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Floods & storms, 1925

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Furious Gale in South Huge Seas Sweep Bass Strait Damage at Port Melbourne Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 April 1925 · page 1

Heavy galea are raging along the Victorian coast. Large overseas and inter-State vessels are being tossed about in…

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Heavy Rain. Southern Tablelands

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 April 1925 · page 9

Heavy rain was experienced at places on the southern tablelands yesterday. The maximum falls were 227 points at Delegate, 164 points at Bombala, and 115 points at…

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Gales in Victoria Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 April 1925 · page 3

Fierce gales und high sens are prevailing along the coast. Flood rains tell in Gippsland, with three inches at Orbost and the Commonwealth…

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Airship Adrift Fighting the Gale Thrilling Experience

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 24 April 1925 · page 2

The British [?] which [?] away from her [?] at [?] on Thursday morning, and was driven by a gale [?] the North…

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Rough in South Squalls of Hurricane Force Cyclonic Storm Passing

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 April 1925 · page 3

The cyclonic disturbance has moderated somewhat on the coast of New South Wales, but its full intensity is being felt south from Gabo…

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Reservoir Bursts Four Persons Drowned Roadway Flooded

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 24 April 1925 · page 2

[?] were [?] by the [?] of a [?] had [?] the level…

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Storm Passes Local Conditions Fine Week-end Prospects

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 April 1925 · page 3

The cyclonic storm which raged, recently over Bass Strait and the Tasman Sea abated suddenly yesterday…

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Flood Tide

The Methodist · Saturday 25 April 1925 · page 2

We have just received an advance copy of the Society's Annual Report for the year ended 31st December, 1924. Under the arresting title, "Flood Tide," the…

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On Floodtide of Oprortunity Premier's Reasoned Warning Against Making a Change to Mar Prospects Nationalist Programme Policy Speech at Moss Vale

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 April 1925 · page 1

"Our future was never brighter than it is to-day. We are moving forward with the floodtide of opportunity, and it will rest with you on May 30 to see that no change is made that will mar our wonderful prospects."…

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New Guinea. Damage by Storm. Port Moresby

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 April 1925 · page 19

Shipping has been delayed and considerable damage done by recent storms. T[?]e Port Varcoe arrived safely after sheltering from rough weather, but several…

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Storms in Music

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 30 April 1925 · page 32

Although music is not first and foremost a descriptive art, certain passages echo the moods of Nature as they appeal to the composer…

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Heavy Rain. in the Suburbs

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 12

Rain commenced to fall in the metropolitan area at about 8 p.m. yesterday, and continued, with heavy showers falling intermittently, up till about 9 o'clock last night…

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Heavy Rain Cold Weather Touch of Winter

Evening News · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 6

More than an [?] a number of [?] N.S.W. yesterday, mainly in the H[? Hunter, and Manning district,…

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Martin Place-the Storm Centre

The Labor Daily · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 6

As of old, the crowd was thickest in the centre of the city, when the United Charities organisation launched its great appeal…

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Adrift in Gale Helpless German Barque When Rudder Snapped

The Sun · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 2

One of the most remarkable stories of navigation heard since the heyday of sailing ships was told this afternoon when the German three-mnsted barque…

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Miners Destroyed Death-dealing Cyclone One Thousand Lives Lost Three Hundred Killed at One Mine

The Labor Daily · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 2

A terrible disaster occurred to miners in America.--and this time to their families also--in March of this year. It was not an explosion that caused…

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Epic of the Sea Rudder Smashes in Storm Steering by Ropes Barque's Trek to Sydney

The Sun · Sunday 3 May 1925 · page 2

The arrival, with all hands safe, of the German three-masted barque Hamburg, off Sydney heads yesterday afternoon, has proved that the romance of…

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Heavy Rain Along the Coast Fine Inland

Evening News · Monday 4 May 1925 · page 5

An a result of the unsettled conditions, which developed in the north-east, light to heavy rain has fallen along the coast north from…

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Gale on the Coast Showery Conditions

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 May 1925 · page 3

Strong south to south-west winds developed along the coast during the week-end, and reached gale force at places in the north…

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Storm at Newcastle Newcastle

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 May 1925 · page 3

The strong southerly which set in on Friday night increased to a moderate gale on Saturday, reaching a maximum velocity of 40 miles an hour…

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