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Floods & storms, 1923

1,176 stories in Sydney's papers · page 54 of 59

Panama Floods Canal Shipping Delayed AUCKLAND

The Sun · Tuesday 20 November 1923 · page 15

Heavy floods at Gatun Lake delayed shipping and severed the Panama Canal at the end of October, according to a report brought by the steamer…

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Sonoma's Rough Trip Saloon Flooded Wireless Operator's Accident

The Sun · Tuesday 20 November 1923 · page 3

Shortly before midnight yesterday the Oceanic liner Sonoma ran into very heavy weather off the New South Wales coast. Windows on the port…

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N.Z. Floods Farm Land Affected Wellington (N.z.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 November 1923 · page 2

Heavy ruins in the back country have flooded the Wairau River and branches. A bridge on the Blenhelm-West…

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Ketch Races Steamer Scudding Before Gale MELBOURNE

The Sun · Wednesday 21 November 1923 · page 2

The ketch Adventure last week-end raced the steamer Hillmeads across Bass Strait. The Adventure in a gale made the…

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Amazing Rescue. Nine Days' Ordeal in Flooded Pit

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 21 November 1923 · page 3

Few more thrilling stories have over been told than that of the rescue of five of the miners entombed in the flooded coal pit at Redding, in Stirlingshire…

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Baths Collapse Bottom Falls Out Old Tunnel Flooded MELBOURNE

Evening News · Wednesday 21 November 1923 · page 8

With a great rear the bottom of the public baths at [?]aylesford dropped out to-day. The earth below had gradually [?]tted away…

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Panama. Flood in Canal. Alligator Invasion. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 November 1923 · page 16

The steamer City of Naples was delayed two days at Panama by the first flood in the canal since it was opened. The River Chayrls became swollen, and the flood waters poured…

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Floods Block Canal Panama Route Closed Auckland

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 November 1923 · page 8

The extraordinary condition of the Panama Canal route being closed for several days by floods is reported by the steamer City of Naples…

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Parliament. the Calm After the Storm Estimates Again Mr. Dooley's Snore

Evening News · Thursday 22 November 1923 · page 6

WHAT WAS DONE:—First reading Dangerous Drugs Bill. Estimates passed and Appro[?] Bill taken through oil stages…

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Didnt Say It Storm in Teacup Bruce's Denial London. Thursday Evening

Evening News · Friday 23 November 1923 · page 1

Mr S. M. Bruce, Prime Minister of Australia, took occasion to deny in the London Press to-day that a certain passage reflecting on the…

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Villages Submerged Big Floods in India Railways Interrupted Calcutta, November 21

The Sun · Friday 23 November 1923 · page 1

An eye-witness says that floods have submerged villages in an area of 100 square miles between Berhampore and Vizianagram…

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Youth, and Storm-beaten Age

The Sun · Saturday 24 November 1923 · page 1

Special by "The Sun" Photographer. The storms which come up from the sea hold no terrors for the trees, which have endured on the Edge of the Sand longer than many men remember. But youth seeks shelter from the lowering cloud--ships and surf are forgotten as it climbs the ridge of the hill to tread the pathway home. When the gale blows and the merciless rain beats down, the [?]led limbs and stripped branches will…

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CYCLING Olympic Test Race To-night Dempsey and Flood

The Sun · Monday 26 November 1923 · page 5

Only the first round of the first Olympic sprint had been decided at the Cyclists' Union's carnival last Wednesday night when rain…

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Phenomenal Rains Hongkong City Flooded

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 November 1923 · page 6

Phenomenal ruins were experienced at Hongkong' just before the E. and A. steamer St. Albans left for Australia Captain Pilcher stales that the whale…

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Gales and Waterspouts Katherine Mackall's Plight Overdue Vessel at Sydney

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 November 1923 · page 7

Blown out of Bass Strait on three occasions by fierce gales, threatened by waterspouts, and eventually driven north through stress of weather, the…

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Houses Unroofed Southerly "Buster" Yesterday's Gale

Evening News · Wednesday 28 November 1923 · page 10

It was a southerly "buster" with a vengeance, yesterday afternoon. Shortly after 5 o'clock a fierce gust unroofed the rear portion of a house in…

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Heat Wave. Storm and Fires. Workmen Injured. Buildings Collapse. Fireball at Rockdale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 November 1923 · page 17

Aided by yesterday's peculiar atmospheric change, fires and wind gusts did considerable damage in Sydney. The wall of a church was blown in, a…

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Rough Seas Squally Conditions Gales Reported

Evening News · Thursday 29 November 1923 · page 14

Moderate to rough seas are at present the order along the entires New South Wales coast. A moderate gale was reported to -day from…

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Cyclone Off Coast Shipping Warned

The Sun · Thursday 29 November 1923 · page 9

A cyclone is operating over the Tasman Sea, with its centre between Lord Howe island and Newcastle. It is probable that…

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Storm at East Maitland. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 November 1923 · page 10

During a storm yesterday at East Maitland the wind lifted the roof of a shed 30ft long on to the back verandah of the residence of Mr. J. Graves, and broke the glasswork on the…

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