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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1919

614 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 31

Foundered in Gale. Fate of the Collier Tuggerah. Six of the Crew Drowned. Captain, Chief Officer, and Chief-engineer Missing. Eleven Survivors Land at Cronulla. Perilous Trip of Survivors in Ship's Lifeboat

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 May 1919 · page 5

In the stormy weather which swept the coastline on Saturday the steam collier Tuggerah, owned by the Wallarah Coal Company, foundered to the south of Marley Head while…

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Caught in the Gale. Steamer's Rough Passage

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 May 1919 · page 5

The full force of the recent gale on the coast was mot by the Dutch stemmer Roggoveen on the passage from Brisbane, and she arrived bearing traces of rough handling. The storm…

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A Shipping Disaster the Collier Tuggerah Founders in the Storm. of Seventeen Six Drowned

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 May 1919 · page 4

A fierce gale has raged along the N.S.W. coast during the week-end, and in some places the weather has been the roughest experienced for…

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Flood of Undesirables Russians and Germans Returning to England. When the Door Opens

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 May 1919 · page 4

The greatest watchfulness will be necessary on the part of the people as well as the authorities to prevent undesirables from pouring into this…

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In Sydney Lull Before the Storm

Evening News · Wednesday 21 May 1919 · page 5

"The seamen intend going [?] with the strike." said an official of the New South Wales branch of the federation this morning…

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The Rifle W. H. Cutler Wins the Sydney at Randwick Match Ties Shot Off in Heavy Rain

Referee · Wednesday 21 May 1919 · page 10

Persistent' an-1 heavy rain on Saturday afternoon resulted in the cancellation of most of the targets at the Randwick Range. One club only saw it through…

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Disastrous Cyclone. At Bathurst Island. Catholic Mission Station Swept Away

The Catholic Press · Thursday 22 May 1919 · page 19

Seven long years' devoted work swept aside in one day! The first blossoms put forth by a promising mission tree, cultivated by seven years of hardship blasted, and…

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No Hope Hawker's Fate Gale in Atlantic Eaelier News False London, May 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 May 1919 · page 7

All hope of rescuing Hawker has been abandoned. A gale is, raging in the Atlantic. An official communique points out…

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Hawker's Fate. Grave Fears. Gale on the Atlantic. Impossible to Patrol Course Vancouver, May 20, 8.35 a.m

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 May 1919 · page 5

A message from London states that hope of Hawker being found has been abandoned. A gale is blowing over the Atlantic. PICKLES HOPEFUL…

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Cyclonic Disturbance in the South-east Floods Likely

The Sun · Thursday 22 May 1919 · page 9

City Forecast.--Still unsettled, though temporarily fine, but cloudy and warm, with north-west winds early in afternoon; wind later veering to north-east…

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Heavy Rain Expected

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 May 1919 · page 7

Further rain may be anticipated, principally in the south-cast and north-west quarters, with falls of a flood character in the former division and boisterous winds on the…

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Adrift in a Gale. Steamer and Hulic

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 May 1919 · page 4

During the recent gale off the coast the French bulk Paul Bouket, which was being towed to sea from Noumea by the steamer St. Josefa, broke adrift, and was at the mercy of…

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Storm Thoughts

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 24 May 1919 · page 24

My pipebowl glows in the scented dusk and a wind comes whistling by, Swaying the boughs of the shadowy trees outlined against the sky…

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Heavy Rain on the Darling Broken Hill

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 May 1919 · page 5

Heavy rain has fallen over the West Darling district since Tuesday night, registering from one to three inches. Unfortunately, it was not so good in the…

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Drought Broken at Long Last Splendid Rains in the West, and Best Monsoonal Storm Since August BATHURST

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 May 1919 · page 3

At last the great almost waterless expanses of the west are able to announce the breaking of what in many respects was a record drought. For almost nine…

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Double Deluge From Above and Below City Main Bursts

The Sun · Monday 26 May 1919 · page 8

Palmer-street. Woolloomooloo, was the scene of a double deluge this morning. At 6 o'clock, while torrential rain was…

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Was It Hawker? Cyclone Follows Sight of Aeroplane. London, May 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 May 1919 · page 9

A Wireless Press message states that the cable-ship Faraday sighted the red light of an aeroplane 50.28 degrees north by 30.02 degrees west in the early hours of last…

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Sydney Soaked This Morning's Heavy Rain 389 Points in Six Hours Lakes and Raging Torrents in the Streets Randwick Tracks Under Water

The Sun · Monday 26 May 1919 · page 8

Citizens of Sydney clamored for an Ark this morning, when their city was visited by a deluge. Streets wore converted into lakes, streams became raging torrents, and waterfalls appeared in unexpected places…

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Drenched City Many Streets Flooded 18 Inches Fall This Month

Evening News · Monday 26 May 1919 · page 6

The present month has been the wettest May for 30 years. Over is inches of rain have fallen in the past 26 years. Over…

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