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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1925

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Severe Storm. Deluge at Bodangora. Wellington

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 10

A severe wind and hail storm swept over the district yesterday afternoon. At Bodangora houses and sheds were unroofed, and windows smashed by hail. Many farmers who…

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Terrific Storms Queensland Damage Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 4

Some terrific, storms occurred in Queensland yesterday, and heavy falls of rain are recorded. A cloud burst at Pittsworth, near…

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Aorangi in Gale London, January 5

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 1

In a wireless message from the motor ship Aorangi, engineering experts who are aboard state that the engines ran excellently in the teeth of an Atlantic…

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Sudden Floods. the Orange Storm. Two Bodies Recovered. Orange

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 9

Reports from outside centres regarding Sunday's storm state that hailstones fell as large as plgeon eggs, and the fall in some parts was the heaviest seen for twenty years…

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Late Cable News. Motorship Aorangi. Tested by Atlantic Gale. London, Jan. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 9

According to a wireless message from the motorship Aorangi, now on a malden voyage from England to Australia, engineering experts aboard the vessel state that the…

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Queen's Statue Lord Curzon Hits Out Storm in a Teacup? London, Monday Night

The Sun · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 1

Replying to the protests of well- known sculptors against the removal of Queen Victoria's statue from the House of Lords to…

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Thunderstorms Control of Atmosphere

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 8

Sir Oliver Ledge, In a lecture delivered before the Institute Physics at the Institution of[?]…

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Victims of the Flood Bodies Recovered front River the Cloudburst at Orange Orange

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 5

The bodies of the two men who were drowned as a result of the cloudburst yesterday were recovered to-day…

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Flood at Molong. Molong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 9

As a result of the heavy thunderstorm round Molong and other places yesterday afternoon the Molong River came down in full flood, carrying the greatest volume of water…

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More Gales On the Coast Cyclonic Disturbance

Evening News · Wednesday 7 January 1925 · page 5

Mr. Mares, the State Meteorologist, has issued the following warning to shipping:— At 9 a.m. to-day there were…

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Storm Does Damage 9 Wind and Hail in West Wellington

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 January 1925 · page 9

A severe wind and hail storm swept over the district on Sunday. At Bodangora houses and sheds were unroofed, and windows smashed, by hail…

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Orange Flood Fatalities. Orange

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 January 1925 · page 14

The funeral of the victims of Sunday's flood fatalities took place to-day. Though the identity of the tinsmith cannot be traced, the other man, James Ellen, was a native of…

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Zoo Is Self Supporting a Flood of Visitors Great Record for Year

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 January 1925 · page 12

"See the Zoo" seems to be the fashionable cry in Sydney, for last year no fewer than 641,531 people passed through the gates of Taronga Park,…

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Cyclone Leaves Coast

Evening News · Thursday 8 January 1925 · page 7

Mr. Mares, State Meteorologist. Issued the following notification to shipping to-day:— The cyclonic disturbance…

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Cyclone Off Coast Working Eastward

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 January 1925 · page 3

A mild type of cyclonic disturbance was situated off the coast yesterday in the vicinity of Lord Howe Island, and a warning to shipping notifying its…

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Storms Ahead Rough Time for Bruce MELBOURNE

The Sun · Thursday 8 January 1925 · page 3

A stormy session is expected by members when Parliament reassembles next May. Mr. Bruce is well aware he will…

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In the Bush To-day the Storm Fiend

Evening News · Thursday 8 January 1925 · page 6

Bulb dwellers, as a rule, see more of the effects of lightning than do city folk, and yet they not so frightened of storms. Occasionally a city building is struck. But in the…

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Trail of the Storm Damage in the West Remarkable Violence Wellisoton

The Labor Daily · Thursday 8 January 1925 · page 1

On residen's of [?]…

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Panicky Importers. a Flood of Woollen Garments

The Catholic Press · Thursday 8 January 1925 · page 26

When the Commonwealth Government gave six months' notice to the importers that from April 1 goods will not got preference unless they represent 75 per cent…

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Storms and Floods Three Persons Killed Snow in Monaro

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 4

A cloudburst caused heavy damage at Orange (N.S.W.) last Sunday. The main thoroughfare was flooded, and heavy damage done to the contents of…

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