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Floods & storms, 1923

1,176 stories in Sydney's papers · page 50 of 59

Tropical Storm Rain Over Eastern Districts Squally Southerlies

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 October 1923 · page 8

A tropical disturbance in the north yesterday assumed a Cyclonic character during the day but later became weaker…

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Storm-Swept Coast English Towns Damaged Battered by Waves

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 October 1923 · page 14

Abnormally high tides, combined with a hurrieane wind, driving at the rate of sixty miles an hour, left a trail of devastation on the south coast of…

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Kogarah Police Court. Wednesday. 17th OCTOBER.. Before Mr. Gale, S.M.Damaging a Constable's Trousers

The St George Call · Friday 19 October 1923 · page 2

Arthur Henry Ward (36) was charged with maliciously damaging one pair of trousers, valued at 30/-, the property or Constable Edwin Thomas Languorthy…

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Floods in Victoria Gold Escort in Peril Houses Under Water

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 October 1923 · page 4

Heavy continuous rain throughout Victoria during the week-end has caused much damage to property and loss of stock. The Yarra has been in…

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Severn Flooded Town Floats Inland Villages Damaged

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 October 1923 · page 14

The famous Severn (England) bore, an influx of the tide, swept up the river on Thursday last and reached extraordinary dimensions. Instead of…

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THUNDERSTORMS. Over a Wide Area. Stormy Weather Likely

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 October 1923 · page 9

Unsettled conditions which developed in New South Wales during the 24 hours ended 9 a.m. yesterday, under tropical influences, were responsible for widespread thunderstorms…

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Heavy Rain North-east Districts Benefit More Showers Likely

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 October 1923 · page 8

The tropical depression, which extended southward from Northern Australia into this State on Thursday morning, maintained its position over…

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THUNDERSTORMS Some Useful Rains Inch at Many Towns

Evening News · Saturday 20 October 1923 · page 6

Rains of a useful character haver fallen oven the casters half of New South Wales. During the 24 hours ended 9 a.m to-day [?]…

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Nearly Capsized Huge Cunarder in Gale VANCOUVER, October 19

The Sun · Sunday 21 October 1923 · page 2

The gale which is raging in the Atlantic caught the huge Cunarder Aquitania, which was inward bound, as she was passing Nantucket. She…

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On Goodwin Sands Monoplane Wrecked in Gale LONDON, October 19

The Sun · Sunday 21 October 1923 · page 2

A Russian piloting a Fokker monoplane conveying three passengers and mails from Rotterdam to London was forced to descend on the Goodwin…

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Cool Change Coming Heavy Rain in the North

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 October 1923 · page 6

Indications last night pointed to a cool west to south change approaching the western districts of New South Wales…

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The Country Flooded Crops Not Eligible for Competition FORBES

The Sun · Tuesday 23 October 1923 · page 3

Whether a crop which had been flooded should be eligible to compete in the growing crop championship competition against dry-farmed crops…

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Novelty Tee Broomstick and Pipe Golf in a Gale London, Tuesday Night

The Sun · Wednesday 24 October 1923 · page 1

A most brilliant exposition of golf-playing in a gale was given by Miss Joyce Wethered and C. J. Tolley, who competed in the mixed foursomes at…

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Victorian Floods—Fete at Turramurra

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 24 October 1923 · page 10

FAIRFIELD PARK BOAT SHEDS. Inundated by the flood-waters.—(Photo: Adamson.) THE CONCRETE BRIDGE AT CHURCH-STREET, RICHMOND. Which received a severe buffeting. The water is seen rushing under the timber framing. This bridge is to cast £90,000…

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Wheat Competitions. the Question of Flooded Crops

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 October 1923 · page 11

FORBES.—At a special meeting of the Forbes P., A., and H. Association, it was resolved to exclude from this year's Wheat-growing competition the crops which had been…

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Tropical Storm Rain and Thunder Likely

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 October 1923 · page 6

Since Monday a tropical influence has been gradually spreading over northern and Eastern Australia. The weather experienced this week has [?]…

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Leviathan Tossed Fierce Atlantic Gale Calls for Help Vancouver

The Sun · Thursday 25 October 1923 · page 1

Sensational reports from London, stating that the liner Leviathan had been disabled when 500 miles west of Land's End, were explained when the…

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Big Storm In North Atlantic Shipping Suffers New York, Wednesday Evening

Evening News · Thursday 25 October 1923 · page 8

The North Atlantic coast has been visited by one of the worst storms of recent years, causing much damage to property, and loss…

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Flickering Out Rhineland Republic Lacks Support Leaders Clubbed Women Communists Storm Hamburg Police Station

The Sun · Thursday 25 October 1923 · page 1

The Rhineland Separatists have been driven out of Aix-la-Chapelle, where their Republic was originally proclaimed. Many people have been killed in food riots at Hamburg, where women Communists fought the police…

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Yarra Floods Didn't Grow Less Tennis Optimists Melbourne

The Sun · Thursday 25 October 1923 · page 9

At the first annual meeting of the Lawn Tennis Association of Victoria at Kooyong last night, the president, Mr. Justice Weigall, summarised the…

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