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Floods & storms, 1923

1,176 stories in Sydney's papers · page 45 of 59

Storm-water Channel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 September 1923 · page 7

A deputation representative of the Hunter's Hill and Ryde municipal councils, and introduced by Sir Thomas Henley, M.L.A., and supported by Messrs. D. M. Anderson' and R…

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A Deluge Of Taxation Forms N.S.W. PREPARING

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 September 1923 · page 5

The State Taxation Department is just waiting the word to let loose upon taxpayers a delude of taxation forms…

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FLOODED Japanese Areas Another Storm Distressed Refugees SHANGHAI, September 26

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 September 1923 · page 5

The stricken areas of Tokio and Yokohama have again been storm-beaten, especially the low-lying districts, the capital being flooded,…

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Cyclone Again Verandah Through Roof Escapes in Victoria Melbourne

The Sun · Thursday 27 September 1923 · page 12

Mrs. Fry, licensee of the Olive Branch Hotel, Dunstown, thought that the end of the world had come yesterday. As she and her daughter were…

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Last Week's Storm

The Propeller · Friday 28 September 1923 · page 1

During the wind storm at the end of last, week a cable of the Tom Ugly'a punt broke while the ferry was in midstream. There were a couple of motor…

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Damage by the Cyclone. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 September 1923 · page 10

Owing to the line of communication having been interrupted for some days, it is only now possible to arrive at even an approximate estimate of the damage done by the recent…

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The Storm Trail of Destruction Many Casualties

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 September 1923 · page 3

A trail of destruction was left by the terrific cyclonic storm that swept over the greater part of New South Wales last week-end. The damage in…

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Severe Shock Damage in Japan More Storms Plight of Refugees New York, September 26

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 September 1923 · page 9

Advices from Tokio state that another severe earthquake occurred in the Hiroshima district on Monday, doing considerable damage…

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German Dictator War Minister to Crush Monarchists Bavaria Storm Centre Stresemann Partially Suspends Constitution

The Sun · Friday 28 September 1923 · page 1

The German Cabinet has taken the extreme step of appointing a dictator and suspending certain articles of the Republican's constitution. Bavaria also has appointed a dictator who is…

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Earthquake. Flood and Typhoon Japan Again Suffers. New York, Sept. 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 September 1923 · page 9

A message from Tokio says that another severe earthquake occured in the Hiroshima district on Monday, doing considerable damage around the City of Kuro…

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Man Who Made a Storm. Great Electrician Talks of Wonders That May Come. Two-million Volt Flash

The World's News · Saturday 29 September 1923 · page 41

MEN of science have been greatly interested in the production of an electrieal pressure of two million volts in an American laboratory…

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In the Coral Sea "Willis Island, a Storm Warning Station in the Coral Sea," by John King Davis, F.R.G.S. (Melbourne, Critchley Parker). 126

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 September 1923 · page 14

Australia is fortunate in having for its Director of Navigation an officer of the resource and pluck of Captain J. K. Davis. If testimony were required to . point to his possession of…

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Floods in India Do Heavy Damage SIMLA

Evening News · Saturday 29 September 1923 · page 1

[?] have caused Lucknow [?] under Property has [?] damage and Government and private buildings have been converted…

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Victim of the Storm No Hope for Baron Blantyre Terrific Gales Encountered

The Sun · Sunday 30 September 1923 · page 2

All hope that the Hogarth Shipping Company's steamer Baron Blantyre or her crew may be found has now been abandoned. Her name will probably go down with that of the Waralah…

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Wind Storm. Boisterous Gale. Telegraphs Affected

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 October 1923 · page 7

A boisterous gale raged along the const yestorday, and reached a high velocity at some points. Around Sydney, the day broke with a warm…

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Gale and Fires City and Suburbs Suffer Blinding Dust Storm 57 Miles An Hour

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 October 1923 · page 5

Hot westerlies, which towards evening reached gale force, swept over the metropolitan area yesterday, raising clouds of blinding…

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Like Midwinter Gales and Snow GOULBURN

The Sun · Monday 1 October 1923 · page 7

The weather here is unprecedented for the beginning of October. Yesterday gales raged, and temperatures dropped to…

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Killed Ix Cyclone Police Seek Relatives

Evening News · Monday 1 October 1923 · page 6

John Laverack, also known as Williams was kffiedat Bargo in the cyclone on September 20. A sheet of Iron, which had blown off Pickard's…

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Storm Tossed Sydney Yacht's Experience

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 October 1923 · page 4

The yacht Isis--a vessel of 40 tons--has put into Melbourne after a stormy passage from Sydney. She is bound for Adelaide…

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Melbourne Too 52-mile Gale MELBOURNE

The Sun · Monday 1 October 1923 · page 10

At 10.15 a.m. to-day the wind reached a velocity of 52 miles an hour. Minor damage is reported from St. Klida…

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