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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1925

1,471 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 74

Maize Crops Ruined £50,000 Damage by Flood MELBOURNE

Evening News · Thursday 14 May 1925 · page 9

Great damage has been caused by floods in the maize country along the Snowy River, which rose 12 feet. The water has now receded. The…

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The Floods. Hawkesbury Falling. Extensive Damage. RICHMOND

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 May 1925 · page 9

The flood waters of the Hawkesbury River are now receding, and althought some rain has fallen here to-day, it is not sufficiently heavy to have any effect on the…

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Kangaroo Valley. Greatest Flood Since 1893

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 May 1925 · page 9

The abnormally heavy rains on Saturday night and throughout Sunday have been responsible for the greatest flood known in Kangaroo Valley since 1898. Fully 16 inches…

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Washed Off Horse Upper Clarence Flood Grazier Drowned Grafton

The Sun · Thursday 14 May 1925 · page 15

A grazier named William George Atkins, of Lionsville, on the Upper Clarence, was crossing Washpool Creek on horseback, when he was…

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Port Kembla Flood

The Sun · Thursday 14 May 1925 · page 9

Wentworth and Allen streets. Port Kembla, where the flood water was two feet deep on the road. The stones on the road were carried nearly a mile. The hotel building shown in the picture was flooded out…

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Dural Heavy Rain

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 15 May 1925 · page 6

During last week, the district had a little over eleven inches of rain, and from midnight on Saturday till eight p.m. on Sunday, it was one continual shower. The…

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Nirpura in Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 May 1925 · page 3

The B.I.S.N, Company's steamer Nirpura which arrived on Wednesday night from Antwerp and Liverpool, via Melbourne, ran into the cyclonic gale on the passage along the…

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The Rain Storm. Extensive Damage in St. George

The Propeller · Friday 15 May 1925 · page 2

It is many years since so much damage was created in St. George by flood waters as that which occurred last Sunday. All the low-lying areas were…

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Riffs on the Run French Storm Heights Bombing Planes Busy London

The Sun · Friday 15 May 1925 · page 10

Bombing by aeroplanes, by guns and bayonet charges, have brought success to the French offensive in Morocco…

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Eastwood's Flood Tide

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 15 May 1925 · page 6

The torrential downpour which swept Eastwood on Saturday night and Sunday last, was one which will probably go down as the most memorable…

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Marooned by Flood Thrilling Rescue Seven Hours Exposure Brave Fishermen Wollongong

Evening News · Friday 15 May 1925 · page 8

Previous floods in this State have provided no finer deed of pluck and endurance than that of Henry Robert Green, 64, a…

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Land and Stock Railway Notes The Trail of the Floods Seeing Eye to Eye

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 15 May 1925 · page 8

Some remarks on the advantages of co-operation in a recent issue will stand elaboration at this time. The dominant cyacutial in any scheme of…

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News From the Four Quarters Flood Rains Damage on the Coast Wheat Areas Benefit

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 15 May 1925 · page 3

Almost unprecedented rainfalls, ranging up to sixteen inches, foil along the coastal area of New South Wales last Week-end. The downpour was the…

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The Bergalia. Through the Flood. in the Clyde

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 May 1925 · page 11

After a per[?]ous time in the flood waters of the Clyde River, the Illawarra and South Coast S.N. Company's new steamer Bergalia arrived in Sydney early yesterday morning…

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Snowy in Flood

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 May 1925 · page 7

Floods on the Snowy River have destroyed the greater part of 8000 acres of maize crops on tho flats, causing damage estimated at £100,000. Fences have…

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Grazier Drowned in Flooded Creek Grafton

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 May 1925 · page 2

William George Atkins, a grazier, residing at Lionsville, on the Upper Clarence River, was washed off his horse while crossing a flooded creek…

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Mine Flooded Coal-miner's Fate Diver's Discovery

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 May 1925 · page 11

The shockingly sudden end of Edwin Cox, a miner, who was drowned in the Lily Rose coalmine, at Wallsend, on November…

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The Newest Singer to Take London by Storm

The World's News · Saturday 16 May 1925 · page 9

Madame Kaja Eide Norena is a soprano from Norway. She has previously sung at Covent Garden, but recently, at the Albert Hall, she took musical London…

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Moorefield Races Heavy Rain at Close of Day

Sunday Times · Sunday 17 May 1925 · page 9

Nearly everybody Trent to Moorefield yesterday prepared for rain. Those who jacketed to do so had cause for regret. There was a sharp shower or two early…

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A Barrage of Mud Carlton Mile Run in Blinding Storm Alertful Leads All the Way

Truth · Sunday 17 May 1925 · page 3

THE Carlton Mile at Moorefield yesterday was run in a blinding shower, and judging by the faces of the jockeys on returning to scale one might have been forgiven for thinking they had been in a mud-throwing competition rather than a horse…

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