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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1924

1,078 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 54

S.A. Tattersall's Club. the Storm Wins December Handicap. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 December 1924 · page 14

Tattersall's Club held its December meeting to-day at Morphettville in pleasantly warm weather. There was a large attendance Details:- Trial Stakes, 1m.—First division (apprentice rider[?]):…

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Wheat. Australia Floods Market. Dominion Grievance. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 December 1924 · page 11

The mid-Canterbury Farmers' Executive discussed the dumping of Australian wheat. The chairman of the New Zealand Wheat Board stated that the board would cease…

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Cyclone Moves East. Mr. Mares's Warning

The Sun · Tuesday 16 December 1924 · page 9

The State Meteorologist (Mr. Mares) issued the following warning to shipping at noon to-day: -- "The cyclonic disturbance reported…

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Orcades in Gale Lively Time at Colombo Moorings Broken Colombo

The Sun · Wednesday 17 December 1924 · page 9

In exceptional weather last night the Orient liner Orcades broke her moorings and drifted round the breakwater…

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Balkan Blaze Serbs and Albanians Fighting Britain's Warning Danger of Another War in Europe's Storm Centre

The Sun · Wednesday 17 December 1924 · page 1

Europe hears again the tramp of armed men arid the boom of guns. The disturbance is in the Balkans again where Serbian irregulars have apparently attacked Albanian troops on the frontier. LONDON, Tuesday Night…

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Australian Flour and Wheat. Flooding the New Zealand Market

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 17 December 1924 · page 5

The importation of Australian wheat and flour into New Zealand came up before the Mid-Canterbury Farmers' Executive last week. The chairman of the…

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Deluge of Test Match Entries

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 December 1924 · page 1

During the last few days entries for "The Daily Telegraph" test match competition have poured in by the bagfull. The special staff is shown handling the deluge which set in yesterday morning and continued till closing time at 5 p.m…

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A Deluge. Many Land Slips. Sensational Railway Accident. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 December 1924 · page 13

A heavy southerly storm set in last night. There has been a continuous deluge since, and as the storm follows two days' steady rain, which had thoroughly soaked the land,…

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Floods Cause Havoc in N.Z. Railwaymen's Close Call Seaside Towns Battered Wellington (N.z.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 December 1924 · page 11

Serious floods have occurred in New Zealand, and many exciting experiences are reported. The driver and fireman on a…

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200 STRONG Clerks Storm Town Hall Four Vacancies

The Sun · Monday 22 December 1924 · page 11

The Town Hall was besieged today by over 200 clerks who sought positions In the City Council's service…

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Heavy Storms. Landslides in New Zealand. Train Wrecked. House Carried Away. WELLINGTON

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 December 1924 · page 9

Many more slips have occurred on the roads and the railways. The passage of a goods train on the Manawatu line, between Wellington…

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Train Derailed Landslips Do Damage in N.Z. Aftermath of the Storm Wellington (N.z.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 December 1924 · page 7

A landslip between two tunnels near Ngaio, on the Manawatu line, just outside Wellington, derailed the engine and eleven trucks of a goods…

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Trains Wrecked New Zealand Deluge Furious Storm

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 23 December 1924 · page 4

A ter[?]de storm occurred in New Zealand during the week-end and was accompanied by a deluge which following the recent heavy ralas caused…

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Sultry Conditions Thunderstorms Expected

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 December 1924 · page 3

Fine weather, with increasing sultriness, was reported generally over New South Wales last night, as the result of a high pressure control, which was…

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Severe Storm in Sydney. Gale of 50 Miles an Hour. Damage to Property in Suburbs

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 December 1924 · page 10

A fierce southerly "buster" swept over the metropolitan area shortly after half-past 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and turbulent conditions prevailed for some hours. From an almost perfect calm the wind velocity rose to…

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Wentworthville. Wind Storm

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 24 December 1924 · page 5

The "southerly buster" on Tuesday evening scattered things somewhat throughout the district. Fruit trees suffered, and a large amount of fruit, ripe…

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Menacing Squalls Gales Raging Off Coast

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 December 1924 · page 1

The storm was the outcome of a cyclonic disturbance situated in the south-east corner of the continent. Mr. Mares, the State Meteorologist,…

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Marred by Storm Coogee's Carnival

Evening News · Wednesday 24 December 1924 · page 6

Last night's opening of the carnival [?] organised by the local shop keeper, was maried by the wind storm…

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Storm at Newcastle Newcastle

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 December 1924 · page 1

Following on a very hot day--the temperature at Nobby's at 3 p.m. was 93 degrees--a strong southerly struck Newcastle shortly after six o'clock this…

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