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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1919

614 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 31

Series of Storms Unsettled Weather Likely Peculiar Cloud Effect

The Sun · Monday 20 January 1919 · page 2

A series of thunderstorms was experienced in the city yesterday afternoon and evening, and at times, more particularly between 2 and 3 o'clock, the…

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Damaged in the Storm Roof Blown From Hotel Balcony MERRIWA

The Sun · Monday 20 January 1919 · page 5

The top of the balcony of the Fitzroy Hotel was blown off into the yard in yesterday's storm, and took with it the top of a stone chimney…

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Violent Thunderstorms Hail Rain. and Lightning Artificial Light Necessary

Evening News · Monday 20 January 1919 · page 3

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Heavy Thunderstorm. 45 Points Recorded in Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 January 1919 · page 6

A violent hall and thunderstorm broke over the city and suburbs early yesterday afternoon. For over twenty minutes previous to the storm the city lay beneath a pall of…

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Thunderstorms. Rain and Hail

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 January 1919 · page 6

Thunderstorms were reported over coastal districts yesterday, and the accompanying rain in places was heavy. Hail also fell. Oppressive conditions prevailed in the city…

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Thunderstorms in the Country. Light to Heavy Rain

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 7

Thunderstorms during the week-end resulted in light to heavy rain pretty generally over the north-eastern quarter and the northern portions of the south coast…

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Cyclone at Walgett. Buildings Levelled. Many Narrow Escapes

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 5

WALGETT, Monday.--Probably the severest cyclone in the history of Walgett occurred yesterday afternoon at about 3 o'clock. The damage is estimated roughly at [?]1500…

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Cyclone at Walgett. Many Buildings Unroofed. Walgett

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 6

There was a cyclone here yesterday at 3 o'clock. Practically the whole town suffered. The total damage is roughly estimated at £1500. Roofs of buildings were…

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The Punter's Guide Moorefield. Saturday, January 4th. Weather Fine. Going Fast. Heavy Rain After 4th Race. Flying Handicap. 6 furlongs

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Wednesday 22 January 1919 · page 13

Start: Portrait, Daddy Christmas and Tasiman's Isle smartest out. Half-mile: Maltoff half a length in front from Daddy Christmas, two lengths…

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The Coming of the Deluge

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 1

THE POLITICIANS (Impressed at last): This is becoming serious. If we do not get busy we shall be overwhelmed. Where's Millen ? Can he place five hundred men daily ? If he cannot, what is going to happen to US…

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Night Storm Warnings. Change on Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of America

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 4

A new system it night storm warning displays is now effective on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of America, having begun with the first signal…

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Thunderstorm To-night

The Sun · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 3

City Forecast.--At first fine and warm to hot and sultry, with fresh to squally and dusty north-east winds in the afternoon and gathering cloud,…

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Night Storm Warnings. Change on Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of America

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 28 January 1919 · page 15

A new system it night storm warning displays is now effective on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of America, having begun with the first signal…

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Heavy Storms Woman Struck by Lightning Naroonief

Evening News · Thursday 30 January 1919 · page 5

heavy [?] thunder and [?] town yesterday [?] of rain was[?]…

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Floods in New Zealand. Serious Damage

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 January 1919 · page 4

WELLINGTON, Wednesday.--Hoary rains have occurred in the Otago district. Railway traffic has been interrupted. Balelutha is passing through the worst…

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Sultry Conditions. Scattered Rain and Thunderstorms Likely

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 January 1919 · page 3

Tweed Heads, with 5 points, was the only rain reported in the State yesterday. A dry thunderstorm was also reported from Quambone. Elsewhere fine and warm to hot weather…

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Heat and Cold Thunder, Hail and Wind Storms January Weather Reviewed

Evening News · Saturday 1 February 1919 · page 4

Mr D J. Mar[?] Divisional Officer Weather Bureau, Sydney, has issued the following review of the weather conditions in January.—…

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In Teeth of a Gale. Deputation to Senator Pearce

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 February 1919 · page 4

PERTH, Monday.--While the Marathon was coaling from hulks in Albany Harbor the Mayor of Albany, with officials of the Lumpers' Union, came out in a launch and interviewed…

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Struck by Lightning. During Heavy Storm at Narromine

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 4 February 1919 · page 4

Narromine (N.S.W.) on Wednesday afternoon last was visited by heavy storms, accompanied by severe thunder and lightning. While standing on the…

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The Rain Storm. Unsatisfactory Falls

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 February 1919 · page 7

Save for light falls at three Isolated places in the Hunter and Manning, and two in the north-west, the favorable rain indications of the past three days failed as far as New…

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