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Floods & storms, 1925

1,471 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 74

The Drifting Airship R33's Involuntary Cruise Over Sea 21 Men on Board Coming Home-Fighting a Heavy Gale

The Sun · Friday 17 April 1925 · page 1

R33, breaking from her moorings at Pulham in a gale, was carried across the Channel and over the European mainland. The airship was sighted at places in Holland and Germany, but latest reports are that she is making was against the gale, and…

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Gigantic Airship R33 Braves Severe Gale and Is Now Returning Drifted Helplessly Through Squall Now Signals "We Are O.k." Master-feat of Air Navigation Saves 20 Lives R.33 Now Returning to England What Anxious Watchers Saw London

Evening News · Friday 17 April 1925 · page 1

ALL England was thrilled by the newt that the R33, gigantic airship, was drifting helplessly towards the East, 10,000 feet up, with 20 men aboard. She broke away from her moorings in a fierce gale, and drove broad…

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Heavy Rain. On North Coast. Fine Weather Generally

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 April 1925 · page 18

The weather over New South Wales yesterday was fine almost generally, except for parts of the coastal district, where showery conditions were experienced. The rainfall…

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Airship in a Storm. Drift Over North Sea. Thrilling Voyage in Heavy Gale. Safe Return to Moorings

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 April 1925 · page 17

Swept from her moorings at Pulham on Thursday morning the airship R38 kept in wireless communication with the shore. The young officer in command decided to ride out the gale rather than land in Europe. At 11 o'clock on Thursday night he was 20 miles…

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Veteran Journalist Mr. Gale's 95Th Birthday

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 April 1925 · page 11

Mr. John Gale, for many years, proprietor and editor of the Queanbeyan "Age," celebrated his 95th birthday yesterday. The veteran journalist is still…

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Through the Gale to Safety Airship's Great Fight R33 Returns to England

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 April 1925 · page 1

The British airship R33, which broke away from her mooring mast at Pulham and drifted over to Holland in a gale, has returned to Pulham, after a perilous experience…

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Storm in N.Z. Record Rainfall Wellington (N.z.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 April 1925 · page 11

The storm continues in the South Island, the rainfall registered being a record for Canterbury. People have been driven from their…

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British Pluck Conquers the Elements of the Air Epic Story of the Air and Glorious British Grit Flight-Lieutenant Booth Fought Gales of North Sea for Nine Hours While Wind Howled in Wicked Gusts Prompt Action Saved the AirShip From Wreckage

Sunday Times · Sunday 19 April 1925 · page 7

"Who's got any cigarettes?" This was the first question that members of the crew of the RSS, asked ax they climbed out of their scats after having gone through the trying ordeal of having been blown over the North Sea- Their pluck was just another of the…

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Unwanted Aliens Australia Needs the "Quota" System Flooding the Labor Market

Truth · Sunday 19 April 1925 · page 8

THE record of crimes committed by alien Alpine and Mediterranean migrants grows apace. One daily paper accompanying the morning tea and toast this week bore the scare-heads: "Italian Bombed," "Greek Stabs a Man,"…

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A Confetti Snow Storm

Evening News · Monday 20 April 1925 · page 5

Mr. and Mrs. Ward, after the wedding at St. John's Church, Darlinghurst, to-day. Mrs. Ward was Miss. Paggy Willoughby, and the wedding aroused inte[?] in theatrical circles…

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Back Home. the R33. Long Voyage in Gale. Gallant Exploit. London, April 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 April 1925 · page 11

The airship R33, which was blown from her moorings at Pulham on Thursday morning, was housed safely this afternoon. She had only five hours' fuel left…

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Unsettled in South Heavy Rain Likely

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 April 1925 · page 11

An energetic disturbance appeared in southern districts yesterday, causing cloudy and unsettled conditions. The disturbance affects a…

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Cyclone a Warning

Evening News · Wednesday 22 April 1925 · page 7

THE State Metrologist, Mr. D. J. Mares has issued the following warning to shipping:— Southerly winds increasing to gave…

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Orchardists Suffer Storms in Victoria MELBOURNE

The Sun · Wednesday 22 April 1925 · page 9

Winds and rain last night throughout the State did widespread damage. In the southern and south-eastern B Portions orchardists suffered…

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Moldavia Delayed by Storm. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 April 1925 · page 16

Unusually severe weather conditions in Port Phillip Bay this afternoon had the effect of making it too dangerous to attempt the berthing of the Moldavia, which arrived in…

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Shipping Delayed Gales Around Coast

The Sun · Thursday 23 April 1925 · page 9

Rough weather around the Australian coast is still embarrassing shipping. The R.M.S. Moldavia, due here…

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John Gale. a Canberra Veteran

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 April 1925 · page 8

Hale and hearty, with mind bright and ready to do his day's work, tapping out "copy" on a typewriter, dispensing justice from the Bench, or digging in his vegetable garden, one…

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Wintry Blasts Storm Off Coast

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 April 1925 · page 5

Bleak weather developed over the State yesterday under the influence of squally westerly winds, and the reports from different centres indicated the first…

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Severe Storm. Victorian Coast. Shipping Buffeted. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 April 1925 · page 9

Shipping on the Victorian coast is being severely battered by heavy gales. During last night the wind blew with alarming velocity. Very heavy seas were running,…

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