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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1923

1,176 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 59

The Week-end Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 July 1923 · page 6

While everybody is glad of the storms which are not only breaking the drought but seem bent upon grinding their noses in the mud, there is…

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Sport of Storm Huntingdon Arrives

Evening News · Monday 9 July 1923 · page 6

The steamer Huntingdon arrived in Sydney yesterday, after what her officers describe as the worst trip she has over made…

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The Cyclone How It Develops Demon of North

Evening News · Monday 9 July 1923 · page 7

The gathering of a [?] cyclone is one of the most [?] phemonena in Nature. [?]tating and awe-inspiring as is the…

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Wild and Wet Gales and Rain Three to Four Inches

Evening News · Monday 9 July 1923 · page 3

Rain, [?] and snow were some of the elements which [?] during the week-end in the eastern [?] of New South Wales. A…

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ASHORE. The Iron Monarch at Port Kembla. Driven by Fierce Gale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 July 1923 · page 11

In the strong gales which swept the coast of New South Wales late on Saturday night and throughout yesterday, the steamer Iron Monarch was driven…

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Gale at Wollongong Train Has' Narrow Escape Much Damage Done Wollongong

The Sun · Monday 9 July 1923 · page 9

The gale which struck Wollongong on Saturday night was one of the most severe in the history of the district. The storm did considerable damage…

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All Hands Safe Steamer Ashore on Kembla Breakwater Swept by Cyclonic Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 July 1923 · page 7

WHISKED BEFORE THE TERRIFIC FORCE OF A CYCLONIC GALE, THE CARGO STEAMER IRON MONARCH WAS BLOWN ASHORE AT PORT KEMBLA EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING…

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House Wrecked Collapse of Brickwork Storm Blamed Woman's Narrow Escape

The Sun · Monday 9 July 1923 · page 8

The brickwork at the top of a house in Young-street, Redfern, collapsed at 4 a.m. to-day, and smashing through the roof passed…

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Liners of the Clouds Mails and Produce by Amphibian No Air Boundaries Machines of Future Will Ride Oat Channel Storms LONDON, Sunday Night

The Sun · Monday 9 July 1923 · page 1

"The Sun's" special representative has been informed that Britain is on the eve of epoch making aerial developments, of which a huge landing…

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Week-end Floods on Anzac Beach Broadcasting Hymns

Evening News · Monday 9 July 1923 · page 10

A POPULAR INDOOR GAME—Table tennis finds great favor in England during the winter months when the snow is thick outside. The player in this photograph is Miss Beatrice [?] a well-known English vaudeville star. FRIEND OF ROYALTY—A Portsmouth shop-girl who has been…

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Heavy Floods in National Park Bridges Washed Away

Evening News · Monday 9 July 1923 · page 6

Heavy and continuous rain fell on Saturday night, and all day on Sunday on the South Coast. In Sutherland Shire the country was…

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The Weather. Heavy Coastal Rain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 July 1923 · page 10

The cyclonic disturbance had moved eastward over the Tasman Sea yesterday morning, and fine weather again prevailed throughout the State. During the week-end heavy…

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Cyclone Gone Bine Skies Again Clear and Nippy

Evening News · Tuesday 10 July 1923 · page 9

All the wind and rain and snow which disturbed the [?]districts of New South Wales during the week-end, has now practically…

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Storm's Toll Motor Boats Lost Dapto

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 July 1923 · page 8

During the gale on Saturday night numerous motor boats, tho property of fishermen, were sunk at their moorings on Lake Illawarra…

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Schooner Wrecked Crew All Saved Gale in Islands Suva

The Sun · Tuesday 10 July 1923 · page 9

The steamer Tofua arrived to-day with Captain Macdonald and six of the crew of the schooner Alert, 548 [?] They were picked up at Anabal on July…

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Parramatta Storm Water Channel to Be Handed Over

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 July 1923 · page 8

The Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board has informed the Parramatta Council that the storm-water channel within its urea will be dealt…

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Floods in Goulburn District. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 July 1923 · page 10

Over an inch of rain fell in Goulburn at the week-end. Reports from Paddy's River yesterday estimated the cars held up at the crossing at anything from a dozen to 50, and the passengers included a…

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The Storm

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 11 July 1923 · page 5

The rain-storm on Saturday night caused considerable trouble in Fairfield. Streets and culverts were flooded, and Ware-street, especially, suffered. In this…

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Thunder Roars Electric Storm Hits London Mansion Wrecked London, Tuesday Night

The Sun · Wednesday 11 July 1923 · page 1

An electric storm of tropical violence, recalling the air raids during the war, raged in London and its suburbs from midnight to 6 a.m…

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No Lives Lost But London Suffers In Record Storm Fifty Flashes a Minute London, Tuesday Evening

Evening News · Wednesday 11 July 1923 · page 1

The greatest thunderstorm in living memory raged over London from midnight last night to 7 o'clock this morning, and over 50…

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