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Floods & storms, 1922

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Central Queensland Floods. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 December 1922 · page 3

The Railway Commissioner has received a message from Rockhampton stating that Jericho advised the river was in full flood and overflowing the wall the full width at the…

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Wet Christmas London's Deluge Harvest for Hotels London, December 26

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 December 1922 · page 7

Christmas Day in London was chiefly distinguished by incessant rain. In the morning it began to drizzle, and by tho afternoon it had set in to a heavy…

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With All Hands Steamer Founders Christmas Storms London

The Sun · Wednesday 27 December 1922 · page 1

It is believed that the steamer Maid of Delos has foundered with all hands off the Welsh coast. She carried a complement of 26. Wreckage has…

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Vessels Lost Storms in Atlantic London, December 27

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 December 1922 · page 5

Hope has been abandoned for the crew, numbering 26, of the Maid of Delos, which foundered off Milford Haven in Saturday's storm…

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Diverting Flood Waters Macquarie River Scheme WARREN

The Sun · Friday 29 December 1922 · page 9

Settlers along the Marthaguy, Merri Merri. and other creeks, which until the recent heavy rains had been dry for months, have suffered heavy losses in…

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When the Storm Broke Loose

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 30 December 1922 · page 5

John Wren in 1907 gave Mat Ellis, of cricket fame, a horse named Melport, a half-brother to Wallace, by Bill of Portland, from Melodius…

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In a Gale Pittwater Regatta Many Capsizes

Evening News · Saturday 30 December 1922 · page 5

The Pittwater Regatts was held at Broken Bay in most unsatisfactory weather. The Wing blew with almost hurricane force, and played…

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Cycling in Gale the Fifth Day Horder's Fine Form

Evening News · Saturday 30 December 1922 · page 2

Yesterday was a very windy day for the six days' cyclists at the Sports Ground. But a few of them seemed to revel in the hard going, and during the…

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Effects of Yesterday's Gale Matraville Garden Village the Mountain Fires

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 December 1922 · page 20

THE GALE OF YESTERDAY AFTERNOON drove the spray from Rushcutters Bay into the park and adjoining plots. Fishing-boat being driven on to the retaining wall. HUNTA, the pantomimist, in "Little Bo Peep."…

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Boat Missing Storm in Hobson's Bay Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 December 1922 · page 7

Owing to heavy seas in Hobson's Bay fears were entertained to-day for the safety of the crews of two small boats which had left Mentone about daybreak…

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Fires, Heat, Then Storm Southerly Gale Follows Hot Nor'-West Wind Fire Brigades Kept Busy

The Sun · Sunday 31 December 1922 · page 2

The heat of yesterday brought a recurrence of the bush fires which swept the outlying suburbs during the previous week-end. Lakemba, Normanhurst, Roseville, Hornsby, Morldale, Crow's Nest and Thornleigh suffered: and the grass in the cemetery of St…

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Dust Storm at Trangie Trangie

The Sun · Sunday 31 December 1922 · page 2

A terrific dust storm is raging at present, and much damage has been done. A portion of the brick work of the Masonic temple now in course of…

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Rifle Shooting Dust Storm Stops Shooting

The Sun · Sunday 31 December 1922 · page 4

Three clubs -- Waverley. Edgecliff and Sydney -- were allotted targets at Randwick yesterday, and each had a fair master of members out for practice. The…

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Damage by Gale Steamers Tug at Anchors Windows Broken

The Sun · Sunday 31 December 1922 · page 2

Craft of all varieties and sizes swung round on their moorings when the gale changed from the north-west to west-south-west last…

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Jupiter Pluvius, Junior Molting Storm Scenes With Machinery

Sunday Times · Sunday 31 December 1922 · page 2

To stage an enormous rain and wind storm—that is, rain which can be distinguished three-quarters of a mile away from the camera and Wind that blows…

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Wonders of Wonder Ships "Country Houses" at Sea Speed and Luxury Imperial Suites for £1500 Gales That Howl in Vain

The Sun · Sunday 31 December 1922 · page 13

THE irresistible force has crashed into the immovable object. Fifty-six thousand tons of mammoth ship swept into a 52,000-ton…

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