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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1925

1,471 stories in Sydney's papers · page 61 of 74

Storm in a Tea Cup Angry Delegate at League Council London, Monday Evening

Evening News · Tuesday 29 September 1925 · page 1

REUTER'S Geneva correspondent says there was an unprecedented scene when the Council of the League of Nations was…

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Great Flood in China Pekin, September 28

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 September 1925 · page 1

A further break in the main south dyke of the Yellow River has resulted in the worst flood of the river since 1887…

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Held Up by Gales Liners Buffeted

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 September 1925 · page 7

The westerly gales raging off the coast delayed the arrival of the American mail steamer Ventura from San Francisco. The Ventura was due at the…

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Water and Flood Conservation

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 30 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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Enormous Flood. From Yellow River. Shanghai, Sept, 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 September 1925 · page 15

News comes from Pekin that a further break in the main south dyke of the Yellow River has resulted in the worst flood in the river since 1887. The effect of the first…

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Sand Storms at the Spit Tram Lines Blocked

Evening News · Thursday 1 October 1925 · page 15

According to tram passengers And residents of the Spit, considerable annoyance has been caused by send, which has drifted from…

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Communists and Mr. Lang Mi. Arkins Raises a Storm Scene in Legislative Assembly

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 October 1925 · page 13

Mr. Arkins had a few moments of limelight in the Legislative Assembly yesterday morning. He took the Premier to task over a…

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No Rain for 34 Years. Then a 90 Days' Deluge

The World's News · Saturday 3 October 1925 · page 7

Torrential rains, which fell almost continually for ninety days along the western coast of Peru, have literally changed the face of the earth in that locality…

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North's Ride Through Storm to Tops

The Sun · Saturday 3 October 1925 · page 8

Further details of Percy North's thrilling ride to Harrington Tops have been received from Dungog. North's feat in taking his 29-h.p…

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Cyclone's Grip Gale in Brisbane River Rollers Man Under Wreckage Brisbane

The Sun · Wednesday 7 October 1925 · page 10

A cyclonic gale swept over Brisbane last night. When a section of the scaffolding around the uncompleted portion of…

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In Flooded River Fell 120Ft. From Bridge Wellington (N.z.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 October 1925 · page 1

Benjamin Couston, a Dunedin civil engineer, who was going to Hanmer Springs with his wife for treatment dropped out of a 'bus while crossing…

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Flood Damage Freeman's Reach Wilberforce

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 October 1925 · page 7

The Minister tor Local Government, in response to requests by the Colo Shire Council, has consented to receive a deputation from the council and…

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Flooding At Toongabbie Station

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 9 October 1925 · page 7

Recently Prospect and Sherwood Council made application to the Minister for Local Government to hold an inquiry and adjudicate under section 654 of the Act…

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Gale Works Havoc in Drummoyne

Evening News · Monday 12 October 1925 · page 1

The gale [?] a shop in Brid ge-street, Drummoynes, to-day, and three shoots cutting telephone wires and [?] up trams…

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Fire, Gale! Two Shops Unroofed City Gasps Ring of Bush Fires

The Sun · Monday 12 October 1925 · page 7

Fire and pale swept most parts of the city and suburbs this afternoon. The terrific heat of the day, aggravated by numerous bush fires in many…

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Sensations in Gale Havoc Wrought at Drummoyne Linesman Gets Electric Shock Flying Roofs and Falling Bricks

Evening News · Monday 12 October 1925 · page 7

SENSATION followed sensation in the height of a sudden gale at Drummoyne to-day. Two shops and a bakehouse were un roofed, a man had miraculous escape from being to death by falling brick, and a telegraph…

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In a Gale Riflemen's Task Pub Blown Flat Dust-storms at Anzac Anzac

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 13 October 1925 · page 6

A terrific gale swept the Anzac Range from end to end for sevoral hours to-day. Great driving clouds of dust flung a continuous pail of…

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In a Gale Riflemen's Task Hotel Blown Fiat Dust-storms at Anzac Anzac

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 13 October 1925 · page 5

A terrific gale swept the Anzac Range from end to end for several hours to-day. Great driving clouds of dust flung a continuous pall of…

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Remarkable Storm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 October 1925 · page 9

Dawn yesterday was a stain of crimson that presaged a day of uncomfortable heat, but it was not the sun which caused Sydney's greatest discomfort. The most objectionable…

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After the Storm

Evening News · Tuesday 13 October 1925 · page 1

Yesterday the thermometer [?]red and clothes were a burden. To-day it was a meter of [?] and m[?]cin[?]ashes…

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