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Floods & storms, 1925

1,471 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 74

Australia and France Share Honors in First Encounter Davis Cup Patterson Wins Lacoste Defeated by Sensational Serving and Driving Borotra Beats Anderson Storms the Net and Forces Pace Anderson Makes Distressing Errors New York, Friday Afternoon

Evening News · Saturday 5 September 1925 · page 1

THE first singles in the Davis Cup match between Australia and France resulted as follows:— Patterson beat Lacoste, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2. Borotra defeated Anderson, 6-4, 6-3, 8-6…

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Nipped by Ice Iduna's Propeller Broken in Arctic Gales London

The Sun · Sunday 6 September 1925 · page 1

Captain Grettir Algarsson's exploring ship Iduna encountered very severe weather near Victoria Land. The propeller broke in the ice,…

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Storm Sweeps Town Vancouver, Sept. 6

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 September 1925 · page 1

Seven were killed and six frame buildings destroyed when, a cloudburst, accompanied by a windstorm, struck the town of Spring…

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All Coal Burned Result of Gales Union Steamer's Plight Auckland

The Sun · Monday 7 September 1925 · page 8

The Union Company's steamer Walruna, bound from 'Frisco to Auckland, met with heavy weather, which resulted in the exhaustion of the coal…

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Storm Warnings Weather Man's Book

Evening News · Tuesday 8 September 1925 · page 9

The Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology has issued an interesting booklet on Australian hurricanes and related storms. The work has been prepared by…

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Dreary 'Finish Borotra Settles It in Heavy Rain Lacoste Jibs Declines Risk of Sodden Court When Match Won

The Sun · Tuesday 8 September 1925 · page 1

Australia was eliminated from the Davis Cup yesterday, when Jean Borotra beat Gerald Patterson in a four-set match, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-3. Rene Lacoste forfeited to J. O. Anderson, as the court was drenched with rain. The Frenchman feared injury, and was not prepared to run any risk…

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Severe Storms Tokio," September 8

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 September 1925 · page 1

In severe storms on the south coast of Korea and in the northern portion of the island of Kiu Shiu, 250 houses were destroyed and four persons killed…

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Bruce Defying the Storm

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 9 September 1925 · page 15

How eloquent is history on the impotence of a class of autocrats who appear to be as barren of any sense of humor as they are of imagination! Instances of this crowd to the mind—helpless creatures with…

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The Lost Doubles Frenchmen Storm the Net

Referee · Wednesday 9 September 1925 · page 16

Lacoste had the opening service and won it aided by two irretrievable smashes by Borotra. Patterson served erratically, making two double faults…

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Storm and Tidal Wave Shanghai, Tuesday Evening

Evening News · Wednesday 9 September 1925 · page 1

Reuter's Tokyo correspondent reports that severe storms swept the south coast of Korea and Northern Kyushu on Sunday. Four persons…

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A Close Call in Arctic Gale Danish Sailors Rescued by Macmillan Washington

Evening News · Friday 11 September 1925 · page 1

THE EXPLORER, Donald [?] ship, the Bowdoin, has reached [?] Greenland, after weathering a strong Arctic gale…

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Caught in Arctic Gale Danish Sailors Have Close Call Washington, September 10

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 September 1925 · page 1

Captain Donald MacMillan's ship Bowdoin reached Godthaap, Greenland, after weathering a strong Arctic gale, and rescuing the…

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Gale Delays Loongana Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 September 1925 · page 7

Owing to an extraordinary blow from the north-easts, which raised mountainous seas. the steamer Loongana was unable to make Burnie on Saturday…

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Hold Ablaze Ayrshire's Voyage Fire and Storm

The Sun · Monday 14 September 1925 · page 12

With h[?]ge seas breaking over the decks, a gale howling from the northwest through the blackness of the night, the Ayrshire was 2540 miles out…

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A Storm in a Teacup Waitresses Go Back Melbourne

Evening News · Monday 14 September 1925 · page 6

"A STORM in a teacup" is the term used by the authorities to describe the strike of railway waitresses, which has now been…

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"Give Fair Deal" Rule of Mr. Gale, S.m. Retires From Bench

Evening News · Tuesday 15 September 1925 · page 10

THERE WAS a large gathering of the legal profession and officials at the Central court to-day, to farewell Mr.Gale, B.M., who is…

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OUT of the Storm

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 16 September 1925 · page 16

GLOS[?] came into Tom Madden's life like a black cloud into a sum[?]er's day. Up to the moment of their meeting the splendour of the sun-kissed world without had only been a…

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Mr. Gale, S.m. Legal Profession's Tribute

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 September 1925 · page 4

"I have made it a rule in life, on the Bench and off it, to give every man a fair deal," said Mr. Gale, S.M., at the Central Police Court yesterday…

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40 Miles an Hour Melbourne in a Gale MELBOURNE

Evening News · Wednesday 16 September 1925 · page 1

Last night a gala raged for an hour over the metropolitan area, and at times the wind velocity was 40 miles an hour. Heavy rain fell throughout…

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The Library Travelling Round; the Gamblers Mecca ; and a Pessimistic Poet "Tide-Marks," by H. M. Tomlinson, "Rolling Round the World—for Fun," by Staton Hope. "The Romaure of Monte Corle." by Chos, Kingslon. "Bitter Brews," by Gale Young Rice

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 16 September 1925 · page 18

A NEW volume of travels which I can thoroughly recommend to anyone who is interested in this queer round world of ours is "TideMarks." by H. M. Tomlinson (Cassell's—…

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