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Floods & storms, 1923

1,176 stories in Sydney's papers · page 41 of 59

Floods in Tasmania Hobart

Evening News · Saturday 8 September 1923 · page 6

Floods are reported in various parts of the State. Particularly on the east coats, where bridges have been washed away…

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The Rainfall. Record Flood. on Belabula River. Premises Submerged. Canowindra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 September 1923 · page 18

The Belabula River reached alarming proportions on Wednesday night, the flood constituting a record, being about a foot higher than the big flood of 1916…

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Argentine Snow Storm Kills Sheep and Cattle

Sunday Times · Sunday 9 September 1923 · page 1

VANCOUVER, Friday.—A fearful snowstorm raged for four days in the Lapampa territory. Sheep and cattle perished to the value…

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"Like a Pig-sty" Country Children's School When a Storm Comes Casino

The Sun · Sunday 9 September 1923 · page 5

In moving a motion at to-day's meeting of the Casino branch of the Primary Producers' Union, that the "Education Department inquire into…

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Floods at Forbes Remarkable Scenes Boats From Sydney Forbes

The Sun · Sunday 9 September 1923 · page 4

Many families, together with household effects, have been on the move to higher ground for two days. The, water is at present over two of…

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Flooded Lachlan Scare in South Forbes Forbes

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 September 1923 · page 6

A flood scare exists here to-day. The Lagoon, which is fed by the break over from the Lachlan River, has overflowed, and is approaching the houses…

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Six Weeks of Gales Sailmaker Lost Overboard Barque's Long Struggle

The Sun · Tuesday 11 September 1923 · page 10

One of the worst gales recorded in the barque Mairo's log was experienced when off the coast of N.S.W. During the storm a Finnish…

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The Murrumbidgee. Danger of Flood. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 September 1923 · page 9

Duriug the past few days the Murrumbidgee River at Wagga has been running a banker, and owing to absence of reliable information regarding the conditions over the watershed…

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Flood Waters at Forbes. Forbes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 September 1923 · page 10

The river at Forbes rose 20 and 27 feet on Friday, owing to the flood water from Belabula River and Mandagery Creek. The river again rose rapidly on Saturday morning, and…

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Forbes in Flood Miles of Water Refuge in Picture Theatre Forbes

The Sun · Tuesday 11 September 1923 · page 6

For two days and nights the historic town of Forbes was almost covered with water. Many of the streets were feet under water, fences wore…

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Damage at Forbes Many Homes Flooded Forbes

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 September 1923 · page 8

The business centre of Forbes, which is situated on an eminence, was completely surrounded by water by 6 p.m. on Saturday, and the shops did not…

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Ship's Storm Ordeal Sailmaker Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 September 1923 · page 10

The Peruvian barque Mairo arrived in the harbor yesterday after a stormy passage. She is from the Columbia River, laden with two million feet of…

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Storm-tossed. Barque's Experiences. Man Lost Overboard

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 September 1923 · page 14

After having experienced severe gales on the New South Wales coast, the four-masted barque Maire arrived in Sydney early yesterday morning from Columbia River. The Mairo…

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N.S.W. Immigration Contract. Flooding the Country With Cheap Labor

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 12 September 1923 · page 18

N.S.W. "Nationalist" Premier Fuller tabled the immigration agreement with the British Government in the N.S.W. Parliament last Wednesday. The…

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Events of the Week: Sports, Floods, and Military Exercises

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 12 September 1923 · page 20

A mixed chronicle of last week's incidents and events appears on this page. At Canowindra the biggest flood anyone in the district remembers came down the Belubula River on the Wednesday night, doing damage to the river properties. The railway embankment…

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Lachlan in Flood. Mail Services Interrupted. Railway Washaway. Forbes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 September 1923 · page 13

The flood is greater than anticipated, and in comparison with the river readings of 1916 the water has reached higher levels than in the record inundation in that year. On that…

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Quiet Night Bank of N.S.W. Flood of Questions House Counted Out

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 September 1923 · page 10

There was little fire or interest in the Legislative Assembly sitting last night. A flood of Questions, many of them concerned with the…

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News in Picture Memorial Gates at St. Paul's, Redfern. Roman Catholic Prelates at Bathurst. Floods at Forbes. Australian Relief for Japan

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 September 1923 · page 14

MEMORIAL PILLARS AT THE GATES OF ST. PAUL'S CHURCH OF ENGLAND, REDFERN, to the Memory of Redfern Soldiers killed in the War. The unveiling was performed by Dame Margaret Davidson on Saturday. WHAT FORBES EXPERIENCED AS A RESULT OF THE RECENT HEAVY RAINS,--Top, left: Camp Street: main entrance from Orange, Cowra, and Grenfell. Top, right: Dowling Street, looking from the town to the railway station. Bottom, left: From Spring Street looking towards Hill Street. The houses in the distance were partly submerged,…

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Westerly Gales Thunder Predicted More Rain to Come

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 September 1923 · page 6

Westerly gales, with moderate to rough seas in southern areas, : predicted. The boisterous conditions…

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Raised a Storm Resolution Withdrawn MOLONG

Evening News · Thursday 13 September 1923 · page 9

The [?] existing between the residents of the towns of Cudal and Canowindra for the past month over the forecasted motion by Councillor…

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