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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1919

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Broken Hill. Violent Storm

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 1 January 1919 · page 17

A violent storm occurred in the Broken Hill district on Dec. 23, doing considerable damage. At The Pinnacles, about nine miles from Broken Hill, the wind…

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Tilba. Thunderstorms

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 1 January 1919 · page 17

Thunderstorms which occurred at Tilba Tilba last week gave 60 points of rain. This will prove of great benefit to maize and other crops, but much more is…

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1700 in Peril U.S. Transport Ashore Storm Holds Off Rescuers Vancouver

The Sun · Thursday 2 January 1919 · page 1

The transport Northern Pacific (8256 tons) went ashore yesterday off New York. A storm rose in the afternoon, and…

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A Muggy Day. Temperature Rises Early. Thunderstorm Coming To-night

Evening News · Thursday 2 January 1919 · page 5

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Last Night's Storm. Won't Help Manly

Evening News · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 5

The rain last evening was not sufficient to effect the situation in regard to Manly's wate suppy. The Water Board has repeatedly…

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Thunderstorms in the Country. Over an Inch of Rain in Places

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 3

Thunderstorms have been experienced at scattered places in the northern border districts west from the tablelands. A storm also occurred in the city, yielding 8 points of rain…

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Scattered Thunder-storms. 91Deg. at Sydney

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 January 1919 · page 10

Thursday's thunderstorms covered a much greater area, though still of very scattered character, than on either of the two preceding days. The central northern, central, and…

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Storm in City Streets Like Rivers Woman Struck Dead at Bondi Heavy Hail

Evening News · Saturday 4 January 1919 · page 5

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Pelted with Hail a Remarkable Storm Barrage of Rain Races and Sports Interrupted

The Sun · Saturday 4 January 1919 · page 5

Following upon the oppressive heat to-day, a sharp thunderstorm, which brought rain in a perfect barrage, visited Sydney this…

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The War (Continued from Page 1) Posen Fighting Paderewski Directs Poles Storm Stores LONDON, Friday Night

The Sun · Saturday 4 January 1919 · page 5

The latest' news of the situation at Posen received by way of Berlin is that the Poles stormed the artillery stores and distributed rifles and hand…

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Racing at Moorefield Delayed by Heavy Storm

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 January 1919 · page 8

At Moorefield yesterday a storm delayed the running of the Moorefield Handicap. Rain commenced to fall after the horses left the weighing yard, but when…

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Killed by Lightning in Yesterday's Storm Woman Struck Dead While Bathing at Bondi Beach

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 January 1919 · page 2

At Bondi, during the storm yesterday afternoon, a woman was struck dead by lightning. Mrs. Isabella Mathews, who lives at…

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Heavy Hail Storm in City and Suburbs Turns Streets Into Miniature Rivers and Interrupts Sports

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 January 1919 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon, at about 3 o'clock, heavy clouds commenced to gather over the city and some of the suburbs, and about 4 o'clock an exceptionally heavy…

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Lightning and Hail Terrific 20-Minute Storm Woman Killed on Beach Bolting Horses and Battered Gardens Thirty-three Boats Upset on Harbor

The Sun · Sunday 5 January 1919 · page 2

Mr. Mares (Divisional Meteorologist): The storm and the conditions which accompanied it was of the type of weather occurrence that is usually associated with a break in drought conditions A remarkably fierce and sudden…

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Boot-store Flooded £1000 Worth of Damage

The Sun · Sunday 5 January 1919 · page 2

The storm did about £1000 worth of damage to the stock in Macnaught's shoe store in Pitt-street. The roof gutter could not carry the…

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Damage to Property Windows Smashed Rain Floods Dwellings

The Sun · Sunday 5 January 1919 · page 2

In the suburbs generally the hail and rain did great damage to buildings. Iron roofs were lifted by the wind, and windows were broken by the…

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Violent Storm. Woman Killed by Lightning

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1919 · page 7

A most violent rain storm broke over the city and suburbs late on Saturday afternoon. Previous to the great burst of rain and hail the whole of the metropolitan area lay…

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Manly's Water Storm of Little Benefit

The Sun · Monday 6 January 1919 · page 2

The rain which fell on Saturday did not benefit the Manly Water Supply to any great extent. Owing to the dry period through which the area has…

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Terrific Hail Storm Cattle Dug Out of Ice Brisbane

The Sun · Monday 6 January 1919 · page 2

There was a cloud-burst yesterday afternoon over parts of the Warwick district, the storm being accompanied by a phenomenal fall of hall…

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The Storm. Woman Killed at Bondi. City Bears the Brunt. a Coming Disturbance

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 January 1919 · page 4

Sydney and Its suburbs were shrouded in what suggested nocturnal darkness for space of half an hour on Saturday afternoon. In the early part of the day there was an…

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