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Floods & storms, 1925

1,471 stories in Sydney's papers · page 59 of 74

Gales Boisterous Weather Hail Squalls Likely

The Sun · Thursday 17 September 1925 · page 4

City Forecast.--Boisterous northwest to west winds of gale force during the day, and a passing thunder or hail squall likely in the afternoon and…

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Fierce Gale. Sweeps Over Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 September 1925 · page 10

Unusual weather was experienced in the city and suburbs yesterday, occasioning discomfort, to thousands of people. During the morning a strong westerly wind…

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Tricked Him Not Mares's Fault Gales in Spring

The Sun · Thursday 17 September 1925 · page 15

"Have a nut sundae, old thing." "Thanks! But make it a whisky and soda!" That is a verbatim report of a…

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Schooner Saved in Newcastle Gale Newcastle

Evening News · Thursday 17 September 1925 · page 7

A gale reached 6O miles an hour here this afternoon. The schooner Evelyn H. was in danger of breaking her moorings…

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Cyclone! Melbourne Swept Raging Seas. Blizzard at Ballarat Melbourne

The Sun · Thursday 17 September 1925 · page 13

The boisterous weather to-day culminated in a cyclonic blow at Sandringham, 15 miles from the city. The wind, raging at gale force,…

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Crashing Tree Just Misses Bus Uprooted by Gale Thrill at Greta. C[?]SNOCK.Thursday

Evening News · Thursday 17 September 1925 · page 8

A LARGE iron-bark tree was up rooted by the force of the wind between East Greta and Heddon Greta and Crashed on the road…

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Telegraph Lines. Gales Cause Delay

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 September 1925 · page 12

The high winds played havoc with telegraphic communication last night, but traffic was handled expeditiously on all lines except the Adelaide line, where the…

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Short, Sharpe Gale. Roof Blown Off

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 18 September 1925 · page 3

On Wednesday afternoon, a wind and dust storm raged for a brief period in Blacktown The dust clouds obliterated the sun, and…

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Fierce Gales. Over Widespread Area. Vessel Drags Anchor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 September 1925 · page 12

Boisterous weather has been experienced over the south-eastern corner of Australia, and fierce westerly winds have swept a large area. On land the winds have brought colder…

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Big Storm in Formosa Shanghai, Thursday Evening

Evening News · Friday 18 September 1925 · page 1

Reuter's Nagasaki correspondent says that advices from Formosa state that a storm on Tuesday flooded K[?]ung in that island, and hundreds of…

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Gale Buffets City Icy Blasts and Dust Snow in Country

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 September 1925 · page 1

The westerly gale which made its unwelcome visitation on Wednesday, buffeted the city with icy and dusty blasts yesterday, and…

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Gallery Notes The Forty-four Hour Bill and a Sea Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 September 1925 · page 6

Parliament found plenty to talk about--or, perhaps, it would be better to say "shout about"--yesterday. Provocation and reprisal began the…

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Hideous Night Raging Fires and Gale Falling Trees Road Littered for Miles Wauchope

The Sun · Friday 18 September 1925 · page 9

Blazing fires and a howling gale made last night hideous for many residents in this dis[?]tict…

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It Really Blew Some Gale at Newcastle Accidents at Sea and on Land Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Friday 18 September 1925 · page 8

Curried along by a 73 mile-an-hour gale Newcastle was enveloped by a cloud of dust yesterday. Commencing early in the morning, the gale raged…

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Sundries The Gale

Nepean Times · Saturday 19 September 1925 · page 5

The fierce wind-storm that swept over the district on Thursday did some damage here and there. Pour large pine trees in Emu Park were brought…

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Westerly Gales. Force Moderating. Rough Weather at Sea

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 September 1925 · page 16

The disturbance which was causing the strong westerly gales experienced during the past three days, had moved eastward yesterday, and its chief force was being experienced…

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Gale's Havoc Damage in South Light and Power Fail Wollongong

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 September 1925 · page 11

A westerly gale raged throughout last night, and telephone communication with Sydney was cut, off…

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Will Be Flooded The Mt. Morgan Mine

Evening News · Saturday 19 September 1925 · page 8

The secretary of the Mount Morgan Gold Mining Company, Limited, has issued the following advice from the Sydney office:—…

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Mount Morgan Fire Serious Aspect Decision to Flood the Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 September 1925 · page 1

The directors of the Mount Morgan Gold Mining Company, Ltd., have decided to flood the mine in an effort to fight the fire…

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Justice—Plus Mercy Retiring Magistrate Gale

Truth · Sunday 20 September 1925 · page 7

"THE humanity within the heart of the man," said veteran solicitor R. H. Levien, referring to Magistrate Charles Henry Gale,…

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