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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1917

935 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 47

Cloudy and Mild. Heavy Rain in Southwest

Evening News · Saturday 22 September 1917 · page 3

An Antarctic disturb operated [?]…

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Stadium and the Gale

Arrow · Saturday 22 September 1917 · page 6

From the Stadium management :—"At the height of the gale on Wednesday if was feared that the whole of the roof of the Stadium might carry away. The damage…

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Wednesday's Cyclonic Storm

The St George Call · Saturday 22 September 1917 · page 6

The storm which gathered on Tuesday evening assumed cyclonic force on Wednesday, and Was one of the worst ever remembered in this district, the wind…

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The Storm. One of Those Historic Cyclones. Local Damage

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 22 September 1917 · page 12

The very heavy, storm that broke over this part of the State on Tuesday night, and lasted until Thursday morning, did a great deal of damage locally; although…

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Haig Strikes Again First Day's Success Australians As Storm Troops London

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 September 1917 · page 9

Sir Douglas Haig, in a report issued at 11.30 p.m. on Thursday, announces that a British attack began that morning eastward of Ypres, on an eight mile front, between the Ypres-Comlnes Canal and the Ypres-Staden Railway. "Great success attended our troops." continued Sir Douglas Haig,…

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Hunter River Iii Flood. 22Ft Above Ordinary Level West Maitland, Saturday Afternoon

Evening News · Saturday 22 September 1917 · page 2

Con[?] on the heavy rains on the watershed of the Hunter during the past few days, the river at West Maitland rose to [?] test above ordinary level. This can[?] is at…

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In the Track of the Storm

Sunday Times · Sunday 23 September 1917 · page 3

A NORTH SYDNEY BILLIARD-ROOM FROM WHICH THE STORM COMPLETELY REMOVED THE ROOF A ROOF IN THE NEXT-DOOR YARD…

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The Big Storm Death, Wreck and Heavy Damage

Sunday Times · Sunday 23 September 1917 · page 3

After doing their duty honestly in measuring the velocity of the wind up to about 40 miles an hour in Wednesday's storm, the instruments at the Sydney Observatory gave up the struggle…

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Storm Damage Appeal. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 September 1917 · page 8

Sir,—The recent storm has done damage to the properties occupied by us for the various homes dealing with the outcast and needy and neglected children. Several of the fences…

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Storm Releases Mines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 September 1917 · page 7

A storm released hundreds of mines in the North Sea Many were driven ashore at Jutland. A few have drifted into harbours among shipping…

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Heavy Coastal Rain. Good Falls Inland. Peel River in Flood

Evening News · Tuesday 25 September 1917 · page 5

[?] every part of New South Wales during [?] to the central and South [?] and Kiama…

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A Flood Embankment. Damage to Neighbor's Land

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 25 September 1917 · page 3

Merriwa (N.S.W.) asks whether a man call legally construct an embankment on the bank of a river to prevent flood waters encroaching upon his land, if he…

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Further General Rains Floods at Albury

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 25 September 1917 · page 7

The excellent rains of the past few weeks have been followed by further general falls. Every district recorded falls ranging from light to moderate. In paris of the…

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Storm in Sydney. Snow and Floods in Country

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 26 September 1917 · page 36

A howling gale, which began on the pight of September 18, and continued during September 19, swept over Sydney and suburbs. The storm was responsible for loss of life and great…

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Martindale's Notebook. Damage by the Gale

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 26 September 1917 · page 40

The great gale of last week did a lot of damage out Randwick way. Several of the poplar trees in the double line along the road side were broken oft, while some other trees…

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Storm, Strike, and Patriotic Sport

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 26 September 1917 · page 21

ON Wednesday [?] sick and wounded Australian soldiers, who had been invalided from England after serving in France, arrived in Sydney. The returned men came from Melbourne by train. Four hundred…

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Stadium Smash. Direful Effects of Big Gale

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 26 September 1917 · page 7

Hard blows are common at the Stadium, and many a good man has gone under to "one in the wind": but the blow of last Wednesday was of a different kind…

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Banco Court. (Before the Chief Justice and a jury of 4.) Claim for Compensation. Malone v Flood and Co., Ltd

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 September 1917 · page 7

Mr. J. A. Ferguson, instructed by Mr. J. B. Moffatt, appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Boy[?]e, instructed by Messrs. M'Lachlan and Murray, for the defendants. This was an…

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Curlwaa Settlement. Damage by Flood

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 September 1917 · page 11

The Murray River at the Curiwaa (Went- worth) irrigation area in the last rise carried a flood second only to the record flood of 1870. The flood in November last, when the greatest…

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Floods in China. Pekin

Evening News · Thursday 27 September 1917 · page 5

The city of Tientsin has been inundated. The present are the worst floods known to living men. Enormous damage has been done, and there…

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