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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1923

1,176 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 59

After the Storm Barmen to Sail

The Sun · Saturday 24 March 1923 · page 5

After four months' idleness the German ship Barmen is about to leave Sydney. According to published charters, the Barmen is to load coal at…

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Flashes and Crashes. Terrific Storm at Eastwood

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 24 March 1923 · page 8

The drought, so far as Eastwood is concerned, broke with terrifying fury on Tuesday evening. There was a raging inferno of elements for about an…

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Epping. Terrific Thunderstorm

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 24 March 1923 · page 8

Epping received the full force of the great storm which passed over the northern district on Tuesday evening last. Considerable damage was done by the…

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Tigris Overflows Bagdad May be Flooded Bridge Collapses London

The Sun · Sunday 25 March 1923 · page 1

The Tigris is so swollen by the melting snows of Kurdistan and by heavy rains that it is rising to an unprecedented height…

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Special Country News for Easter Visitors Raining To-day on North Coast Heavy Storm at Bellingen

Evening News · Monday 26 March 1923 · page 4

Unsettled weather is being experienced fairly generally along the coastal districts of New South Wales to-day. At 9 o'clock this…

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For Swedish Games Gale and Carr Chosen MELBOURNE

The Sun · Tuesday 27 March 1923 · page 9

L. W: Gale (Vic.) and E. W. Carr (N.S.W.) have been selected by the Amateur Athletic Union for the Swedish games. They will also compete…

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Bagdad an Island Flooded Tigris Bursts Bank Feisul Saves Palace London, Monday Night

The Sun · Tuesday 27 March 1923 · page 9

The Tigris has burst its left bank, and Bagdad is Isolated, according to the London "Daily Mail."…

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Not for Sydney Cyclone at Mackay

The Sun · Wednesday 28 March 1923 · page 8

The Weather Bureau has issued the following account of the cyclonic weather in the vicinity of Mackay:-- The cyclone which was operating…

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Death in Storm Heroic Skipper Funeral by Wireless

Evening News · Wednesday 28 March 1923 · page 4

News of the first funeral service at [?] to be conducted by wireless has been brought to Sydney by the officers of the American…

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Cyclone. Raging in the North a Steamer Runs Ashore. Tasman's Narrow Escape

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 March 1923 · page 14

A dangerous tropical cyclone is raging on the extreme north coast of Queensland. Violent scas are reported along the coast north of Cairns, and at Cooktown yesterday…

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The Amateur Athletes Olympic Federation Makes Decisions Oxford Beats Cambridge Carr and Gale Selected for Sweden The Cadet Sports

Referee · Wednesday 28 March 1923 · page 9

This week a team of amateur athletes leaves for Sweden at the Invitation of the Swedish authorities. E. W. Carr (Sydney)…

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Cyclone in the North Heavy Rain on Queensland Coast

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 March 1923 · page 7

The cyclonic disturbance over Northern Queensland yesterday covered the northern end of the York Per insula, and further very heavy rain…

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The Cyclone. Over Cape York. Shipping Buffeted

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 March 1923 · page 10

A westerly movement has taken place in the tropical cyclone operating on the extreme north coast of Queensland, and yesterday morning the disturbance covered the northern…

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Luggers in a Storm the Wrecked Craft. Missing Vessels Found. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 March 1923 · page 10

The mystery surrounding the fate of several luggers which disappeared in the recent storm near Wallal, when two of their number. The Tifera and The Lorna Doon,…

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Kuiji Maru Ashore Holds and Engine Room Flooded

The Sun · Thursday 29 March 1923 · page 12

Advice was received this afternoon from the Sydney Marine Underwriters' and Salvage Association that the Kuiji Sea…

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The Cyclone. Vigour Decreased. Steamers Buffeted

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 March 1923 · page 7

A decided loss in vigour was apparent yesterday morning in the intensity of the tropical cyclone operating on the extreme north of Queensland…

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Japanese Steamer Ashore Holds Flooded

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 30 March 1923 · page 4

A cable was received yesterday by the Sydney Marine Undewriters and Salvage Association advising that the Japanese steamer Kelgi Maru had gone ashore on…

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The People's Day at the Royal Show SUNSHINE & Flood Tide Attendance, 105,000 Happy, Decorous Crowds

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 March 1923 · page 8

The turnstiles clicked to the entrance of 105,000 people to the Royal Show yesterday. The clicking commenced at 9 o'clock, and continued until well into the afternoon. The unexpected happened. It was anticipated that last year's Good Friday's record of 110,000 attendance would…

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Motor Ship in Storm Perth

The Sun · Sunday 1 April 1923 · page 2

During the voyage to Singapore the State motor ship lost the main steering gear during a cyclone off Onslow. A cyclonic storm raged three days…

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Broken Towline Barque in a Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 April 1923 · page 4

Struck by the gale which swept the coast on Saturday, the American four masted barque. Janet Dollar, in tow or Messrs. J. and A. Brown' s tug…

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