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Floods & storms, 1925

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Wild Weather in Britain Renewed After Brief Respite Rivers in Flood London, December 30

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 January 1925 · page 7

The gale, after a brief respite, returned with a 50-mile-an-hour velocity last night, and caused further great damage and increased flooding…

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Floods in England. Extensive Damage. London, Dec. 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 January 1925 · page 5

The gale of Boxing Day, after a brief respite, revived last night at a velocity of 50 miles an hour, and caused great damage through increased flooding. Hundreds of…

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Furious Gale Storm-Swept Britain Shipping Disasters

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 4

A tempest of exceptional violence swept over the British [?] on Saturday last, causing much damage on land and sea. All the aeroplane services…

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Fierce Gale Unroofs Shops

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 6

The fierce gale, which swept over Eastwood on the afternoon of December 23, unroofed the shops of Messrs. Haigh Bros., and J. Greig, in Blaxland-road…

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Cool Change Arrives With Southerly Heavy Rain at Gosford

The Sun · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 3

City Forecast.--Mostly fine, with clouds, with a tendency to a passing shower or two chiefly about evening. Fresh and squally southerly winds…

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Heavy Storms in Queensland Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 5

Heavy rain, accompanied in some districts by violent thunder and lightning and hall storms, fell over the coastal areas and parts of the Downs…

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Luxury at Sea Aorangi Tested Heavy Gales in Britain LONDON, Friday Night

The Sun · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 1

Many casualties have occurred among coastal steamers through the violent gales. Ships are sheltering everywhere…

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Storm Furies Raging in England Desperate Position London [?]

Evening News · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 1

The fourth gate this week sprang up last night, and is still raging, rendering the plight of the dwellers in the Thames Valley main…

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On Her Maiden Voyage. Aorangi in Storm Farewell Lunch on Board London, January 2

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 11

The Union Company's new motor ship Aorangi--the "Cloud-piercer"--had a stormy trip on her maiden voyage from Glasgow to…

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Washed Overboard Seaman on Esperance Bay Terrible Gale London

The Sun · Sunday 4 January 1925 · page 1

A heavy sea washed overboard J. Noble, of Sydney, a Seaman on the Esperance Bay; off Ushant, on the return voyage to Australia. It was…

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Sunday [?] Times World News Correspondence Cable News England Raging Storm Thames Valley Under Water No Air Services London, Friday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 4 January 1925 · page 3

The fourth gale this week sprang up last night and is still raging, rendering the plight of the dwellers in the Thames Valley more desperate…

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Heavy Rain Partial to Northern Tablelands

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 3

Scattered thunderstorms, accompanied by light to heavy rain, were reported from the eastern half and at several places on the coast at the…

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Heavy Rain and Leaden Skies Week-end Weather

Evening News · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 3

Hardly a shaft of sunlight pierced the leaden skies of Sydney to [?]laden the hearts of the surfer end the picnicker during the week-end…

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Heavy Storms. Several Lives Lost. Flood at Orange

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 9

Heavy storms have occurred in parts of the country. At Tenterfield a man was killed by lightning. It is belived that in the…

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Gales in England. Thames in Flood. Wreck on French Coast. LONDON, Jan. 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 9

The fourth gale during the past week sprang up last night, accompanied by heavy rain, rendering the [?]plight of dwellers in the Thames Valley more desperate than ever…

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Swept by Violent Storm Orange Flooded Two Lives Lost Miraculous Escape Orange

The Labor Daily · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 1

A TORRENTIAL storm passed [?] Orange between 12.30 and 2 p.m to-day inundating part of the township…

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Cloud Burst Terrific Storm Damage at Orange Orange

Evening News · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 6

Owing to a terrific cloud burst at Orange between 12.30 and 1.30 yesterday, while people were leaving the churches, all creeks in…

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Storm Damage in Queensland Man Blown From Roof Torrential Rains Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 1

During a [?] strip the post of[?]…

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Victims of the Gale Shipwrecked Crew's Ordeal Boat with Dead Drifts Out to Sea London, January 3

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 7

A terrible sea drama is reported from the Brittany coast, where the steamer Alfredo, from Cardiff to Bayonne, was wrecked in a furious…

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Two Killed in Cloud Burst Third Man's Narrow Escape Terrific Storm at Orange Orange

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 1

Two men were drowned and a third had a narrow escape as a result of a terrific cloudburst over the town to-day…

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