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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1924

1,078 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 54

Floods in England. Torrential Rain. London, June 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 June 1924 · page 13

Tropical downpours continue in many districts in the south and west of England. Train and tram services are disorganised, and in several towns wide stretches are under water…

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Barque Falkirk Damaged in Gale Once a Thing of Beauty. Now a Mass of Wreckage--Intended to Come to Sydney [?]Er Fate--a Hulk

The Labor Daily · Friday 6 June 1924 · page 5

News has been received in Sydney that the barque Falkirk, from Bordeaux to New York to load case [?] for Sydney, [?] into a serve storm…

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Fuller and Bruxner Getting Together Two Beautiful Photos and Some Letterpress--Flooding Country Papers

The Labor Daily · Friday 6 June 1924 · page 5

They are getting together. All the country papers are heralding the fact. There is no doubt about it they are getting together…

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"Street Flooding." An Eastwood Grievance. (To the Editor.)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 7 June 1924 · page 6

Sir,—Permit us, per medium of "The Argus," to register an emphatic protest against the present system of street-watering— or "flooding"—carried out in…

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(Published by Arrangement). the "Dry" Flood

Nepean Times · Saturday 7 June 1924 · page 7

John Barleyhorn is increasing his activities in America at a rate which, unless they are utterly blind to the condition of affairs, must be…

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"Sally" Comes Home Josie Melville's Welcome Storm of Cheers

The Sun · Sunday 8 June 1924 · page 2

A storm of cheering, a crash of clapping and stamping burst from the crowded house at the Theatre Royal last night when…

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Flooded Cricket Oval Captain Takes a Swim. London, June 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 June 1924 · page 7

The Worcestershire Cricket Ground is still flooded. The Rev. Gillingham, the captain of the team, dived from the pavilion and swam over the pitch…

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Radioing the Gales

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 10 June 1924 · page 4

Radio is marching on. Recently a message was radioed from Christiania to the Norwegian whaling expedition at a point in the Antarctic Ocean…

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Calm After Storm "Deserved All We Got" Bathurst Gaol Riot Bathurst

The Sun · Tuesday 10 June 1924 · page 15

During the past few days a searching investigatian has been conducted into the charges of alleged brutal treatment by warders, of the…

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Perilous Waters. Thames in Flood. Thrilling Rescues. LONDON, June 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 June 1924 · page 9

Extraordinary scenes were witnessed by thousands of spectators at Kew Bridge, when two cowboys (members of the party in London for the Empire Exhibition) tried…

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Torrential Rain. Floods in Dominion. Auckland (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 June 1924 · page 9

Another wet week-end, with torrential rainfall, was experienced for the third time in two months, and floods have occurred in several of the low-lying country districts, The…

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Window of Empire Record Crowd Floods Wembley Wonderful Scenes Australia Gets Best Advertisement Since Start

The Sun · Tuesday 10 June 1924 · page 1

From the North of England and the Midlands a quarter of a million visitors descended on the Wembley Exhibition for the Wh.t-suntide holidays. All records were broken, and an unending stream of sightseers passed through the Australian and New…

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A Deluge At Byron Bay North Coast Falls

Evening News · Thursday 12 June 1924 · page 9

Byron Boy, on the far North Coast, received a great drenching yesterday, Over 6 inches of rain fell in 24 hours…

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All Blacks a Formidable Team on the Tracks. at Randwick Gallops in a Gale Some Fast Times

Evening News · Thursday 12 June 1924 · page 2

As the wind varied in velocity during training hours at Randwick this morning, the times of different horses [?]ar[?] furnish a reliable…

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The New Zealand Floods

The Sun · Thursday 12 June 1924 · page 3

The Thames Valley, Paeroa, was swollen by torrential rains, and, to make matters Worse, the stop-banks of the Waiau River burst under the pressure. What's the use of roofing your stacks? The turkeys had been there for days…

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Gale Along Coast

The Sun · Friday 13 June 1924 · page 7

Cyclonic conditions continue to operate over parts of the State, and the State Meteorologist (Mr. Mares) again issues a…

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Sthe Rainfall. Deluge on North Coast

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 June 1924 · page 4

Under the influence of a tropical depression, rain has fallen throughout New South Wales from Bourke to the Coast during the last few days. At…

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Heavy Rainfalls. Gales on the Coast

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 June 1924 · page 10

As the result of various movements, some east to west and others north to south, an important change had taken place in weather conditions at 9 a.m. yesterday. The…

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Severe Gale Berrima's Experience MELBOURNE

The Sun · Friday 13 June 1924 · page 9

A 90-mile-an-hour gale and mountainous seas, which forced the vessel to he hove-to for 12 hours in the Indian Ocean, was an experience of the…

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Cyclonic Storm Rough Seas Shipping Warned

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 June 1924 · page 7

A cyclonic disturbance developed over the North Tasman Sea and along the North Coast of Kew South Wales early yesterday morning. It caused very rough…

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