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Floods & storms, 1920

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Parramatta Licensing Court. Wednesday, January 1st,. 1920. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, S.M., and. W. F. Jago, L.M.)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 17 January 1920 · page 6

(Before Mr. C. H. Gale, S.M., and W. F. Jago. L.M.). There was an application in form Arthur Ainsley for a wine license. Mr. Shephad, for the…

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Thunderstorms Caused by Rain Fireballs and Fiery Serpents

The Sun · Saturday 17 January 1920 · page 4

The thunderstorm which broke over Sydney on Tuesday will be recorded in meteorological archives--that is to say, as much data concerning it as can…

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Road to Wombeyan Caves. Storms Cause Wash-outs

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 January 1920 · page 5

MITTAGONG. Friday.--Cyclonic storms have resulted in large wash-outs in the mountain portion of the road from Mittagong to the Wombeyan Caves. The principal damage is…

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Gales on English Coast. London, Jan. 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 January 1920 · page 7

It transpires than six persons were washed overboard from the Dover to Osten mailboat on the 13th inst., when two tremendous sens swept over the vessel during the recent gales…

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Gales and Rain Wintry Temperatures The Weather Disturbance

The Sun · Thursday 22 January 1920 · page 5

City Forecast.--Becoming fine in afternoon, with a cool southerly; still squally at times, and disturbed seas. Rather cold night…

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Boisterous Southerlies Gale and Rough Seas on the Coast

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 January 1920 · page 7

Squally southerly winds developed along the coast yesterday and increased during the day to the force of a gale. Overcast and cloudy conditions prevailed in…

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The Rainfalls. Storm Now on the Wane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 January 1920 · page 8

The monsoonal storm, which has been responsible for the copious rains in many parts of the inland districts of New South Wales, has contracted to the north-east corner of…

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Southerly Gales Rain Squalls and Rough Seas Stormy Weather on North Coast

Evening News · Thursday 22 January 1920 · page 5

Southerly gales living rain squalls and particularly rough [?] have been experienced along the north coastal districts of Ne South Wales during…

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Gale on the Coast. Shipping Sheltering

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 6

Shipping was considerably hampered yesterday on the North Coast, owing to the southerly gale. Reports received from the signal stations…

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Gales and Rain Wintry Temperatures The Weather Disturbance

The Sun · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 3

City Forecast.--Becoming five in afternoon, with a cool southerly; still squally at times, and disturbed seas. Rather cold night…

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Why Suits are Dear. Towns That are Flooded With Money

The World's News · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 18

"If I were to stand in my small yard holding out a blanket, and money was to rain down from the heavens above, I could not gather it in faster 'than I am…

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Engines Dead Storm-swept Powhatan Passengers Still Aboard VANCOUVER, January 20

The Sun · Sunday 25 January 1920 · page 1

A message from Halifax (Nova Scotia) reports that unfavorable weather prevents the Cedric from taking off all the Powhatan's passengers…

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Storm in the City Southerly Change To-night

Evening News · Monday 26 January 1920 · page 4

shortly after 1 o'clock this afternoon the temperature in the City was [?] An hour later the thermometer had fallen to 75.2deg…

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Mystery Painting Adelaide's Artistic Storm Picture That Goes Back

The Sun · Monday 26 January 1920 · page 3

Art, it is said, has its message. Sometimes it seems as if that message is mutilated in transmission. The story of the purchase and…

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Matthews' Trials. Captured As Bolshevik. Held Up by Storms. ' Allahabad, January 23

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 January 1920 · page 5

Capt. Matthews arrived at Bagdad from Aleppo after four hours' flying. He covered 1150 miles in that time. He made the trip from Constantinople to Bagdad in ten hours' flying…

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Parer's Diary Struggling With Gales Too Much for Two Men London, January 22

The Sun · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 1

The aerial mail has delivered at the London office of "The Sun" Lieutenant Parer's diary from Lyons. The diary gives a racy description…

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Flood Wipes Out Water Supply. Sequel to Cloudburst

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 4

AUCKLAND, Monday.--A disastrous flood followed a cloudburst at Mount Pirongla, carrying away the dam of the To Awamutu water supply and seven ferro-concrete pipe…

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Gales, Snow, Hail Heavy Rain in South

The Sun · Wednesday 28 January 1920 · page 5

City Forecast.--Cool to cold, and unsettled, with boisterous west to southwest winds, and occasional rain squalls, probably associated with some hail. A…

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Heavy Rain, at Randwick Jack Findlay Defeats Sydney Damsel Teremarau Equals a Track Record

Referee · Wednesday 28 January 1920 · page 3

Up to noon on Anniversary Day there did not seem the least possibility of rain, and the attendance at. Randwick must have approached 50,000. Unluckily for…

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Rain and Snow Heavy Falls Last Night Gales on the Coast

Evening News · Wednesday 28 January 1920 · page 3

During the past twenty-four hears now has failes in New South Wales. It is fore[?] that snow will…

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