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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1925

1,471 stories in Sydney's papers · page 47 of 74

Wild Weather N.Z. Shipping Suffers Steamer Gale Roughly Handled Wellington (N.z.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 July 1925 · page 11

The southerly gale last night assumed serious proportions, with persistent rain. Heavy seas in Cook Strait disrupted…

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Crisis in the Treasury Mr. Lang on Warpath Official Head Ignored Echo of Past Storm

Evening News · Wednesday 1 July 1925 · page 10

AN EXTRAORDINARY positions has arises in correction with the administration of the State Tresury…

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Windsor in the Grip of Flood Waters

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 1 July 1925 · page 15

THE floodwaters in the Hawkesbury Valley worked tremendous damage. It is estimated that in the Windsor district alone the loss of crops and stock will reach at least £40,000. A corespondent says thai every market gardener around Cornwallis, Freeman's Reach, Pitt Town, South Creek, and the Peninsula lost everything their homes and farms being submerged to a depth of from 1 Oft to 20ft. I he waters having receded, the whole countryside now looks desolate. It is seen that in addition to serious landslides, fences have been washed away m all directions, and in some cases whole orchards have been uprooted by the raging…

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Flood Pictures from Windsor and Forbes

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 1 July 1925 · page 14

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Bravery During Flood. Junee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 July 1925 · page 14

George O'Brien, fisherman, of Nangus, is to be recommended for the Royal Humane Society's medal, for bravery during the recent flood. O'Brien rescued an unconscious man,…

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The Sheep Fair. U.s. Fleet on the Way. Flood Pictures. "Sydney Mail" Features

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 July 1925 · page 12

To-morrow the anuual sheep show is to open at Moore Park, and in view of this there is a good deal of matter, as well as numerous photographs, of especial interest to…

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£5,000,000 EARTHQUAKE Hotel That Shook Like a Rag Lucky Los Angeles Flood of Gasoline; Inconceivable Disaster Escaped

The Sun · Wednesday 1 July 1925 · page 1

Great as was the damage done by the earthquake at Santa Barbara, the predominant impression appears to be that the loss of life and property might very easily have been inconceivably greater. The bursting of a huge gasoline tank sent 15,000 gallons of…

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Flood Grant Wagga

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 1 July 1925 · page 6

The Town Clerk. Mr. R. Emblem, has received a telegram from the Mayor, Alderman D. T. Byrnes, stating that the Main Roads Board had…

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American Town Swept by Earthquake Twelve Killed; Hundreds Injured Flood and Fire Add to Panic Los Angeles, June 30

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 July 1925 · page 1

An earthquake has reduced to ruins the city of Santa Barbara, Southern California. Twelve people have been killed and hundreds injured. Brick buildings toppled over, fires destroyed wooden…

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City Sewers Storm Causes Trouble

The Sun · Thursday 2 July 1925 · page 4

The flooding of the basement of a city store through the surcharge of the sewer connected to the premises has led to a claim against the Water Board…

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A Biblical Derby Epsom Gala in a Gale Australians "Never Again" -- Until Next Year London, May 27

The Sun · Thursday 2 July 1925 · page 17

Manna first, Zionist second, and the rest in the wilderness under a Noah-like deluge! Truly a Biblical Derby. The False Prophets and Spreaders…

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Country News. Floods on the Lachlan. Condobolin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 July 1925 · page 10

The flood which has been on the way from Forbes during the last eight days has not yet reached the town. The Lachian has risen to 17 feet 4 inches, and is still rising. The…

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Floods in Poland. London, June 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 July 1925 · page 9

Router's correspondent in Warsaw says that Poland, especially in the south-east, is in the throes of dangerous floods, following an abnormal rainfall…

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Ugly Outlook N.Z. Floods Preparing for Worst Auckland

The Sun · Thursday 2 July 1925 · page 14

Heavy rain has increased, the floods in the Auckland Province. Over 20,000 acres of farm land near Whakatane is under water to a depth of six feet, and…

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Flooded Sewers Should Board Pay Wet Weather Problem

The Labor Daily · Thursday 2 July 1925 · page 6

THE Water and Sewerage Board is up against a problem arising from heavy rains having caused sowers to overflow and…

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Surcharged Sewers Why Basements Are Flooded

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 July 1925 · page 7

It was explained at a meeting of the Water Board yesterday, that the flooding of basements In certain low-lying parts of the city, after heavy…

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Big Floods Poland Suffers Fifteen Villages Washed Out Warsaw, June 30

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 July 1925 · page 1

Poland, especially in the south-east, is in the throes of dangerous floods, following on the abnormal rainfall. The River Dniester has overflowed,…

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Windsor Floods

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 3 July 1925 · page 6

Boat carrying passengers along the main road from McGrath's Hill to Windsor…

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For the Flood Sufferers

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 3 July 1925 · page 3

The appeal for help from those who suffered such great losses in the recent floods fell upon responsive cars at Auburn. The ladies of tile Auburn churches…

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Recent Floods

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 3 July 1925 · page 7

Soldier settlers on portions of Chipping Norton having again suffered considerable damage by the flood entering their vine-yards, the matter was brought under the…

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