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Floods & storms, 1919

614 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 31

Thunderstorms and Rain Likely. Cold Change Approaching

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 August 1919 · page 6

Conditions last night pointed to cloudy and unsettled weather, with thunderstorms and rain over various parts of the State, accompanied by mild northerly winds…

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Saccaline Fodder. a flood Frost-Resister

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 26 August 1919 · page 7

When [?] was first [?] to [?] warra about a year ago, it was claimed by come to be almost frost-proof. The recent severe [?] have [?] that although the leaf…

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Cyclone on Coast Rough Seas--heavy Rain Five Inches at Eden Falls at Many Places

The Sun · Wednesday 27 August 1919 · page 7

City Forecast.--Cloudy and unsettled to showery, with cold squally westerly to south-west winds, reaching gale force during the afternoon and evening. Snow…

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Cyclonic Disturbance Heavy Rain at Eden Snow od Blue Mountains

Evening News · Wednesday 27 August 1919 · page 3

Owing to a cyclonic disturbance [?] in the south [?] of the continent, heavy weather i[?] being experienced off the N.S.W…

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Cyclonic Storm. Gales and Rough Seas. Heavy Rains on South Coast

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 August 1919 · page 7

The disturbance responsible for the recent general rain over New South Wales has worked eastward. and on reaching the coast assumed a cyclonic character between Newcastle and…

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Further Rain But More Scattered Cyclone Passes Away

The Sun · Thursday 28 August 1919 · page 3

City Forecast.-- The cyclone has now definitely panned away to sea. Consequently weather should be fine with rather mild day and cold night…

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Snowy River in Flood. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 August 1919 · page 7

Reports from Orbost and Sale state that a big flood came down the Snowy River on Tuesday night. A very large area of flats is now under water. The losses of live stock are…

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Shipping Mishap at Newcastle. Gale Causes Collision

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 29 August 1919 · page 4

A shipping mishap occurred at Lee Wharf, Newcastle, on Tuesday morning. The Huddart, Parker steamer Corio arrived at 10 a.m. to load coal…

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W. Angliss and Co., Ltd. Purchase Cold Storms in Sydney

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 2 September 1919 · page 3

W. Angliss and Co. Pty. Ltd., owing to the increase of their Sydney business, have purchased the Metropolitan Ice Cold Storage Company. Harris…

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Storm in the City Thunder, Lightning, and Hail Heavy Downpour

Evening News · Tuesday 2 September 1919 · page 6

The thunderstorm which passed over the City about 10 O'clock this morning was the most [?] experiences for same months. During the night and early morning…

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Soldiers Arrive. Landing in a Storm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 September 1919 · page 11

The 488 New South Wales soldiers who arrived by the Persic landed during the storm yesterday morning. Fortunately for the relations and friends at the Anzac Buffet, the rain…

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Hail Squall. Storm in the City. Heavy Downpour

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 September 1919 · page 10

Shortly before 10 a.m. yesterday a sharp thunderstorm occurred in the city, culminating in a heavy hall squall at 10.15 a.m. Threatening conditions had prevailed…

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Thunderstorms in the Country. Light to Heavy Rain

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 September 1919 · page 6

Light to heavy rain with thunderstorms was recorded yesterday in the south-east quarter, and light scattered falls were also experienced on the central and north coast and south of…

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Lord Fisher's Reform Navy Administration. Storm of Controversy. London, September 2

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 September 1919 · page 5

Lord Fisher's letter has aroused a storm of controversy. It is agreed on all hands that great economics are necessary, but they should proceed cautiously before the Empire's naval…

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Big Storm Coming Cyclonic Disturbance Off New South Wales Coast

Evening News · Friday 5 September 1919 · page 5

A [?] disturbance is now [?] on the coast between Clarence [?] and Newcastle, and during the next 24 hours…

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"Cyclone Bill" Last Deep-sea Cruise Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 7 September 1919 · page 1

After 56 years seagoing experience. Captain W. C. Thomson, commodore captain of the A.U.S.N, service, who is 78 years old, left Melbourne on his…

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Prince of Wales in Storm OTTAWA, Monday Evening

Evening News · Tuesday 9 September 1919 · page 5

The Prince of Water while on fishing trip at Cameron Falls experienced a tremendous hailstrom. A huge tree fell during the storm…

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The Human Flood the Lancashire Farmer Seeks Land in Australia. an Envoy's Mission

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 9 September 1919 · page 4

A cable from London last week stated that subdivisional sales of large landed estates at [?] prices had aroused fears among tenant-farmers…

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Storm-swept City. Heavy Rain Squalls

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 September 1919 · page 6

City streets were swept yesterday by drenching showers -- the outcome of an Antarctic disturbance now on the coast. Altogether 82 points were measured at the Observatory up to…

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Great Solar Storms

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 September 1919 · page 10

The two great storms upon the sun, which were referred to by the president at the meeting of the N.S.W. branch of the British Astronomical Association on the 27th ultimo (writes…

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