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Floods & storms, 1922

935 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 47

No Flood Retailers Don't Fear Huns Unable to Supply

The Sun · Monday 17 July 1922 · page 5

"Many articles," writes the secretary of the Retail Traders' Association, "have been published in the Sydney press of late suggesting that after…

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Good Riddance Chilly Westerly Gale

Evening News · Wednesday 19 July 1922 · page 8

The westerly gales have abated. Wind velocities at all towns in New South Wales to-day are only night to moderate from the west to…

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Search for Hornsby Murderer Deluge of Letters

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 July 1922 · page 6

The immediate effect of the increase in the reward for the arrest of the murderer of Mr. Kemmis, manager of the Hornsby branch of the Government…

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Highlands Storm-swept Goulburn

The Sun · Thursday 20 July 1922 · page 5

July is upholding its reputation as the roughest month of the highland winter. For a week the hills have been scourged with fierce windstorms, alternating with heavy…

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Sir Thomas Hughes Resigns the Wireless Storm Prime Minister's Letter the Atmosphere Cleared

Evening News · Friday 21 July 1922 · page 8

The storm in the Federal Parliament with reference to the Wireless Agreement has ended. Sir Thomas Hughes, who was appointed by the arbitrator to the position of seventh member of the Board, has forwarded his…

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These Weather Reports Flood Warnings. Shifting the Stock

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 21 July 1922 · page 9

"The pastoralists along the rivers me up in arms against this decision to discontinue their weather reports, for they all feel that something that is…

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Storm Tossed in the Indian Ocean

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 July 1922 · page 15

The Federal Steam Naviagation Comapany steamer Armugh, which arrived in Sydney this week from Liverpool, via ports, encountered heavy weather in the Indian Ocean, and other vessels coming from South…

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Ocean Cyclone Westmeath in Peril Roll to 40 DEGREES

The Sun · Saturday 22 July 1922 · page 3

When the big cargo liner Westmeath arrived at Sydney during the night she reported passing close to the vortex of a…

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Heavy Rain Over an Inch in the City

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 July 1922 · page 4

A heavy rain storm, tropical in character, developed on the coast early yesterday, and was accompanied by thunder, lightning, and heavy rain in the…

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Manuka in a Gale

The Sun · Monday 24 July 1922 · page 3

"Until we were a couple of hundred miles off the N.S.W. coast we had weather as calm as a mill pond," said an officer of the steamer Manuka…

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Fierce Cyclone Argyllshire's Grim Fight Lifeboats Damaged

The Sun · Monday 24 July 1922 · page 3

Lashed by howling gales, the sea soon rose to mountainous heights. Huge seas broke over the ship. The…

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Cyclone on Coast General Week-end Rainfall Floods Threatened in North Warning to Shipping

The Sun · Monday 24 July 1922 · page 3

The rain of the week-end was heaviest in the north, where up to 534 points were registered in places. In some districts floods are threatened, but owing to the economy in the sending of weather telegrams many centres are not aware of what is in store…

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Bondi First Cyclone Arrives Severe Damage Buildings Unroofed

Evening News · Monday 24 July 1922 · page 5

The cyclone which the Weather Bureau said was coming struck Bondi just before noon. Over the width of 100 yards it swept…

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Cyclone Likely May Strike Sydney Weather Man Pessimistic a Warning to Shipping

Evening News · Monday 24 July 1922 · page 7

There is a severe cyclonic disturbance on the North Coast. If it does what cyclones usually do. Sydney and the rest of the seaboard is in for 3 week of rough, and even dangerous, weather, with heavy rains. "I would like to issue a special to shipping generally, particularly…

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The Storm. Gales and High Seas. Floods Threatened

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 July 1922 · page 9

As the result of a tropical pressure depression during the week-end a cyclonic disturbance developed off the extreme north coast, and the unsettled conditions yesterday showed…

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Storm Gone, But— More Heavy Rain Likely Destructive Cyclone's Visit Floods Expected in Country Great Anxiety Among Residents Weather Reports Restored

Evening News · Tuesday 25 July 1922 · page 6

The State Meteorologist (Mr. Mares) thinks the cyclone is moving south. "Although the disturbance has lost as much of its vigor," he said. this afternoon, "the rain possibilities are not altogether gone."…

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Heavy Rain in Queensland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 July 1922 · page 10

BRISBANE Monday.—During the 48 hours ended at 9 o'clock this morning rain fell east from a line joining Normanton and Hebel. The precipitation was very heavy in the extreme south-east, 540 points…

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Cyclone Raging Off Coast Heavy Rain in the North Whole State Benefits

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 July 1922 · page 5

A cyclone is raging off the north coast, and shipping has been warned. Torrential rains have fallen in…

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Cyclone Danger Past Gales on Coast Fast Moderating Menace of Floods Instead Hunter, Manning, and Hawkesbury Rising

The Sun · Tuesday 25 July 1922 · page 7

Fortunately for Sydney, the danger of the cyclone seems to have passed--for the time being, at all events. Whereas 24 hours ago it looked tolerably certain that the cyclone, whose centre was reported to be moving south from Brisbane, would…

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Heavy Coastal Rain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 July 1922 · page 9

Unsettled weather developed over New South Wales on Sunday under the influence of a disturbance to the north-east of a cyclonic character, and resulted in rain and…

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