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Floods & storms, 1925

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Heavy Rain North Coast Downpour 538 Points at Lismore

The Sun · Wednesday 18 March 1925 · page 6

City Forecast.--At first cloudy, warm and sultry, with gusty north-cast breeze; becoming unsettled, with shower and probably thunder towards…

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Big Land Slide 3000 Tons of Earth Crash on Railway North Coast Block Murwillumbah Narrowly Escapes Serious Flood

The Sun · Wednesday 18 March 1925 · page 9

Following a serious threat of floods in the Murwillumbah district, when, after heavy rain, the river level almost reached the highest point of last week, a big landslide occurred at Stokers Siding…

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Thunderstorms Likely Heavy Rain on North Coast

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 March 1925 · page 3

A tendency to unsettled conditions, with rain and thunder developing, was evident in Various parts of the State yesterday, particularly in the eastern…

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Flames Sweep Tokyo a Heavy Gale 20,000 Homeless Tokyo, Wednesday Evening

Evening News · Thursday 19 March 1925 · page 9

Tokyo was this afternoon the scene of three conflagrations. One was in the neighbourhood of the Uyeno station and has already destroyed more than…

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Flood in the Tweed. Murwillumbah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 March 1925 · page 10

Last week the Tweed escaped flood by the timely lifting of the rain, when disaster seemed inevitable. There had been three days' fine weather preceding yesterday morning,…

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Floods in the North . Railways Affected Some Narrow Escapes Murwillumbah

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 March 1925 · page 5

For the second time within a few days, Murwillumbah narrowly escaped a serious flood last night. Early In the afternoon Tyalgum, Uki…

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More Than One Thousand Perish in Tornado, Fire, and Flood in America Worst Wind-storm in Tornado Belt City in Peru Wiped Out Many Towns Wrecked Streets Strewn with Dead

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 1

By tornado, fire, and flood, more than, one thousand persons are reported to have perished in the United States and South America on Wednesday. The worst tornado in history swept several of the…

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Flood Rains North Coast Deluged Big Landslide

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 4

A big landslide at cutting at Stoker's Riding, near Mnrwillumbah (N.S.W.), caused the Sydney mail train from the centre to be delayed for an…

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Storm and Fireball. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 March 1925 · page 18

Poolamacca Station was visited by a heavy thunderstorm last night, 206 points being recorded in 45 minutes. The downpour was accompanied by a vivid electrical storm, in…

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Railway Washaway Six Inches of Fain Floods in Queensland Brisbane

The Sun · Sunday 22 March 1925 · page 4

Nearly six Inches of rain fell at Cardwell on Thursday night. Two railway bridges are submerged by the Tully River, whlie a washaway…

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Storms in Queensland

The Sun · Monday 23 March 1925 · page 15

Floods on the northern rivern restricted consignment's of bananas and the market this morning was practically bare of supplies. Prices, in consequence, advanced a…

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Crash of the Surf Heavy Seas on Coast From Distant Cyclone

The Sun · Tuesday 24 March 1925 · page 10

The surf is to blame if people living near the beaches were late at their jobs this morning. They weren't in the surf…

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Ladysmith Flooded Cape's Wet Blanket Capteown, Monday Evening

Evening News · Tuesday 24 March 1925 · page 1

ALL parts of the Union And [?] experienced phenomenal rains during March. Cops were damaged and dams burst…

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Flood Damage. Murwillumbah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 March 1925 · page 10

At a special meeting of the Tweed Shire Council it was decided to ask the Government to make available £2500, in order to effect urgent repairs to roads damaged by…

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Widespread Floods Eight Rivers May Be Affected BRISBANE

The Sun · Tuesday 24 March 1925 · page 8

It is many years since Queensland has experienced such rain as continues to fall in all areas of the State. The downpours have extended from north…

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Train Dashes Into River Bridge Collapses Floods in Africa Capetown, March 22

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 March 1925 · page 1

The Natal-Capetown express plunged into the river beyond Hartshill last night. The engine and a third-class coach…

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Queensland Floods

The Sun · Wednesday 25 March 1925 · page 11

Brisbane, Wednesday.--The railway line across Bollenden Plain was under water yesterday for more than a mile as a result of heavy rains flooding the…

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Marama in a Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 March 1925 · page 3

The Union Company's steamer Marama, which arrived yesterday, had a temptestuous trip from Wellington. She met the full force of a cyclonic storm on Monday last in the Tasman…

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Storm to Remember

Evening News · Friday 27 March 1925 · page 6

The heavy seas which swept Maroutia Beach on Tuesday, carrying [?] and loose material recalled to Mr. [?] Randwick…

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Takes Sydney by Storm

Sunday Times · Sunday 29 March 1925 · page 7

Amidst scenes of enthusiasm almost unparalleled in the musical history of Sydney, at the Town Hall last night, Amelita Galli-Curci, though…

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