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Floods & storms, 1924

1,078 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 54

CHOLERA Outbreak in India Flood Horrors Calcutta

The Sun · Wednesday 30 July 1924 · page 1

Cholera has broken out in the vast flooded areas in Southern India. It is now established that the disaster is one of the most serious that…

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Gale Over Tasman Sea

The Sun · Thursday 31 July 1924 · page 9

High seas, brought up by a westerly gale, are operating in the Tasman Sea, between N.S.W and New Zealand, stated the State Meteorologist. (Mr…

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Indian Floods Madras, Wednesday Evening

Evening News · Thursday 31 July 1924 · page 1

The floods ore beginning to subside and attention is being devoted to the relief of the sufferers. It is reported from Armadabad that…

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Chinese Floods Relief for Sufferers Shanghai, July 30

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 31 July 1924 · page 7

Router's correspondent at Pekin states that the Cabinet has approved of a proposal to exempt from taxation, for a period of four months, all articles…

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The Orsova a Gale in the Bight

Evening News · Friday 1 August 1924 · page 1

The R. M S Orsova, from London, berthed at Moolloomooloo Bay to-day, where she will discharge a large general cargo shipped at Tilbury and also…

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Brave Bush Nurse Through Flooded River at Risk of Life

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 1 August 1924 · page 14

The great benefit of the establishment of a branch of the N.S.W. Bush Nursing Association and of having a throughly qualified nurse stationed in…

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Floods in India Madras Suffers Heavily Villages Isolated

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 1 August 1924 · page 2

Enormous damage to property, and it is feared loss of life has been caused by recent destructive floods sweeping the Madras Presidency. In…

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Floods in India Begin to Suside

The Labor Daily · Friday 1 August 1924 · page 1

MADRAS. July 30.--The goods are beginning to subside, and attention is being devoted to the relief to the sufferers…

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The Flooded Jungle The Man who played in a Gooseberry in a three fold Tragedy

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 2 August 1924 · page 17

ON February 14, 1896, floods swept down the upper reaches of the Fly River, in Papua, with unprecedented suddenness. Between noon and dusk…

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Flooding Australia with Trade Migrants Wily Offer by British Settlement Bureau--Attack Upon Unionism

The Labor Daily · Saturday 2 August 1924 · page 5

LONDON, August 1.--Questioned in the House of Commons as to the offer of the Empire Settlement Bureau to give assisted passages to…

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Gale Force Wind Storm Over City Lighter Adrift

The Sun · Sunday 3 August 1924 · page 2

A fierce south-westerly windstorm swept suddenly over the city and suburbs just before 10 o'clock last night, and in several quarters fences were…

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Storm Centre of Europe Again Menaces Peace Balkan Dangers Soviet Intrigues Foment Trouble Chance for Reparations

The Sun · Sunday 3 August 1924 · page 1

An Australian who has just relumed from a visit to the Balkans, thinks that, owing to Soviet intrigue, there is danger of another European blaze. "The Times" recently warned the Powers of the necessity for…

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The Wetter Place in the World Floods and Drought in India

The Sun · Sunday 3 August 1924 · page 13

"The scene is one of vast desolation" is how the huge areas affected by the floods in Southern India are described. The Ca[?]ery and Coleroon Rivers have risen many feel above their normal height Calicut and other towns have been isolated. No news…

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Westerly Gale. a Rough Night. Lower Temperature

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 August 1924 · page 10

After comparative freedom during the earlier winter months from the usual westerly winds, most commonly experienced in July, westerly winds attended by low temperatures…

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In the Storm Belt Coastal Conditions

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 August 1924 · page 8

Gales were general all along the coast, but only in the south was the sea rough. The lighthouse-keeper at Wilson's…

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Ketch Founders One Man Drowned Survivors' Story Disastrous Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 August 1924 · page 7

Both New South Wales and Victoria were visited by an Antarctic gale of unusual severity on Saturday…

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Grand Opera. Verdi's "Otello." Melba as Desdemona. Scenes of Storm and Stress

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 August 1924 · page 10

"Otello," despite the sparing use of motives," is in the style of music-drama, but retains all the Italian warmth and melodic fascination which never deserted the great…

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Ex-sailor Heavyweight Encounters a Cyclone Blackic Miller's Sorry Display Against Williams -- Knocked Out in Second Round

The Labor Daily · Monday 4 August 1924 · page 8

Merv Williams (11.9[?]) gave away almost a stone in weight to Blacki[?] Miller (12.8¼) in their contest at the Stadium on Saturday…

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Floods in China Threaten Farmers Party of Officials Investigate Situation From the Air Water [?] 1917 Flood Level

The Labor Daily · Monday 4 August 1924 · page 1

PUKING, Aug. 2. -- A [?]ing Chi[?]il River Fa[?] Commission officials with correspond[?] and cinematographers, this morning…

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Wind Storm. Damage in Victoria. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 August 1924 · page 9

A severe windstorm was experienced at Ivanhoe and Dareebin on Saturday at 2 p.m. Half an hour before a performance was to commence a gust of wind caught a circus…

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