Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Floods & storms, all years

Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1923

1,176 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 59

Storms in the West. Orange

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 January 1923 · page 8

The most boisterous weather yet experienced in Orange occurred on Saturday. A strong wind, accompanied by the severest dustatormn, blew from early…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Atlantic Storms Aid Revenue Officers New York, December 31

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 January 1923 · page 5

Unusually heavy storms in the North Atlantic are doing grave damage to shipping. All the great liners are arriving; days lute, some of them…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Gale in the City Anxiety on Harbor Damage Ashore

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 January 1923 · page 4

The fierce gale which blow up from the south-west on Saturday afternoon and evening was responsible for a good deal of excitement on the harbor. In audition…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Motor Cycle Test Riding in a Gale Exciting Expeiences MUDGEE

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 January 1923 · page 7

A boisterous north-westerly wind greeted the riders at Muswellbrook tills morning when they started on the fifty day's run of the Biden and…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

The Country Xmas Dust Storm Egyptian Darkness Dubbo

The Sun · Monday 1 January 1923 · page 3

Mr. W. H..C, Chappie, mine manager of Cobar, states that he has lived at Cobar for 26 years, and endured many dust storms, but none equal to…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Macquarie Waters Flood Surpluses Distribution Scheme

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 January 1923 · page 2

WARREN.---Settlers along the Marthaguy. Merri Merri. and other creeks, who were in dire straits until the drought conditions were relieved by the recent…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

The Near East. Storm Clouds. Activity of Turkish Troops. London, Jan. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 January 1923 · page 7

According to information from Athens, it is reported that Kemalist troops are preparing to move against Mosul and Constantinople. One column has arrived at Diza, another is…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

CYCLONE In Queensland Houses Demolished Brisbane

Evening News · Wednesday 3 January 1923 · page 7

A report has reached here that at a severe Cyclone storm occurred at Taroom, a Dawson River town-ship, early this morning, when 370…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Houses Blown Over Dawson Valley Cyclone BRISBANE

The Sun · Wednesday 3 January 1923 · page 9

Taroom, in Dawson Valley, was severely damaged by a cyclonic storm early to-day. Several bouses were completely demolished and others were…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Interstate Sailing Gale at Botany Bay: Craft Suffer Severely: St. George Takes Prize

Referee · Wednesday 3 January 1923 · page 13

Lott Saturday will long be remembered as the most seneational day afloat experienced on Botany Day for many years. The…

Continued on Trove, page 13 →

Watermain Burst Crown-street Flooded

The Sun · Wednesday 3 January 1923 · page 9

A watermain, ot far from the Crown-street reservoir, burst early this morning and tore up the roadway for a distance of 20ft…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Cyclonic Storms. Damage a Town. Heavy Rain in Queensland. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 January 1923 · page 9

Severe cyclonic storms passed over Taroom at 1 o'clock this morning, accompanied by hall. Three hundred and seventy points of rain fel: in an hour. Several houses were demolished,…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Taroom Cyclone Township Suffers Severely BRISBANE

The Sun · Thursday 4 January 1923 · page 7

Taroom, on the Dawson River, 33 miles north-west of Brisbane, received a scare on Tuesday night, when a cyclone raged over the township for 70…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Taroom Cyclone Midnight Visitation Extensive Damage Taroom (Q.)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 January 1923 · page 7

A storm of cyclonic violence passed over the town at midnight, and lasted for 70 minutes. The disturbance was accompanied by…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Among Bowlers Play in a Gale Greens and Growls

Evening News · Thursday 4 January 1923 · page 10

[?] tempest [?]de the playing of bowls unpleasant and [?] and it was not surprising that there were great [?] some of the scores…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Story of the Deluge an Ancient Inscription

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 10

An historical fragment of much interest and importance has been brought to light through the researches of Professor Albert Clay, of Yale College…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Atlantic Storms. Bad for Bootleggers

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 3

Heavy storms in the North Atlantic have done much damage to shipping. All the great liners were late in arriving in New York, some of them…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Cyclone at Midnight. Extensive Damage at Taroom

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 4

A cyclonic storm passed over Taroom (Q) at midnight on Tuesday, and lasted for about seventy minutes. The disturbance was accompanied by…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Cyclone Damage Orchardists Lose £5000 BATHURST

The Sun · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 8

Bathurst orchardists estimate their losses, due to the cyclone, at £5000. Many of the orchards are literally covered with fallen, half-matured fruit,…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Roofs Riddled Hail at Warwick More Stories of Storm Toowoomba

The Sun · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 8

Further details respecting the storm at Warwick on Wednesday night show that on the outskirts of the town and particularly on the north side of the…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →