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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1925

1,471 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 74

Cyclone Passing More Coastal Showers Another Rainstorm in the West

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 May 1925 · page 3

Unsettled conditions and rough seas continued along the coast yesterday. The cyclonic disturbance is passing gradually eastward, but its influence is…

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Fight for Life 19 Hours in Dinghy Battle with Gale Auckland

The Sun · Thursday 21 May 1925 · page 13

A remarkable feat of endurance was accomplished by a crew of three aboard a fishing launch which struck a submerged rock near Poor Knights…

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Attempted Lynching Mob of 5000 Storms Gaol One Man Killed Dallas

The Sun · Friday 22 May 1925 · page 1

The first attempted lynching known in Texas for several years has occurred here, and has stirred the whole State…

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Toongabbie. Property Flooded

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 22 May 1925 · page 3

Mr. J. Cromer wrote to Prospect and Sherwood Council, drawing its attention to the fact that it had, some time ago, voted a sum of money to open the…

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Grazier Drowned a Victim of the Floods

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 May 1925 · page 4

A grazlor named william George Atkins, residing at Lionsville, on the tipper Clarcace River, was washed off his horse while crossing a flooded creek…

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Severe Gales. in New Zealand. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 May 1925 · page 15

One of the worst gales experienced for years has swept the province. Considerable damage was done in the city by a cyclonic wind…

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Gale and Flood Houses Swept Away Great Damage in N.Z. AUCKLAND

The Sun · Saturday 23 May 1925 · page 6

A heavy gale is sweeping the province, causing floods in the back country, and considerable damage in the city…

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Exaggeration Reports of Hawkesbury Flood

Nepean Times · Saturday 23 May 1925 · page 3

Says the "Windsor and Richmond Gazette" in last week's issue:- The report in one of the Sydney morning daily papers exaggerated our…

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Flood Waters "No Warning Given."

Nepean Times · Saturday 23 May 1925 · page 6

At the last meeting of the Camden Council, Ald. Onslow moved the suspension of standing orders to bring before the Council the neglect of the…

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Fierce Gale Houses Wrecked in N.Z. Towns Flooded Auckland

The Sun · Sunday 24 May 1925 · page 2

Half-completed houses and temporary buildings have been destroyed by a fierce gale in the Auckland province. Several towns have been inundated by…

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Suva in a Cyclone

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 May 1925 · page 3

The A.U.S.N. Company's steamer Suva returned to Sydney yesterday from Fiji. On her outward run the Suva was for four days in a violent cyclone. The wind blew with terrific…

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Cutter in Peril. Driven by Storm. Cargo Jettisoned. Suva

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 May 1925 · page 12

The Tongan cutter, Fuga Talmata, of 20 tons, which arrived at Lakeba, in the Lau Group, Fiji, on May 16, reports having experienced a perilous time…

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Heavy Floods. in New Zealand. Rain Follows Dry Spell. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 May 1925 · page 15

Unusually prolonged dry autumn weather, which extended into the second week of May, has been followed by heavy rain throughout the province…

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General News Hawkesbury Floods Crops Destroyed

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 May 1925 · page 2

EMU PLAINS.--With the falling of the flood waters along the Hawkesbury River, it has been found that hundreds of acres of cabbage and…

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Floods in N.Z. Township Inundated Railway Blocked Auckland

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 May 1925 · page 1

A heavy storm on Friday, following a fortnight's wet weather, caused extensive floods in the Bay of Plenty district…

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Cyclone Follows Deluge Twenty Houses Unroofed at Collaroy Another Terrible Storm During Night Widespread Floods and Extraordinary Wind Pranks

The Sun · Tuesday 26 May 1925 · page 10

Another furious storm swept Sydney and the suburbs early this morning, adding to the damage caused by the deluge of the previous evening. At 4.30 a.m. a cyclone, the path of which was not more than…

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Deluge at Newport. Many Houses Flooded

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 May 1925 · page 9

Newport and Avalon apparently suffered most from the storm. Both are in low-lying country, and in a remarkably short space of time the water was lying from 2ft to 3ft deep…

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Lashed by Tail of Storm Collaroy Struck Cyclone's Fury No Loss of Life

Evening News · Tuesday 26 May 1925 · page 7

COLLAROY was lashed by the tail of the storm in the early hours of the morning. Sweeping in from the sea with cyclonic fury, the…

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Fierce Storm Sweeps Collaroy

Evening News · Tuesday 26 May 1925 · page 1

Collaroy was practically the centre of the fierce squall which swept Sydney last night Cottages were unroofed and moved bodily from their foundations To-day all was chaos. The heavy rain had soaked through the roofless dwellings causing a night os misery. The house on the left is off its foundations, that on the right completely unroofed…

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Guildford. Storm Water Channel

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 26 May 1925 · page 3

The Water Board communicated with Prospect and Sherwood Council with reference to a conference its chief engineer. Head with the Mayor and aldermen at Pipe…

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