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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1925

1,471 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 74

Homes Flooded Motorists Camp for Night LIVERPOOL

The Sun · Monday 11 May 1925 · page 7

George's River to-day was at places nearly a mile wide. Many of the homes at the Chipping Norton soldiers' settlement were…

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Hospital Suffers 100 Guinea-Pigs Drowned Flood Casualties

The Sun · Monday 11 May 1925 · page 7

Nearly 100 guinea-pigs, kept at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital for bacteriological work, were drowned when their hutches in the lower…

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Rain Causes Havoc Hundreds Flooded Out Railways Washed Away Rivers Become Inland Seas

The Labor Daily · Monday 11 May 1925 · page 1

ALL DAY YESTERDAY the sullen down-pouring of rain continued. FROM ALL QUARTERS of the compass came graphic stories of the havoc wrecked by the storm-gods. In the country telegraph…

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High Tide. Effect of Heavy Rain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 May 1925 · page 10

There was a fairly high tide in the harbour on Sunday, the water rising six inches above the height of 5ft 6in predicted by the Government Astronomer. The excess, it…

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Gales Next Mr. Mares Warns

Evening News · Tuesday 12 May 1925 · page 7

MR MARES the state Mete[?] logist, issued the followed warning to shipping to-day:— During the next 24 hours…

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Heavy Rain Inland Rough on Coast Shipping Delays More Wet Weather

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 12 May 1925 · page 1

BOISTEROUS seas prevailed along lite entire coastline again yesterday, but the rain was only slight. At most places on the coast no rain…

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Steamer Nakani. Battered by the Storm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 May 1925 · page 10

The Illawarra and South Coast Company's steamer Narani has been f[?]rced to take shelter at Ulindullr in a damaged state, after passing through some of the worst portions…

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The Storm. Heavy Damage. Phenomenal Rain Rivers in Flood. Ships in Raging Seas

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 May 1925 · page 9

Almost unprecedented rainfalls, ranging [?] to 16 inches and causing extensive damage, have attended the operation off the coast of New South Wales of a…

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Storm-swept Coast. Heavy Seas. Shipping Hampered

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 May 1925 · page 10

The cyclonic disturbance has now swept the whole coastline of Now South Wales, and, acording to the data received by the "Weather Bureau last night, the distrubance…

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Washed Away Storm Damages Railways Big Repair Bill Revenue Decrease

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 12 May 1925 · page 5

THOUGH it is impassible to estimate the total loss to the Railway Department, due to damage caused by the storm, some slight…

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Up to the Waist in Water Storm Water Channel Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 12 May 1925 · page 6

Mr. Carbines, A.W.U. organiser, today met a representative of the Public Works Department, with regard to men working at the storm water…

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Storm Also Brings Its Benefits Drought Now Breaking Inland Sydney Derives Record Water Supply South Coast Registrations As High As 24 Inches

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 May 1925 · page 1

Sydney escaped very lightly after all -- the full violence of the rainstorm was concentrated on the South Coast. Here the rainfall, during the week-end, was as high…

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Railway Damage. Temporary Repairs. Bridge Flooded

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 May 1925 · page 10

Advice was received in Sydney yesterday by the railway authorities that the water flooded the southern line in a number of places during Sunday, and that at 2.30 a.m. yesterday…

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Flood Boats Manned. Many Crops Ruined

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 May 1925 · page 9

Our Windsor correspondent telegraphed at midnight that the most rapid rise in the history of the Hawkesbury district had occurred in the river to-day at Windsor, when…

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Floods. Hawkesbury River Rise of Thirty Feet. Bridges Under Water. Richmond

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 May 1925 · page 9

An alarming rise occurred to-day in the Hawkesbury River at North Richmond, which last night was 31 feet above summer level and was rising rapidly, threatening a serious…

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Not Flooded Out Warwick Farm Racecourse

The Sun · Tuesday 12 May 1925 · page 9

A report alarming to racegoers, that three feet of water lay over the Warwick Farm Racecourse after Sunday's rain, has proved…

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Flood Waters Many Crops and Bridges Submerged Motor Car Swept Away Richmond

The Sun · Tuesday 12 May 1925 · page 11

The Goulburn flood waters came down in full force yesterday afternoon over the Richmond bridge, which spans the Upper Hawkesbury at the foothills of the Kurrajong, and early this morning had reached the 36-foot mark on the flood gauge…

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Big Immigrant Family -- More Flood Scenes Union Steamship Co.'s Jubilee

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 May 1925 · page 10

The kind of immigrants Australia wants. -- Mr. and Mrs. Robert Johnston, who arrived yesterday by the Hobson's Bay, brought this family of nine. A tenth child was in the ship's hospital. Sunday's deluge. -- Cook's River, near Undercliffe bridge, turns into a lake…

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The Racing Motorists Heavy Rain Spoils Gerringong Course

Referee · Wednesday 13 May 1925 · page 15

Eagerly looked forward to, the race meeting of the Royal Automobile Club of Australia, on the beach at Gerringong, 97 miles south of…

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