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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1923

1,176 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 59

Events of the Day Flood Rains Many Persons Homeless Serious Damage

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 27 April 1923 · page 4

Heavy rain was general in the Otage (N.Z.) district during the week-end. [?] suffered in its low-laying, area, owing to the large volume of water…

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New Zealand Floods Rabbits Undermine River Banks Wellington N.Z.,Thursday

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 April 1923 · page 7

Phenomenally heavy rain occurred last night, and continues to-day. Dunedin City's flood relief fund has reached £1000, but supplies of food…

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CYCLONE. Queensland Coast. Shipping Warned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 April 1923 · page 13

A tropical cyclone has developod off the southern coast of Queensland, and was centred yesterday morning off Sandy Cope. The disturbance is moving in a south-easterly…

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Queensland Gales High Seas Running Shipping Delayed Brisbane

The Sun · Saturday 28 April 1923 · page 5

The cyclonic storm which approached the coast between Rockhampton and Sandy Cape has recurved to the southward. Gules prevailed on the…

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Heavy Leather North Coast Storms Clearing Up Inland

The Sun · Saturday 28 April 1923 · page 3

City Forecast.--Unsettled, with further rains, and some heavy showers at times, and winds becoming fresh to strong and squally between south and…

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Cyclone on Our Coast Working Towards Sydney Shipping Warned

Evening News · Saturday 28 April 1923 · page 2

A cyclone is raging along the N.S.W. coast, and is working towards Sydney. THe little French steamer St. Michel…

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The Week's Weather Flood Falls on North Coast

The Sun · Saturday 28 April 1923 · page 3

The Weather Bureau has issued the following summary of the weather conditions in New South Wales during the week ended 9 a.m. yesterday:-…

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Fire and Flood Damage in New Zealand Wellington (N.z.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 April 1923 · page 8

Violent weather continues throughout New Zealand. The ferry steamer Maranoa was severely buffeted during a trip from Wellington to Lyttelton, which…

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More Rain Heavy Coastal Falls Floods and Cyclones Predicted

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 April 1923 · page 8

The north coast districts wore deluged by heavy downpours of rain yesterday, and if the existing cyclonic disturbance continues, the State…

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Floods in North Railway Bookings Stopped NEWCASTLE

The Sun · Sunday 29 April 1923 · page 5

Owing to the floods on tho North Coast, no railway bookings will be made for passengers to places north of Macksville, according to an advice…

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Northern Deluge

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 April 1923 · page 3

MURWILLUMBAH.--Heavy rain, accompanied by severe winds, at times a gale, commenced yesterday morning and continued practically…

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Torrential Rains North Coast Deluge Big Totals for the Month

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 April 1923 · page 6

Some exceptionally heavy falls of rain have occurred during April on the north coast, where live stations have, recorded over 20 inches for the month…

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Cyclonic Storm Rough on the Coast

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 April 1923 · page 6

The cyclonic disturbance which made its appearance in the north at the weekend was responsible for rough conditions all along the North Coast of this State…

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The Cyclone. Off Lord Howe Island. Steamer Marama Buffeted

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 April 1923 · page 8

The tropical cyclone which was operating off the South Queensland coast on Friday morning; has moved considerably to the southeast, and is now somewhere to the…

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Eleven Missing Schooner Lost in a Gale Three of the Crew Saved Twenty=Three Days in Open Boat

The Sun · Monday 30 April 1923 · page 7

Bound for Manila with a cargo of coal, the wooden schooner Amy Turner foundered near the island of Guam in a frightful gale. Eleven of those on board are missing…

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Wanganella in Gale Newcastle

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 May 1923 · page 6

The steamer Wanganella, en route from Nauru to Newcastle with a cargo of phosphates, encountered the full force of the cyclone, off the Queensland coast last…

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New Disturbance Storm Approaching

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 May 1923 · page 4

A new disturbance of combined tropical and Antarctic character is at present approaching South Australia, and Mr. Mares, the State Meterologist, expects…

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Amy Turner Founders. in a Gale

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 1 May 1923 · page 4

A message was received from Melbourne last night stating that the American barquentine Amy Turner, bound from Newcastle to Manila with…

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Barquentine Amy Turner Lost in a Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 May 1923 · page 6

Bound for Manila, with a cargo of coal the barquentine Amy Turner, which left Newcastle on February 3, foundered near the island of Guam in a terrific gale. Three survivors. Charles West, Ceston Cornish, and Frank Lindholm were 23 days in an open boat…

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Terrific Cyclone Thursday Island

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 May 1923 · page 8

The terrific cyclone that is believed to have Caused the loss of the Douglas Mawson almost accounted for the ketch Holly, from Roper River to Thursday…

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