storm Fifth Day of Violence Another Steamer Abandoned London, Dec. 9

The Daily Express · Wednesday 11 December 1929 · page 1

For-the fifth day in succession Southern England was again swept by and gusts. Between 70 and 80 miles an hour was recorded…

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England Wind Swept Fifth Day of High Winds Many Districts Flooded Thames Still Rising London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 December 1929 · page 1

For the fifth day in succession England was again swept by gales to-day, and gusts between 70 and 80 miles an hour were recorded, while in the…

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Burren Junction Storm Sydney

The Daily Express · Thursday 12 December 1929 · page 1

The township of Burren Junction was struck gy a tornado yesterday afternoon. Although it lasted only a few minutes, It left considerable…

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Gale in Victoria Crops Swept Down Melbourne

The Daily Express · Thursday 12 December 1929 · page 1

A gale, which was responsible for the breaking of the liner Or[?] from her m[?] at Port M[?]bourne yesterday extended over all…

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Gale in Victoria Vessel Breaks From Moorings Wind Flays Crops Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 December 1929 · page 5

The gale which was responsible for the breaking away of the liner Oronsay from her mooring at Port Melbourne yesterday extended over all the…

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Thames Valley Danger of Flood Keen Watch Being Kept Reading Surrounded By Water LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 December 1929 · page 1

The renewal of the gale caused by a very deep depression on the Atlantic is, according to the weather forecast, likely to be severe on the south-west…

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Watch on Thames the Flood Danger London, Dec. 10

The Daily Express · Thursday 12 December 1929 · page 2

Although there has been a heavy [?]well running, the interval in the [?]le enabled many ships to mend their steering gear and to continue…

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Floods in England Villages Inundated Serious Position London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 13 December 1929 · page 6

There is a serious situation in the Henley district of Somerset, where large areas of flood waters were lashed to fury by the wind, and resembled an…

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Fiji Hurricane Heavy Flood Sugar Company's Boats Sunk Suva (Fiji)

Daily Advertiser · Friday 13 December 1929 · page 6

The people of Suva spent an anxious night owing to the wind which at times readied hurricane force. Great damage was caused to trees and…

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English Floods Villages Threatened London, December 11

The Daily Express · Friday 13 December 1929 · page 4

There was a serious situation in Athelney Somerset, where large areas of flodded waters were lashed into huge waves by high…

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Fiji Hurricane Schooner Wrecked Floods Reported Suva (Fiji)

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 14 December 1929 · page 2

The schooner Helena, owned by Messrs. Terry and Son, is a total loss on the Taronevu coast. There were no casualties…

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Hurricane in Fiji Slight Damage to Property Native Towns Flooded Suva, December 12

The Daily Express · Saturday 14 December 1929 · page 1

With the barometer recording 28. 998 the people of Suva spent an anxious night. The wind at times at tained hurricane force. Great…

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Fiji Cyclone Widespread Damage Nine People Drowned Sydney

The Daily Express · Monday 16 December 1929 · page 1

Now that communications are being restored to the F[?]an Group which was swept by a terrinc cycone for several days this week,…

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Lost in Gale Destroyer Disappears Fate of Chew Uncertain London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 16 December 1929 · page 2

The destroyer Tormentor, while being towed by a tug from Sheerness to be demolished, broke away from the tug in a gale, which raged along…

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