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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1924

1,078 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 54

After the Storm Damage at Coogee

The Sun · Monday 24 March 1924 · page 8

A great deal of damage was done in parts of the eastern suburbs on Saturday night by the heavy rains. Gutters were flooded, and many of the…

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Fight Against Storm Launch Party's Plight Driver's Bravery

The Sun · Monday 24 March 1924 · page 9

The members a launch party which loft Sans Soucl on Saturday afternoon for a trip up tho George's River, had a nerve-racking experience…

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"The Lie" Revival at Royal Storm Spoils Best Scene

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 March 1924 · page 2

It was to be regretted that just as the tensest scene in Henry Arthur Jones's play, "The Lie," was reached at the Theatre Royal of Saturday evening the…

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Fun and Frolic at the Sydney Shows Two Storms at Theatre Royal--Emelie Polini in a Rage--Pass[?] Scores at Tivoli--Allen Doone at Newtown

The Labor Daily · Monday 24 March 1924 · page 7

There were two storms as [?] Theatre Royal on Saturday night. One raged outside and brought rain in its wake--rain which tell in…

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Man Who Was Scared of Storms Casino

Evening News · Tuesday 25 March 1924 · page 9

At the inquest on the death of Robert Cowan, who died suddenly at Tatham on (Saturday night, evidence was given that he was…

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Rain Storm. Heavy Coastal Falls. High Temperatures Inland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 March 1924 · page 9

Heavy rain fell during the week-end between Sydney and Jervis Bay, and westward as far as the Blue Mountains. Most recording stations reported over two inches, and in a few…

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Flood-lighting. for Advertisement Signs. Danger to Shipping

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 March 1924 · page 8

Mr. Mackay, general manager of the City Council's electricity supply department, yesterday asked for directions from his committee in regard to a request from the Harbour Trust…

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Admiral Field Plays a New Game of "Put and Take" Squadron Entertainment Committee Cant Take a Hint---Visiting I Sailors Don't Want to be Surfeited With Food and Flooded With Political Talk---List of Functions Amended by Admiral, But I Over-zealous Hosts Keep on Adding to the Round o

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 25 March 1924 · page 1

The State Entertainment Committee wants to surfeit Admiral Field, with dinners and political speeches. The Admiral apparently wants neither. Unable to take a hint, the committee keeps on finding new…

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Cyclonic Storm. Hail Causes Heavy Damage. Wentworthville Suffers Severely

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 26 March 1924 · page 1

A storm rivalling in severity any that had previously visited the district passed over Parramatta and its environs on friday afternoon. For an hour or two prior to the down[?] presaged a violent…

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N.z.'s Atlanta Flooding a Town Ellington (N.z.)

Evening News · Wednesday 26 March 1924 · page 4

Walporl, once a secne of bustle and excitement in the days of the goldmining boom in Otago, is to be obliterate. and the waters of an artificial…

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Storms Approaching Thunder and Rain

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 March 1924 · page 6

Conditions last night pointed to rain and thunder developments over New South Wales. These are expected to culminate by the week-end in some…

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Disastrous New Zealand Floods

Evening News · Thursday 27 March 1924 · page 1

The recent floods in New Zealand in which human lives were lost, worked great have throughout the countryside. This picture of a washout on the Napier Eskdale railway is typical of the way the lines were top up…

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Melbourne Drenched City Suffers, Country Rejoices Three Days' Heavy Rain Melbourne

The Sun · Friday 28 March 1924 · page 7

To-day is the third day of heavy rain. Low-lying areas in several suburbs are flooded, and flood warnings have been issued in eastern Victoria…

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One Glorious Week And Then the Deluge Vagaries of Melb. Melbourne

Evening News · Friday 28 March 1924 · page 10

Melbourne it still paying for the line weather which favored its Fleet week carnival. Rain has been pouring for the last 36 hours, and…

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Radio Beauty Contest Flood's Toll "Leap Year Fox Trot"

Evening News · Friday 28 March 1924 · page 16

BEAUTY CONTEST BY RADIO.—These girls were the four winners in the first beauty contest to be held by radio, which was conducted by broadcasting a description of the entrants. Miss Hilda Brooks, an 18-years-old bookkeeper of Cincinnati (bottom left) was placed first; Mary…

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Heavy Rains Southerly Approaching Flood Falls Likely

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 March 1924 · page 6

Unsettled conditions have developed over the greater part of the southeast States, and, according to Mr. Mares, the State Meteorologist, a…

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The Storm

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 29 March 1924 · page 7

Though compared with other localities Merrylands escaped much of the severity of last week's storm a number of the residences on the western end had the…

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Riverina Rain Heavy Hail Storms Week-End Prospects

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 March 1924 · page 8

Rain was reported over most of the Riverina and along the western slopes, tablelands, and coastal areas of New South Wales during the 24 hours ended…

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Another Flood Foretold: An Astronomical Theory

The World's News · Saturday 29 March 1924 · page 24

THAT Noan's flood was the result of a collision of the earth with a former moon: that the "Golden Age," when mankind developed an…

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Relic of the Flood

The World's News · Saturday 29 March 1924 · page 46

The latest of the treasures that are continually coming to light at the Bodleian Library, Oxford, is a woulen box containing a huge fossil egg…

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