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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1923

1,176 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 59

Cyclone at Bundaberg. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1923 · page 9

The weather Eureau received advice to-night from the manager of the cable station at Bundaberg stating that a terrific cyclone had passed over New Caledonia, between noon and…

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Disabled Launch 19 Hours in Gale Crew's Awful Night

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 January 1923 · page 4

"They say miracles don't happen nowadays, but there was one last Thursday Night. So said Mr. Eric N. Rowley, solicitor, in…

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Brilliant Cricket Historic Castle Eastern Storm Centre

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 January 1923 · page 10

AN ABODE OF GHOSTS: Glamis Castle, the home of the Royal bride-to-be, Lady Betty which Shakespeare has made immortal in "Macbeth." THE NORTH COAST RAILWAY: The construction of this…

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Lawton Case Who Raised the Storm? LONDON, Monday Night

The Sun · Tuesday 30 January 1923 · page 5

The Rugby Union expert in the "Sporting Life," discussing the Lawton case, which continues to agitate the sporting world. says: I have made the…

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At Sea in a Gale. Motor Launch in Peril. Distress Signals Unheeded

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1923 · page 9

Mr. Eric N. Rowley, solicitor, of Castlereagh-street, city, relates a rough experience on a motor boat trip from Manly to Broken Bay…

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Cyclone at Sea N.Z. Shipping Warned

The Sun · Wednesday 31 January 1923 · page 7

Mr. Mares gave further news to-day of the tropical cyclone which was yesterday reported north-west of Norfolk Island…

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Rough Time for N.Z. SHIPPING Cyclone Veering

Evening News · Wednesday 31 January 1923 · page 7

The tropical cyclone, which yesterday was operating over New Caledonia, and regarding which Mr. Mares issued a warning to shipping has…

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M.C.C. at the Cape Floods Delay Cricket CAPETWON, Tuesday Evening

Evening News · Wednesday 31 January 1923 · page 1

Floods due to the incanda overflowing destroyed he start of the match at Newcastle between the local side and the M. C. C. but later a start was…

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Flood Victims Wellington (N.z.)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 February 1923 · page 4

George Good and Miss Irwin wore drowned through their trap being swept away in the flooded Wilberforce River, near Canterbury…

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An Ancient Flood Story

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 2 February 1923 · page 7

Professor Albert Clay, of Yale College, has just interpreted the inscription on a small Clay tablet in the Pierpoint Morgan library, written in cuneiform…

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Dry Dock Flooded. Collapse of the Gates. DAMAGE £20,000. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1923 · page 13

On Sundny night a small stream of water was noticed filtering through the gate of Duke and Orrs' dry dock, on the south bank of the Yarra. In halt an hour the "floor"…

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Realistic Props George Fawcett and a Spring-water Flood

Sunday Times · Sunday 4 February 1923 · page 18

Movie players pantomime in rehearsal; that is, they work with empty glasses, "eat" from empty plates, strike blows with hands minus missiles, leaving the…

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With Hurley In Unknown Papua the Mighty Fly River Terrible Jungle Storms

The Sun · Monday 5 February 1923 · page 1

I am looking across a vast breadth of waters" that glide deeply by our anchorage, to the distant bank faint in haze. To stem the…

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Dry Docks Flooded. Big Loss at Melbourne

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 5 February 1923 · page 4

Advice from Melbourne states that shortly after 7 o'clock on Sunday night, January 28, a small stream of water was noticed filtering through the gate…

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Storm in a Cup at Glebe Council Question of Audit

Evening News · Tuesday 6 February 1923 · page 5

A motion for a "complete, impartial, and in dependent audit" of Glebe Council's affairs as suggested by Ald. Martin last night. gave…

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Cricket Finance [?] Association's Tight Purse Fearing a Heavy Flood

The Sun · Tuesday 6 February 1923 · page 4

The dreaded rainy day that the N.S.W. Cricket Association fears in evidently expected to he a two or three years flood…

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7 Knots an Hour Storm Delays Liner

The Sun · Thursday 8 February 1923 · page 7

Fierce westerly gales and terrific seas delayed the arrival of the steamer Culna from The Bluff, New Zealand. She left on Friday, and Immediately…

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Steamer Damaged. Kaikoura's Rough Voyage. Seaman Killed in Storm. Auckland (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 February 1923 · page 10

A Christmastide Atlantic storm severely buffeted the steamer Kaikoura, which reached Auckland yesterday. Tremendous seas swept over the docks and compelled the ship…

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An Ancient Flood Story

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 9 February 1923 · page 14

The, portions of the fragment deciphered by Professor Clay, mentioned in our last issue, read as follows:— "The land had become great; the…

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"Thunderquakes" Violent N.Z. Storm Wellington

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 February 1923 · page 7

A terrific thunderstorm swept over the Cust and Canterbury districts Mils afternoon. A returned soldier, Jack Allison, was standing on a stack…

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