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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1922

935 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 47

WARNING! Issued to Ships Cyclone Off Coast Sydney May Get It

Evening News · Wednesday 5 July 1922 · page 11

Yet another cyclonic storm it now raging between our coast and New Zealand. The State M[?]gist, Mr. Mares, has it well…

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Cyclone Going East Not Coming to Sydney

The Sun · Thursday 6 July 1922 · page 7

The Norfolk Island cyclone is moving on. Mr. Mares stated to-day that it was still in evidences over the island, and…

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Cyclonic Storm Raging Off Coast

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 July 1922 · page 5

Warning was given yesterday to shipmasters of a cyclonic storm raging off the coast. At 9 o'clock in the morning the storm…

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A Possible Storm-centre

The Sun · Friday 7 July 1922 · page 1

Scene in Cork, the capital of Southern Ireland, where there is a possibility of a further revolt against the Free State. The picture shows Patrick's Bridge…

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Held by Storm Barquentine's Rough Trip

The Sun · Friday 7 July 1922 · page 7

Heavy weather was encountered by the barquentine Wanganui on her run from Greymouth to Sydney. For days the docks were awash, and…

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Tariff Wall Against Foreign Deluge Britain Gets Ready LONDON, July 6

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 July 1922 · page 11

In consequence of the Cabinet proposing to enforce the Safeguarding of Industries Act by putting a duty of 33 1-3 per cent, upon fabric gloves, a…

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Golf in a Gale Scott's Lucky Putt LONDON, Friday Night

The Sun · Saturday 8 July 1922 · page 1

When Mr. Michael Scott defeated Drew in the French amateur championship the game was played in a sandstorm. The wind was so severe…

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The German Flood Can She Swamp Markets? Another View Direct From the Spot

Evening News · Saturday 8 July 1922 · page 1

Sir.—The brick in yesterday's 'Evening News' regarding chaotic conditions in Germany was interesting reading. Has the man who wrote…

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The Mail Bag in the Storm

Sunday Times · Sunday 9 July 1922 · page 7

Scaboy, after a long absence from the League, returns with: "Some friends of my aunt decided to go for a launch picnic. I was among the invited ones. All…

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Legends of Australian Blacks a Tale of the Great Flood—Why Pelicans are Black and White

Sunday Times · Sunday 9 July 1922 · page 3

Some time ago I told you a legend of the Great Flood. You will remember that we left the Pelican sailing from island to island in a big canoe saving the…

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"Lives' Endangered" Weather Reports Stopped Bitter Protests No Hint of Floods and Gales

The Sun · Tuesday 11 July 1922 · page 8

''I call it an outrage!" So Mr. Pitt, of Messrs. Pitt, Son and Badgery, expressed his opinion on the discontinuance of disseminating…

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Flood Could Not Stay the Hand of Time Kempsey

Evening News · Wednesday 12 July 1922 · page 9

About a week before the flood of July last year Mr. W. H. Trotter, then living at Eurcka, lost his gold watch enclosed in a leather case on…

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New Hebrides Mission. Rebuilding After the Cyclone

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 13 July 1922 · page 23

Dear Sir,— I have pleasure in acknowledging the following donations, received during the last fortnight, towards the devastated New Hebrides Mission:…

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Back in the Ring Sir J. Carruthers a Storm Centre The Move Against the Murray Lands Scheme

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 July 1922 · page 11

Sir Joseph Carruthers, who returned to politics to initiate his ambitions Million Farms Scheme, also finds himself back in the political fighting ring. He is the real centre of the sudden political campaign…

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Department's Intention. Flood and Coast Data Not Affected. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 July 1922 · page 13

Replying to Mr. Fleming (N.S.W.) in the House of Representatives to-day, the Minister for Defence (Mr. Greene) said that the only telegraphic weather reports which were…

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Meat Trade. Foreign Trusts Flood Market. London, July 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 July 1922 · page 13

Mr. Andrew Williamson, addressing a meeting of the shareholders of the Australian Estates, said the trades-unions' refusal to accept wages of the true economic level was…

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Heavy Rain at Tamworth Tamworth

The Sun · Monday 17 July 1922 · page 7

Heavy rain, accompanied by incessant lightning and thunder, fell on Saturday night and early on Sunday, following several light showers on Saturday afternoon…

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Caught in Storm Aeroplane's Escape

The Sun · Monday 17 July 1922 · page 7

Flying from Sydney to Richmond in an Avro aeroplane yesterday, Captain E. W. Percival encountered a strum which he says was one of the worst…

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"Very Bumpy " Blake at Basra Dust Storms at 7000 Ft. Heat Intense LONDON, Sunday Evening

Evening News · Monday 17 July 1922 · page 1

Major Blake on his round-the-world fight from London, has arrived at [?], whence has sent the following telegraphic message:…

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Weather Reports. Flood Dangers. Stockowners' Difficulty

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 July 1922 · page 8

Commenting upon the curtailment of weather reports in New South Wales, the Minister for Defence (Mr. Massy Greene) stated last night that although the matter did not…

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