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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1922

935 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 47

Storm Song

Evening News · Monday 24 April 1922 · page 4

O. tune my hare to mightier song, of wind that whirls around. The thundring of the elements. And flash of lightning force…

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Threat in Red Ink A.L.P. Thunderstorm Lively Meeting Tn Domain

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 April 1922 · page 4

The thunderstorm in the atmosphere of the Australian Labor Party has extended to the Sydney Domain. Yesterday afternoon a largo crowd listened to charges and counter-charges…

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Battered by Cyclone Ship's Perilous Passage Storm, Snow, Fog

The Sun · Tuesday 25 April 1922 · page 6

Frightful weather was encountered by the steamer Australind during her voyage to Sydney, where she arrived yesterday from St. John. The men…

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In the Tree Tops Flood Refugees Terrific Rains a Texas Visitation New York

Evening News · Wednesday 26 April 1922 · page 1

Terrific roans, which occuried in Texas, resulted in floods in several cities and extraordinary scenes were witnessed…

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Floods in Texas. London, April 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 April 1922 · page 9

Terrifle rains in Toxas have caused floods in several cities. In Fort Worth 750 points fell during the night, the streets being as much as 10 feet under water, Trinity River…

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Floods in Texas Many Families Homeless Vancouver, April 25

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 April 1922 · page 5

Terrific rains have fallen in Texas, and several cities have been flooded. At Fort Worth seven and a half inches fell during the night, and the streets are as much…

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Surf Club Art Union the Storm Bursts

Evening News · Friday 28 April 1922 · page 5

MULLINGAR'S FEARS REALISED TWO HOURS OF RIFLE AND MACHINE GUN FIRE PANIC-STRICKEN POPULACE LONDON, Thursday Evening…

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Hell at Sea Hatarana Buffeted Fourteen Days of Gales Extensive Damage

Evening News · Friday 28 April 1922 · page 6

Fourteen days of Hell at sea in the mid-Atlantic were experienced by the British-India Company's steamer Hatarana during her voyage to…

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In Eyeless Eden Lonely Work at Sea Captain Davis's Mission Warning of Storms to Come

The Sun · Friday 28 April 1922 · page 10

IN an Eveless Eden of coral and flowering shrubs, with the Pacific, seldom pacific, endlessly smashing at the reefs, Captain J…

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Flooded Out Abnormal Rains in Texas Refugees in Tree Tops

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 April 1922 · page 4

Abnormal downpours of thin which occurred in Texas last week resulted in several cities being flooded and extraordinary scenes were witnessed,…

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64 DEAD Heavy Floods in U.S.A. VANCOUVER

The Sun · Friday 28 April 1922 · page 1

A message from Fort Worth (Texas) says that 64 people are dead as the result of the recent floods. Several tributaries of the…

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Floods in Texas Fort Worth, Texas, April 27

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 April 1922 · page 5

The loss o' life in the recent floods now totals 57, and the damage to property is estimated at 1,000,000 dollars. The city engineer is not convinced that tho flood is only the result…

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Seventeen Drowned Gale in English Channel Only Ten Survivors London, Friday Night

The Sun · Saturday 29 April 1922 · page 1

Seventeen of the crew, including the captain, of the 3000-ton steamer Depute Albert Taillandier, were drowned in a gale in the Channel…

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The Storm

Sunday Times · Sunday 30 April 1922 · page 7

Strawberry sends this letter : "Isn't the weather changing lately, President ? I think the Sunday Times Comic is a great comfort to one in the Winter time…

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The Mail Bag in a Dust Storm

Sunday Times · Sunday 30 April 1922 · page 7

Joyful, from Hay, on a somewhat joyness occasions: Several days ago we had a severe storm. Its approach was marked…

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A Huge Flood Ten Thousand Homeless Natchez (Mississippi), April 30

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 May 1922 · page 5

A bad break in the Mississippi River levee at Ferridsy in Louisiana caused a flood, swooping villages and plantations, and inundating large areas. Ten thousand persons have…

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Country News Grafton Feels Drought, But Prepares for Flood

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 May 1922 · page 6

GRAFTON.--Fears of flood damage are causing residents and business people to elevate or move their premises above the above danger mark. A workshop in Prince Street. in which…

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Rugby League Balmain Storm Breaks

The Sun · Wednesday 3 May 1922 · page 4

A storm that has been brewing for some time broke at last night's meeting of the Balmain Council, when a letter was received from the secretory…

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In Odd Moments An odd moment is not necessarily a nod moment. the Singer in the Storm

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 3 May 1922 · page 13

I remember a night of wonders When all things shuddered 'neath hidden stars—Violet lightnings and violent thunders,…

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A Hero of the Flood

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 3 May 1922 · page 25

JACK GRANT, his sister, and his small brother Jim were out burning off in the paddock. Their father and mother had gone to town in the morning and said they would be back at…

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