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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1924

1,078 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 54

Weathered Mighty Gale

Evening News · Wednesday 18 June 1924 · page 1

Two fine types of old sailing men who were in charge of the bettered Sandvigen, which put into port yesterday…

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Gale-cleaver Wedding

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 18 June 1924 · page 23

At St. James' Church, King-street, on June 4, the wedding took place…

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In Cyclone Steamer and Hulk

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 June 1924 · page 10

With the loss of 40 feet of her bulwarks and a valuable tug, which formed portion of her deck cargo, the hulk Sandvigen put back to Sydney…

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Ship's Peril. Caught by Cyclone Decks Smashed In. Tug Washed Overboard

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 June 1924 · page 13

The sailing vessel Sandvigen for three days and nights experienced the full force of the cyclone which swept the Tasman Sea last week, and she narrowly escaped disaster…

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Fine Seamanship Saves Two Ships That Struck a Cyclone Tugboat Washed Overboard

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 18 June 1924 · page 1

With her starboard bulwarks swept away for a distance of 36 feet, her main mast shrouds and rigging dangling like huge spider webs, the…

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Tug Champion Claims Salvage For Towing Honolulu Maru to Jervis Bay in Teeth of April Gale

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 18 June 1924 · page 8

Judgment was reserved by Mr. Justice Harvey in the Admiralty Court yesterday in the cane in which the owners of the tug Champion, Messrs. J. and…

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Big Storm Predicted But Prophet at Fault Anticipation at Annandale A.L.P. -- Charges Against Conroy and McGarry

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 18 June 1924 · page 5

In anticipation of a proposal which was said to have been considered by a certain section of the Labor Movement to expel Mr. Conroy and Mr…

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Gallant Tug Salvage in Gale Honolulu Maru Rescue Admiralty Award

Evening News · Friday 20 June 1924 · page 9

Mr. Justice Street, in Admiralty this morning, delivered his reserved judgment in the alvage application by J. and A. Brown and…

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Drowned in Flood N.Z. Newspaper Manager WELLINGTON

The Sun · Friday 20 June 1924 · page 9

Mr. H. V. Dulgan, manager of the "Wanganul Herald." lost his life in the flooded Wanganul River last night. In an endeavor to make his oil…

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Vatican Diplomat France to Withdraw Him Storm in Chamber London, Friday Night

The Sun · Saturday 21 June 1924 · page 1

There was a stormy scone in the French Chamber of Deputies when General Saint Just challenged M. Herriot's proposed withdrawal of the…

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Judge Rewards Gallant Crew of Tug-boat Champion--honolulu Maru Salvageo in Teeth of Terrible Gale. Award of £6,000

The Labor Daily · Saturday 21 June 1924 · page 5

I[?] the Admiralty Court yesterday Mr. Justice Street awarded the owners and[?] of the Sydney [?] a total of [?]…

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Orange Stock Sellers Cause a Storm Over Inspector--But Tactful Chairman Throws Oil on Troubled Waters--A Slight Mistake

The Labor Daily · Saturday 21 June 1924 · page 8

BATHURST. Friday.--The Orange Stock Sellers' Association to-day wrote a letter to the Bathurst P.P. Board, requesting the dismissal of Mr. A…

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Flood Victim Newspaper Manager Drowned Wellington (N.z.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 June 1924 · page 10

While attempting to secure his launch against a rising flood In the Wanganui River, Mr. H. V. Dulgan, manager of the "Wanganui Herald"…

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Liner in Peril Saved by Flooded Tanks Atlantic Collision St. Johns (Nfld.)

The Sun · Sunday 22 June 1924 · page 1

Seven hundred passengers were on board tho Atlantic liner Metagama when, in a fog off the Newfoundland coast, she struck the steamer Clara…

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Motor Cycling Goulburn Carnival Racing in a Gale GOULBURN

Evening News · Monday 23 June 1924 · page 6

In a lasting [?]…

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Shop Flooded. Taps Left On. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 June 1924 · page 11

Five city shops became flooded early yesterday morning as the result of taps being left on when the water was temporarily turned on by the Melbourne and…

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Washed Overboard Glenard in a Gale Seaman's Adventure

The Sun · Wednesday 25 June 1924 · page 9

While lashing a spar to the deck of his ship when she was running through a gale at sea, an A.B. on the Finnish barque Glenard…

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Raging Gales Big Steamer in Trouble Cargo Shifted Hobart

The Sun · Wednesday 25 June 1924 · page 2

Stormy weather continues throughout Tasmania, with gales raging all round the coast, and seriously affecting shipping…

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Deluge of Obscenity. Canada Bars Many Books Printed in United States

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 26 June 1924 · page 21

The necesssity for strict censorship in connecion with imported books is emphasised by the following report, taken ,from an American paper. In…

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Limped Back Battered in Storm Waihemo's Adventure

Evening News · Thursday 26 June 1924 · page 1

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Thursday, Batttred by heavy storm, which wil accompanied by vivid lightning, the steamer Waihemo…

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