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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1923

1,176 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 59

Hot Winds the Season "Slips" Gale at Goulburn

Evening News · Wednesday 29 August 1923 · page 9

Sydney experienced a temperature of 123deg yesterday. Of course, this reading was taken in the sun. The highest point…

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What Is a Storm ? Sailors Perplexed Our Weather System

The Sun · Wednesday 29 August 1923 · page 9

"It seems strange that we should have been in the centre of an electrical disturbance while reports from the Meteorological Bureau informed…

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Thunderstorms

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 August 1923 · page 11

Light rain, accompanied by some thunderstorms, has been recorded at a few places, chiefly in the south-eastern part of the State; otherwise the…

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Storms in the South

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 August 1923 · page 9

Rain, accompanied by some thunderstorms, was recorded over most of the Riverina, southwest slopes, and southern slopes and tablelands, and also at a few…

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Storm Warnings. Wireless in Pacific. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 August 1923 · page 10

New arrangements regarding weather reports and storm warnings in the South Pacific Ocean come into force on Saturday next. The Samoan Observatory is the central station, and…

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Thunderstorm in the City Westerly Squalls Cool Change Expected

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 August 1923 · page 9

As a result of the thunderstorm which broke over Sydney shortly after 8 o'clock last night, five points of rain were registered in the city; The storm was…

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A Colorado Deluge. Vast Tract of Country Inundated

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 31 August 1923 · page 3

A message from Pucblo, Colorado, says that thousands of persons are homeless as the result of the flooding of the Apishapa River valley, by the…

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Raging Storms Advice to Motorists Dangers From Lightning

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 31 August 1923 · page 13

Apparently many motorists do not feel at all comfortable when caught driving in severe lightning. And they want to know what to do in such…

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Storm's Violence Shops Unroofed Verandah Collapses

Evening News · Friday 31 August 1923 · page 1

Buildings suffered in the storm that struck Sydney with a whirr and a rush last night. The wind lifted the [?] from three…

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Violent Storm. Shops Unroofed. Ten Minutes' Blow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 August 1923 · page 9

A severe windstorm swept across the Five Dock district shortly after 6 o'clock last night, lifting the roofs from three shops in Ramsayroad and hurling them across, the electric…

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He Knows Them Hughes on Politicians 'Bend Before Storm'

The Sun · Saturday 1 September 1923 · page 5

"If you stir them up enough they will do what you want. Otherwise they will do nothing." That is how Mr. Hughes, M.H.R…

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Violent Storm Vessel Wrecked Big Loss of Life LONDON

Evening News · Saturday 1 September 1923 · page 1

During a [?] which swept England on Wednesday night the Depute Emile [?] foundered of Dungeness Nineteen of the…

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Australia and America Win One Each in Davis Cup Anderson's Hard Fight Johnston Beaten after See-Saw Game Tilden Too Good for Hawkes Heavy Rain Makes Courts Soft and Slow New York, Friday Night

The Sun · Saturday 1 September 1923 · page 1

At the conclusion of the first day's play in the singles of the Davis Cup between America and Australia the scores were: -- Anderson v. Johnston, 4-6, 6-2, 2-6, 7-5, 6-2. Tilden v. Hawkes, 6-4, 6-2, 6-1…

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Raging Storm Vessel Founders—18 Men Lost

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 September 1923 · page 7

LONDON, Saturday.—During the storm which swept over England on Wednesday night the Depute Emile Driant. a French collier, foundered off…

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Foundered in Gale London, September 1

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 September 1923 · page 7

It is practically certain hat nineteen perished on the steamer Emile Driant, which foundered in it gale in the Channel yesterday morning…

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Many Drowned in Big Flood Natives Riot CALCUTTA

Evening News · Monday 3 September 1923 · page 1

Widespread floods have occurred in the Province of [?] the The death roll is known to exceed 40. and may reach 100…

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Toll of the Mines Historic Tragedies Fire, Flood, Explosion

The Sun · Monday 3 September 1923 · page 12

The Cessnock catastrophe is a grim reminder of the shadow of tragedy in which a coal-mining population may be said to live. Notwithstanding all…

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Cyclone Probable Mr. Mares's Warning

The Sun · Tuesday 4 September 1923 · page 9

Owing to the monsoonal conditions at present prevailing, Mr. Mares, State Meteorologist, says that, stormy, rough seas…

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After the Storm, Calm Should Come

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 4 September 1923 · page 4

SOME of the Party papers are busy explaining which side won in the recent political tussle. According to them the Government "climbed down," or the Premier went out of his way to save the face of the Progressives, or one side was frightened and the other side wasn't game…

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Mother Braved Flood to Save Little Son Wyong

Evening News · Tuesday 4 September 1923 · page 4

An episode of the big Howkesbury flood it recalled by the death at Tuggerah of Mrs. Harriet Louise Headerson at the age of 90 years…

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