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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1920

709 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 36

Devastation Through Swiss Floods Will ages Swept Away LONDON, Monday Evening

Evening News · Tuesday 28 September 1920 · page 1

Latest reports of the foods in the Upper Maurileune district show that damage has been dane to the extent of £2,000,000…

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Fierce Floods Damage in Europe Houses and Stock Swept Away LONDON, September 27

The Sun · Tuesday 28 September 1920 · page 1

A distressing picture of the devastation wrought by floods owing to violent rainstorms in Franco, Switzerland, and the North of Italy is given in a…

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Cyclonic Storm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 September 1920 · page 11

In connection with the disappearance of the Amelia J., Mr. D. J. Marcs, of the Commonwealth Weather Bureau, yesterday said that the weather prevailing over the Tasman…

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Alpine Floods Torrents Destroy Villages London, Sept. 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 September 1920 · page 11

Latest reports of the floods in the Upper Maurienne state that the damage is estimated at £2,000,000. Factories suffered most serious damage. Houses and chalets were swept…

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Disastrous Floods London, September '27

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 September 1920 · page 9

The latest reports of the floods on Upper- Maurlenne estimate the damage at two millions sterling. Factories suffered the most serious damages. Houses and chalets were…

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Tale of a Gale

The Australian Worker · Thursday 30 September 1920 · page 13

The Wind and I can never understand each other. As far as it is concerned, it doesn't want to understand, either me or…

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Killed During a Cyclone. a House Blown Down

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 1 October 1920 · page 4

An eleven-year-old girl named [?] Scully was the victim of a remarkable fatality at Kalewa, near [?], in the Rockhampton (Q.) district, on…

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Heavy Rain in New Zealand

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 October 1920 · page 17

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Friday.--Heavy rain in South Canterbury and Otago districts caused some dislocation of railway and other traffic, and also losses among sheep…

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Selected for Bravery During Recent Floods

Evening News · Monday 4 October 1920 · page 2

[?] presenting the Coommble [?] Council decided to submit the Exans, I Wilson, and Harry Kelly to the…

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Floods in Scotland Great Damage Done Worst Since 1829 LONDON

The Sun · Thursday 7 October 1920 · page 1

The Highlands have experienced the worst floods since the historic overflowing of the Moray in 1829. It is impossible yet to gauge the extent…

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The Flood

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 8 October 1920 · page 3

Dear "Planets,"— It is months since I wrote to the "League." I often think I will write, but that is as far as I get. Never mind, "better late than…

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Mountainous Seas Melbourne in a Gale Searching for Amelia J. Steamer Melbourne

The Sun · Saturday 9 October 1920 · page 6

Since steaming east of the previous search area the Melbourne has been fighting her way into the teeth of a north-west gale…

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Breakers Ahead Mr. Lloyd George's Defence Hair Bleached by Storms "Will Do Duty to the End" London, October 8

The Sun · Sunday 10 October 1920 · page 1

Mr. Lloyd George addressed between 4000 and 6000 people at Llandudno, on the occasion of the annual meeting of the Welsh National Liberal…

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Anti-profiteering. Government Determined. Flooding the Upper House

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 October 1920 · page 4

LITHGOW, Sunday. -- Interesting speeches were made at the coming-of-age celebrations of the Hartley District Eight-hour (now Labor) Day Committee, held in the Trades Hall on…

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Heavy Rain at Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 October 1920 · page 9

ALBURY.—Heavy rain has fallen, causing anviety in regard to the crops, which had such a soaking during the winter, that fanners built their hopes upon a dry October to enable the crops to pull through…

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Bias Alleged. "Unfair Crown Evidence." Solicitor and Barrister. Storm at Land Inquiry

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 October 1920 · page 12

Something of a storm arose at yesterday's siting of the Soldiers' Land Commission, when Mr. Arnold Abbott Road, the solicitor instructing Mr. Garland, K.C. (counsel for Mr…

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Light Scattered Ram Many Thunderstorms

Evening News · Thursday 14 October 1920 · page 5

Scattered rain was reported over [?] of the State this morning—due in [?] stances to thunderstorma. The highest registration was 120 points at Uralla…

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Cooler Weather Gale at Gabo

Evening News · Friday 15 October 1920 · page 3

Cloudy skies were in evidence at a number of placer in the north-east honder districts and along the south-east border this morning Showers were failing at Nimityhelle and Gabo…

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Pleasantly Cool Gale at Gabo North-Eastern Rain

The Sun · Friday 15 October 1920 · page 3

City Forecast.--Fine but cloudy and cool during the greater part of the day, though a passing shower or two likely in the afternoon. Fresh and squally south…

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Thunderstorms in the North-east. Useful Showers

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 October 1920 · page 9

Light to moderate rain, associated with thunderstorms, was reported yesterday from the north-eastern border districts, and soma light, scattered falls from the far southern…

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