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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1925

1,471 stories in Sydney's papers · page 60 of 74

Snow Storm Wins Motor Results Held Up

Truth · Sunday 20 September 1925 · page 4

The Royal Automobile Club of Australia reported last night that the official results for the Flying Mile and the slow running test in connection with the eight…

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Jewel of Justice R. D. Meagher's Tribute to Mr. Gale, S.M.

Sunday Times · Sunday 20 September 1925 · page 7

Mr. R. D. Measher made the following valedictory, speech at the Central Court during the week on the occasion of the retirement of Mr. Gale. S.M.,…

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Delayed by Gales

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 September 1925 · page 3

The R.M.S. Niagara was delayed by westerly gales in the Tasman Sea; and it was late on Saturday afternoon before she made port. After being cleared by the port health officer…

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English Football in Heavy Rain Hotspur in Lead London

The Sun · Monday 21 September 1925 · page 4

Tottenham Hotspur head the first division of Soccer and Chelsea has regained the leadership of the second division…

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Liner's Escape Grounded in a Gale London

The Sun · Monday 21 September 1925 · page 1

The R.M.S. Packet Company's steamer Orbita (15,000 tons), bound from Southampton to New York, and crowded with passengers, grounded, during a…

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Flood Mt. Morgan Fire Still Rages Strain on Chiefs Rockhampton

Evening News · Monday 21 September 1925 · page 1

TO extinguish Mount Morgan Mine fire, water is to be drawn from the company's big dam. It is anticipated that about 60,000…

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£80,000 Fire at Flood's Wharf Brigades' Work

Evening News · Monday 21 September 1925 · page 7

THE blaze which gatted Flood's Wharf, West Circular Quay, yesterday, resulted in £80,000 damage…

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Typhoon Sweeps South Japan Fire and Flood Do Damage Some Lives Lost Shanghai, September 20

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 September 1925 · page 1

It is reported from Osaka that a typhoon has swept the southwestern part of Japan. Communications are partially interrupted…

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Pioneer's Death. From Sydney to Bourke. In Drought and Flood

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 22 September 1925 · page 2

Another of the real old pioneers, in the person of Mr. William Morley, has travelled his last long journey, having passed over the Great Divide on Sunday…

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Assembly Storm Right to Deport

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 September 1925 · page 9

Amid a chorus of protests from Opposition members Air. Davidson (Government Whip) drew the attention of the minister tor justice, in the…

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Flood Brigade for Colo Shire

The Land · Friday 25 September 1925 · page 4

At a public meeting convened by the Colo Shire Council, it was decided to form a flood brigade. The council is having the flood boat…

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The Rising Flood of Debt

Evening News · Friday 25 September 1925 · page 6

The Auditor-General, commenting on the fact that the State's bill for interest was £1,170,181 greater in the year ended June 80 than in the previous year,…

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Floods and Fire Typhoon Sweeps Japan Villages Inundated

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 September 1925 · page 4

The south-east areas of Japan have been swept by a typhoon during the past week, resulting in numerous casualties and much damage to…

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Water and Flood Conservation

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 25 September 1925 · page 4

In 1913 the Miami River, in the State of Ohio, U.S.A., overflowed its banks, and spread devastation over an enormous area. The flood came at the end of a long dry period, a drought, in fact, during which the area had been hard pressed for water, resulting in serious…

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Floods in New Zealand. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 September 1925 · page 12

Heavy floods are reported on the west coast of South Island. A number of cattle have been drowned and considerable damage has been done to farms, bridges, and roads…

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Late Mrs. Ellen Flood

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 September 1925 · page 17

At. the age of 81 years Mrs. Ellen Des[?] Flood died at her residence, Church-street, Parramathn recently Mrs. Flood was a native of Liverpool (N.S.W.), but had…

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South-westerly Gale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 September 1925 · page 12

Late last night, a cool southerly change came in over the city, and at 1 o'clock this morning a strong south-westerly gale was blowing at South Head…

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Furious Gale Buffets Liners Arrivals Delayed

Evening News · Tuesday 29 September 1925 · page 9

A HOWLING gale oil the coast of N.S.W. is buffeting big ships coming from the eastward. THE VENTURA, which was…

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Gales in Tasman Sea New Zealand Steamers Delayed

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 September 1925 · page 1

Gales in the Tasman Sea were being experienced yesterday by the New Zealand steamers Ulimaroa and Moeraki, and, consequently, both vessels will be…

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In Teeth of Gale Ventura Running Late

The Sun · Tuesday 29 September 1925 · page 9

The Ventura, which war due to berth at West Circular Quay at 1 p.m. to-day, will be some hours late. A wireless message received this…

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