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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1924

1,078 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 54

Brisbane Cyclone Many Houses Unroofed Serious Damage Done Brisbane

The Sun · Tuesday 12 February 1924 · page 10

A storm, accompanied by very vivid lightning and heavy rain and wind, which in places assumed cyclonic force, swept. over Brisbane last evening…

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Mixed Cargoes Sharks and a Snow Storm

Evening News · Wednesday 13 February 1924 · page 3

Two oversea cargo steamers—the Eastern Sea from New York, and the Canadian Importer from Vancouver—berthed at Woolloomooloo to-day…

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Storm in the West Railway Line Damaged PERTH

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 February 1924 · page 10

A record thunderstorm, with torrential rains, swept the goldfields near Coolgardie this afternoon. At Debari, on the main line 30 miles…

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Scattered Showers Coastal Regions Benefit Thunderstorms Likely

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 February 1924 · page 10

Showery conditions have been experienced on various parts of the coast, but the only appreciable gauging was 80 points at Ballina. Of the remaining…

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Tropical Storm Working South Thunderstorms Likely

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 February 1924 · page 11

The tropical depression which has been responsible for beneficial and at places heavy rain in Queensland and the Northern Territory, is showing signs of…

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SOAP! What Advertisement Did Deluge of Coupons

The Sun · Friday 15 February 1924 · page 8

When the manager of the Palmolive Company inserted a coy full-page advertisement in "The Sun" yesterday, he little suspected what a typhoon of coupons ho was unleashing…

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Widespread Rains Likely Thunderstorms in the Country Tropical Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 February 1924 · page 8

Rain is expected to become widespread over New South "Wales, and even as,far south as Victoria, as a result of the tropical depression moving southward…

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Downpour. in the City. Thunderstorms Inland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 February 1924 · page 9

A heavy downpour occurred in the city and some of the suburbs last night. Oppressive conditions culminated shortly after 6 o'clock in light rain, but at half-past 7 a heavy…

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Girraween. Storm Water Channel

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 3

Messrs. L. Halloran and others wrote to Prospect and Sherwood Council again drawing attention to the bad state of the storm-water channel in Magowar and…

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"I Don't Want You!" Storm on Sea of Matrimony. Conciliatory Agreement Not Complied With

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 1

Some people experience the greatest difficulty in finding domestic happiness. Too often their quest results in total failure. The method and sincerity of their search need no commentary here…

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The World's News News, Pictures, and Stories Something for Every Reader. "The War of 1924!" Paris Flooded With Sensational Pamphlet Germany's Revenge

The World's News · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 3

PARIS in ashes. German aeroplanes raining ton upon ton of horrible explosives on the heads of people fleeing from the stricken capital. Such is the…

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Romance of the Flood Baby

The World's News · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 11

This baby was found in a cradle, among the rushes, in a backwater after a disastrous flood, caused by the bursting of a dam, in the valley of the Scalve,…

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Bourke Line Washed Away Ten Miles of Railway Line Disappear -- Flood Five Feet Over Parts-- Trains Cancelled. Repair Gangs on Way

The Labor Daily · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 1

BATHURST, Friday.--Another in of rain has fallen in the Bathurst district during the past 24 hours morning this the wettest February for many…

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New Tivoli Stars Cyclone Dancers

The Sun · Sunday 17 February 1924 · page 4

The new turns at the Tivoli this week are excellent. Windsor, Edgar and Kelleway are responsible for one of the most popular items on the bill…

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Plight of Pacifique Leak Sprung in Cyclone

The Sun · Sunday 17 February 1924 · page 2

On her last run from Sydney to Noumea the French mall steamer Paciflque sprung a leak during a cyclone, and for a time was in a dangerous condition…

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Power House Flooded Terrific Storm in Wyalong West Wyalong

The Sun · Sunday 17 February 1924 · page 2

After extremely vivid lightning, a terrific rainstorm broke over the district last night. At Buddingower 200 points fell in less than an hour, doing…

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"Twenty's" Storm

Evening News · Monday 18 February 1924 · page 4

Sir,—May I be permitted to add yet another letter to the fierce controversy that has arisen over "Twenty's letter. That young man must have had many a good…

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Towns Flooded Deluge in Country Several Districts Suffer GRIFFITH

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 February 1924 · page 5

The town was flooded by heavy rain in all low-lying areas yesterday for the third time within a fortnight. The storm was preceded by the most…

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A Violent Storm. Barellan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 February 1924 · page 10

A violent thunderstorm occurred on Friday night, 180 points being registered in 20 minutes. A man named Clarke was struck[?] lightning and badly shocked…

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Pacifique Has Luck to Reach Harbor [?]After Battling With Huge Seas--She Springs a Leak--Then Runs Before Gale

The Labor Daily · Monday 18 February 1924 · page 5

The French steamer Pacifique, which was thought in Sydney and Noumea to have been lost on her recent voyage from Sydney to Noumea,…

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