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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1923

1,176 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 59

Shopping in Boats Heavy Floods in France LONDON, Wednesday Night

The Sun · Thursday 8 March 1923 · page 1

Flooded rivers in France have partly submerged the towns of Angers, Novels and Angouleme. People are doing their shopping in boats…

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Heavy Dust Storm. Nyngan, Thursday. [?]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 10

A record dust storm swept over Nyngan yesterday afternoon. For 10 minutes before it could be seen approaching from the west, and when it struck th[?] town, it was…

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Storm Swept Wrecks on English Coast Thrilling Rescues

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 14

Terrific gales, blowing at the rate of seventy miles an hour, swept over the greater part of England on Friday and Saturday last and wrought great…

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Total Wreck Mindini Abandoned on Mellish Reef Engine Room Flooded Nauru Chief Rescues Marooned

The Sun · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 7

Burns Philp's steamer Mindini has been abandoned on the Mellish Reef, about 200 miles N.E. of Townsvillc. She is now a total wreck. The Mindini, which is bumping heavily on the reef, has…

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Storms of Peace Germans' Expressed "Love" for England Relations with America Middle West Finds its Voice LONDON, February 1

The Sun · Sunday 11 March 1923 · page 3

THE Great Peace, proceeds upon its stormy way. John Turk is talking loud and high of wars and sacrifices and last…

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Hail Smashes Windows Storm at Denman DENMAN

The Sun · Monday 12 March 1923 · page 7

A terrific hailstorm passed over the town late yesterday afternoon. The hailstones were of extraordinary size, and extensive damage was done to…

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Transport Sinks 150 Lives Lost Explosion and Storm Athens

Evening News · Monday 12 March 1923 · page 1

The transport Alexandre, bound [?] the Piraeus with soldiers on leave foundered during a storm. Of those on board 150 were drowned…

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Pearlers' Perils Luggers in Storm Five Missing PERTH

Evening News · Tuesday 13 March 1923 · page 5

A pearling lugger which reached Grooms on Saturday night, reported a big blow off Wallal on the 90 Mils Beach. It brought the…

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Great Hail Storm Phenomenal Fall at Bega BEGA

The Sun · Wednesday 14 March 1923 · page 5

A phenomenal hall-storm occurred ut Dry River, 20 miles north of Bega. Lumps of jagged Ice. the size of a cricket ball, fell, and an inch of ruin was…

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Pearling Fleet. Struck by a Storm. Several Luggers Missing. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 March 1923 · page 13

During a storm off Wa[?] the luggers Lorna Doone and Tifera foundered and the crews were in the water for three hours before being picked up. They would probably have been…

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Ruinous Storm American States Swept 46 Killed; 70 Injured CHICAGO, March 13

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 March 1923 · page 9

A ruinous storm, in which 46 people were killed and 70 injured, has passed ever Kentucky, Tennessee, Illinois, Wisconsin, Mississippi, Ohio, and…

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Trail of the Storm Damage to Property. Many Lives Lost. New York, March 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 March 1923 · page 13

A Chicago telegram states that as the result of a ruinous storm, coming from the south-west, 25 lives were lost and property was destroyed. The damage is not estimated…

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Coal Strikes. Whitburn Mine. Danger of Flooding

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 March 1923 · page 12

The engine-drivers and firomen at Whitburs colliery have served 14 days' notice of intention to cease work on the management. "This notice expires at 11 o'clock to-night,"…

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Miners Warned Danger of Flooding Trouble at Whitburn

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 March 1923 · page 9

At yesterday's sitting of the Coat Tribunal, Mr. Hibble, the chairman, referred to certain trouble that had arisen in the Whitburn Colliery, on…

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Storm-tossed

Watchman · Thursday 15 March 1923 · page 5

Because the moon smiled through the clouds Upon a crested deep, The clouds trailed off across the sky,…

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Migration and Humbug. a Deluge of Delegations

The Catholic Press · Thursday 15 March 1923 · page 24

Another Migration Delegation is coming to Australia to consult all the State Governments and all bodies interested in migration and settlement. It is officially…

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The Sun. Influence on Weather. Mr. Gale's Lecture

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 March 1923 · page 8

"The Sun and Solar Eclipses" was the subject of a lecture delivered last evening in the chemistry theatre at the Sydney University, under the auspices of the Workers'…

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Sudden Flood in River. Katoomba

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 March 1923 · page 10

A party of sportsmen had a lively experience on Sunday. They visited Cox River on a shooting expedition in four sulkies and two motor cars, with one motor cycle. The…

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Severe Hail Storm. Damage at Been

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 March 1923 · page 3

An exceptionally severe hall storm occurred at Dry twenty, about twenty miles north of Boga (N.S.W.), on Wednesday. Lumps of jagged ice the size…

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Fearful Floods Visit the Balkans Hundreds in Treetops London. Thursday Night

Evening News · Friday 16 March 1923 · page 8

The Athena correspondent of the "Daily Express" says that violent deluges have occurred in Macedonie, Southern SDeerbia, and Thessaly…

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