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Floods & storms, 1925

1,471 stories in Sydney's papers · page 50 of 74

Repairs in Gale to Steering Gear Newcastle

Evening News · Monday 13 July 1925 · page 7

Laver Bros.' Pacific Plantation Company's wooden steamer Kob[?]ke, of 150 tons, on route from the Solomon inlands to Sydney…

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Played Tricks on Mr. Mares Wilful Weather Cyclone That Missed

Evening News · Monday 13 July 1925 · page 7

The centre of the cyclone on Saturday night was south of Sydney. It took a different course to what was expected…

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Radio Warnings Gippsland Floods Householders Escape Melbourne

Evening News · Monday 13 July 1925 · page 1

Reports from the Gippsland area late last night stated that all the rivers were in a state of flood. Rain was still falling at many…

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Victorian Floods Fishing Party Missing Six Men in Hop Kiln Melbourne

The Sun · Monday 13 July 1925 · page 9

More than 300 yards of permanent-way near Driver's Siding, between Bruthen and Nowa Nowa, has been washed away by the floods, and deep…

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Heavy Floods One Victorian Town Completely Cut Off Two Heroic Rescues Rain Still Pouring Down in North Gippsland MELBOURNE

The Sun · Monday 13 July 1925 · page 10

Rain is still falling with cyclonic intensity over the whole of North Gippsland. The severest floods for years are expected. The Tambo, the Mitchell, and the Snowy rivers have all…

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Flood Damages at Camdem Camden

The Labor Daily · Monday 13 July 1925 · page 8

The Wollondilly Shire Engineer, in his report of the flood water damage to roads, bridges, and culverts, within the Shire, estimates the total damage…

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Rain Brought Floods of Outsiders Horses Couldn't Work Has Bad Spell Broken?

The Labor Daily · Monday 13 July 1925 · page 2

Although punters fared slightly better at Kensington on Saturday than at the previous meeting there, and the intervening one at…

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Riverina in Gale Hobart

The Sun · Tuesday 14 July 1925 · page 9

The steamer Riverina experienced what was probably the roughest voyage of her career from Sydney to Hobart, during the week-end. The…

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Cyclone Off Coast Snow Inland Further Rain

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 July 1925 · page 5

Heavy seas were still being experienced at places on the coast yesterday, though the activity of the cyclone had relaxed somewhat at most…

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Shopping Storm At Anthony Horderns' Big Sale Begins

Evening News · Tuesday 14 July 1925 · page 11

A [?] of shoppong swept through Anthony Hordern's yesterday making memorable the first day of the leg half-yearly sale. The…

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Vote to Engineer Canterbury Storm Letter Now Produced

Evening News · Tuesday 14 July 1925 · page 5

A protest against Canterbury Council's action in voting 150 guineas to the retiring engineer while roads and footpaths were in…

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Floods Tn Victoria. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 July 1925 · page 10

Phenomenal rains in the north-eastorn district of Victoria during the last two days have resulted in floods in most of the rivers of the East Gippsland districts. The Snowy…

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Water Going Down Victorian Floods Enriching Farms Melbourne

The Sun · Tuesday 14 July 1925 · page 12

The weather in the floods area is improving. The railway line has now been cleared as far as Nowa Nowa. It is hoped to have it through to Orbost…

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OVER £50,000. Damage by Flood Gundagai

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 14 July 1925 · page 7

The official reports of the flood losses at Gundagai have been furnished. Horsers lost 13. value [?]135; cattle 34, [?]190; sheep 168, [?]227; pigs 117, [?]561…

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Settlers Have Anxious Times Gippsland Floods Orbost Isolated Exciting Rescue

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 14 July 1925 · page 1

Great damage has been caused in Gippsland by floods following on the heavy rains of the week-end. The Snowy. Mitchel and Bambo…

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Gippsland Is Flooded Ketch Missing Men Cut Off by Waters Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 July 1925 · page 1

Heavy rains have caused floods in Eastern Gippsland. More than 6[?]. inches fell at Bruthen, and the Snowy, Tambo, Cann, and…

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Damage by Floods Victorian Farmers Suffer MELBOURNE

The Sun · Wednesday 15 July 1925 · page 10

Orbost residents claim that the three floods which have visited their district since May last have caused damage ranging from £60,000 to £80,000. They…

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Floods at Forbes

The Sun · Wednesday 15 July 1925 · page 11

The Mayor of Forbes writes to us that published reports of the floods occurring there during the last week in June have been greatly…

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Buried Alive Fate of Cattle in Floods Bathurst

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 15 July 1925 · page 5

Reporting to the Dubbo P.P. Board, a stock inspector stated that approximately 5000 sheep and many horses and cattle were lost as a result of the…

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Floods in Korea Twelve Dead Tokio, July 14

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 July 1925 · page 9

Despatches from Korea report that extensive floods have occurred in central and southern districts. The damage is estimated at 40,000,000 yen. The…

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