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Floods & storms, 1924

1,078 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 54

Macdonald Pays Visit to France 'No Reason for Storm' London. Monday Evening

Evening News · Tuesday 8 July 1924 · page 1

MR. MACDONALD has announce his intention of visiting Paris to-morrow on the proposal of M. Herriot He will return on Wednesday…

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Tea-cup Storm Premier for Paris Frank Diplomacy Important Outlook LONDON. July 8

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 July 1924 · page 9

I am not going to allow, if I can help it, any mischief-maker to destroy the prospects of Anglo- French settlement. That would be…

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Tweed District Has More Heavy Rain MURWILLUMBAH

Evening News · Thursday 10 July 1924 · page 9

Heavy rain continued throughout the Tweed district yesterday and last night. All creeks are swollen, and the river has risen considerably…

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Perilous Voyage. Earthquake and Gales. Boy Lost at Sea. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 July 1924 · page 9

Twelve distinct earthquake shocks were felt by the s[?]amen of the full-rigged sailing ship Monkbarns during her passage from [?]quique, Chile, to Melbourne, The shocks occurred on…

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Cyclonic Storm Centre Off Sandy Cape Warning to Shipping

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 July 1924 · page 9

The disturbance off the coast developed cyclonic tendencies yesterday, with its centre off the Queensland coast, northeast from Sandy Cape. It affected the…

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The White Death: A Race from the "Snow-flood."

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 10 July 1924 · page 41

"They're up, I tell you, and out in force, and there will be blazing roofs and blood spilled all about the Chinese frontier, from Kara Sou to Dostvernik…

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Alum Poisons River. Result of Heavy Rain

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 July 1924 · page 2

The recent heavy rains in the north of New South Wales has resulted in the charging of the Tweed River with an enormous quantity of alum. Settlers…

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New Sydney Stock, Station, and Real Estate Agents. W. C. GALE

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 July 1924 · page 7

has commenced business in Sydney in Castlereagh Chambers, 10 Castlereagh-street therefore his offices are most centrally and conveniently situated for all clients. Mr…

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Starving Crew Dressed in Rags Ship Monkharus Arrives In Melbourne After Battle With the Gales

The Labor Daily · Friday 11 July 1924 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--With her crew starving and in rags, the ship Monkbarns his arrived at Melbourne, 104 days [?] from chili…

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After the Storm! Federal House Quiet the Bank Bill Melbourne

Evening News · Friday 11 July 1924 · page 7

After the strcnmous debate and warm interchange on contentions clauses of the Common[?] Bank Bill to-day, proccedines in the…

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Betting at Stadium 'No, No,' Says Bookmaker Gales, S.M., Registers "No Fight" Decision in Paddington Encounter

The Labor Daily · Friday 11 July 1924 · page 3

Frederick Gardner, a registered bookmaker, breasted the barrier at Paddington Police Court yesterday, on a charge having made bets on…

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Parliament. Storm Bursts "Gag" in Assembly Mr. Burke is Removed Censure Vote Lost

Evening News · Friday 11 July 1924 · page 13

The storm which has been brew-ing over the closure of the Address -in-Reply broke with dramatic suddennees in the Legislative…

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Literary Notes— Amazing Discovery of Amazon Jungles. Story Corresponding with the Flood

The Land · Friday 11 July 1924 · page 6

The Indians have never seen white men, so the story could not have been carried to them. It grew from their special history, and sets…

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Marooned in Flood Farmer's Daughter to Rescue Glen Innes

The Sun · Monday 14 July 1924 · page 7

To find herself marooned with her child in a buggy from which the horse had frantically extricated itself, in the swirling waters of the Mann River…

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Flood and Burness Lead Their Teams to Victory Junior Pethybridge Again

Sydney Sportsman · Tuesday 15 July 1924 · page 8

Good finishes were the order of the day at Chullora on Saturday, when the Cyclists' Union decided the senior and junior semi-finals of the Dunlop Inter-club Premiership. Marrickville, in the first heat, were up against a stiff proposition in Central Cumberland…

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Plucky Country Girl Saves Two Lives [?]enters Flooded River and Rescue Occupants of a Buggy in Midstream

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 15 July 1924 · page 4

GLEN INNES, Monday. -- Mrs. Fletcher and her small son were crossing a flooded river in a buggy, when, in mid-stram, the horse plunged,…

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In Flooded River Stranded in Buggy Girl's Plucky Rescue Glen Innes

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 July 1924 · page 9

An example of the resourcefulness of the Australian country girl was furnished at Shannon Vale last Wednesday, when a young woman…

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Parliament. "Tongue Tide" Flood of Questions Speaker's Warning Talking About Work

Evening News · Wednesday 16 July 1924 · page 10

"The conduct of certain members in the House last Thursday was, to say the least of it, not calculated to enhance the respect of…

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Flood of Wine

Evening News · Wednesday 16 July 1924 · page 4

Messrs. Raymond are credited in Forbes (writes our correspondent there), with having established a world's record for grape production on…

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Flood Dangers Tientsin Threatened SHANGHAI, Tuesday Evening

Evening News · Wednesday 16 July 1924 · page 4

Reuter's Tientsin correspondent says that disastrous floods are threatening Tientsin. They have been caused by abnormal rains in the hinterland…

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