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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1923

1,176 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 59

Terrible Storm at Bathurst 200 Points of 20 Minutes Horseman Eclipses Bill Hart Dashes in Flood Waters and Rescues Chinese

Sunday Times · Sunday 14 January 1923 · page 1

BATHURST, Saturday.—Tom and uprooted fruit trees, silt-covered tomato and tobacco crops and dead stock marked the trail of the storm which…

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Great Storm Country Flooded Mail Train Delayed

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 January 1923 · page 5

Owing to a heavy, storm in the western districts on Friday serious land- slips occurred in the railway sections,…

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Steamer's Rough Trip Ten Days in Storm

The Sun · Monday 15 January 1923 · page 8

During her voyage direct to Adelaide from Liverpool the cargo steamer Trewinnand struck some very heavy weather, She tossed about, making about…

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Storm-tossed Seas and Snow Ten Days Tempest

Evening News · Monday 15 January 1923 · page 8

The steamer Trewinnard, from Liverpool, which arrived in port this morning, experienced heavy seas and snowstorms for 10 days…

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Thunderstorms 173 Points at Dorrigo

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 January 1923 · page 6

All districts experienced thunderstorms during the 24 hours ended 9 a.m. on Saturday. The accompanying rain was again very partial, many…

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The Dripstone Deluge. Wellington

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 January 1923 · page 9

Further particulars of the cloudburst at Dripstone, where 9in of rain fell in an hour, show that the water poured over the railway embandment at a terrific rate, making…

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Storms. Vessel on the Rocks. Milton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 January 1923 · page 9

While loading timber at Bawley Point on Sunday the steamer Bodalla was [?]own on to the rocks and sprung a leak, [?]t was [?] ranged that she should be taken to Ulladull…

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Storm at Lithgow Roadway Inundated LITHGOW

The Sun · Tuesday 16 January 1923 · page 9

Several hundred pounds' worth of damage was done to residences in Main-street West as the result of the devastating hall and rain storm which…

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Under Water Heavy Storm at Lithgow Lithgow

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 January 1923 · page 8

A destructive hailstorm occurred yesterday afternoon, and in some parts of the town nearly 3in, of rain was recorded in about 45min…

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One Death Result of Storm Live Wire Kills

Evening News · Tuesday 16 January 1923 · page 8

Yesterday's sudden storm was not alone responsible for considerable damage to property. A man was seriously injured when a…

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Rugby Union Storm Case of Dominions Players LONDON, Monday Night

The Sun · Tuesday 16 January 1923 · page 1

The storm in the Rugby world over the selection of Dominion players for international matches continues. According to the "Evening News,"…

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Sudden Flood Sweeps Into Shops Strenuous Salvage Wellington (N.z.)

Evening News · Tuesday 16 January 1923 · page 5

At [?] North tow days [?] in a torrential downpour with thunder and lightning for 12 minutes during which portions of…

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Storm Near Scattered Rain and Thunder Squally Southerly

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 January 1923 · page 6

Conditions point to the development of unsettled weather during the next 48 hours, with scattered rain and thunder, chiefly in the…

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St. Joseph's Convent, Perthville. Seriously Damaged by Storm

The Catholic Press · Thursday 18 January 1923 · page 20

Catholic institutions in the Bathurst district, though among the finest in the State, have been getting none of the best of it in the battle…

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The Deluge Ancient Herbew Record Important Discovery

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 15

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

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Storms in Western Australia. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 6

A willy-willy operating off the nortn-west coast, between Carnarvon and Onslow, has divortod the State steamer Bambra from the northern journey to the southern run. On…

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The Storm Great Devastation Orchards Ruined

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 4

One of the heaviest rain and thunder storms ever experienced in the STate Passed over the Western portion of New South Wales on Friday last The centre…

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'Twixt Fire and Gale Aviator's Close Call GOULBURN

The Sun · Saturday 20 January 1923 · page 5

Captain Summers yesterday flow in his Avro from Richmond, in the teeth of a gale. With the country beneath invisible through bush fires and smoke,…

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Damaged in a Gale

Evening News · Monday 22 January 1923 · page 8

The photograph shows how the deck structures of the steamer Gracchus were damaged during the gale off Gabo Island, causing the steamer to return to port…

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