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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1925

1,471 stories in Sydney's papers · page 57 of 74

Shipping Warned of a Cyclone

Evening News · Monday 31 August 1925 · page 1

THE following warning to shipping has been issued by the Weather Bureau: "A cyclonic disturbance has…

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Manly in a Hail Storm

Evening News · Monday 31 August 1925 · page 5

THE heaviest hailstorm for more than 20 years visited Manly [?] on Saturday. The storm was accompanied by vivid…

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Higher Wages City Council Employees Storm Threatens

The Sun · Monday 31 August 1925 · page 10

A rather serious dispute has arisen between the city Labor aldermen and their political supporters over the demand…

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Melting Snow 'Bidgee in Flood Narrandera

The Labor Daily · Monday 31 August 1925 · page 1

The Murrumbidgee River is again in flood at Narrandera, melting snow on the water-shods probably being the cause of the…

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Flooding in

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 31 August 1925 · page 2

As predicted in "The Daily Telegraph" on Saturday, replies are flooding in for the cross-word puzzle…

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Was That a Storm ? Journalists in Cyclone. Nobody Interviewed It

The Sun · Tuesday 1 September 1925 · page 12

A steamer full of journalists plus a cyclone on the Tasman Sea! What a chance for the delegates to the Empire Press Conference to…

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Mr. Gale, S.m. to Retire Shortly

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 September 1925 · page 12

After having been 47 years in the Public Service. Mr. C. H. Gale, S.M., will shortly enter upon extended leave prior to retirement. Mr. Gale was born in Sydney in 1860. and…

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Breakdown in Cyclone Changsha's Plight Engineers' Feat in Howling Gale Taiyuan to Rescue

Evening News · Wednesday 2 September 1925 · page 9

CONVOYED by the Taiyuan, the Changsha arrived off Sydney Heads to-day under her own steam, but limping after her…

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Changsha in Storm Engine Breakdown Repairs' at Sea

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 September 1925 · page 9

Battered and storm-tossed, after suffering engine trouble and a breakdown in the teeth of a gale off the North Coast, the Australian-Oriental liner Changsha arrived…

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The Letter Bag the Hardships They Endure Those Golfers Play in a Storm To the Editor

Evening News · Thursday 3 September 1925 · page 8

SIR,—A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. Tour correspondent's (J. Holton) knowledge about golf is so little as to be a positi[?] menace…

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Plane Adrift at Sea Ran Out of Petrol Battling in Storm and Rain Vessels Searching Honolulu, September 1

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 September 1925 · page 1

With its motors stopped, and out of fuel, No. 1 aeroplane of the two flying from San Francisco to Hawaii, is battling in a stormy…

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Adrift Before And Rode Out Gale

Evening News · Friday 4 September 1925 · page 1

THOUGH it ended happily, the Shenandoah and her company went through a thrilling experience in January last year…

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Week-end Rain Storm in North-east

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 September 1925 · page 3

Cloudy weather had developed yesterday in parts of the north-east districts. Rain is likely over those areas by, or during, the week-end…

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His Luck Overboard in Gale But Caught a Rope Wellington (N.z.)

The Sun · Friday 4 September 1925 · page 8

Herman Erorim, mate of the schooner Elsie May, had a startling experience on Thursday. The vessel was running in the teeth…

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Flood Prevention. Federal Capital Site

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 September 1925 · page 13

According to evidence given by the Chief Federal Inspector of Works and Railways (Mr. T. Hill) before the Federal WOrks Committee in…

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Previous Mishap. in Violent Gale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 September 1925 · page 15

On January 16 of last year the Shenandoah broke loose from her mooring-mast at Lakehurst in a violent gale, and disappeared with a crew of 22 officers and men. Communication…

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Germ-proof Babies. Science Storms the Nursery: Mamma's Lap Condemned

The World's News · Saturday 5 September 1925 · page 16

Science has turned its attention to the nursery, and many mothers have adopted the new teaching which lays it down that to rear a baby on old-fashioned lines is a system…

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Airship Disaster. Shenandoah Wrecked in a Storm. Fourteen Lives Lost

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 September 1925 · page 15

While making a flight over Ohio the United States naval airship Shenandoah, carrying a crew of 42, collapsed during a storm. Fourteen lives were lost…

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Played Violin in Storm Archbishop of 86 a 200 Gns. Strad

Evening News · Saturday 5 September 1925 · page 1

ARCHBISHOP REDWOOD, the veteran Archbishop of N.Z., who at 86 is the oldest prelate of his rank in the world, was a…

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Fourteen Men Killed In Airship Disaster Gale Wrecked Huge Shenandoah She Was Not Struck by Lightning Belle Valley (Ohio), September 3

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 September 1925 · page 1

Latest reports show that 14 officers aud men, including the commander, were killed when the navy dirigible Shenandoah crashed…

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