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Floods & storms, 1925

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Heavy Rain at Armidale

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 November 1925 · page 7

ARMIDALE, Saturday.—Soaking rain , fell at Armidale and district on Friday afternoon and night. Seventy-six points wore registered, and much benefit will…

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The Weather Heavy Rain on North Coast Warm in the West

Evening News · Monday 9 November 1925 · page 9

DURING the weke-end, the North Court was drenched with heavy rain. Mullumbimby received [?] points, and Byron Bay [?]. Many…

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Cyclone Campaign Eldridge's Tour Many Fine Meetings

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 10 November 1925 · page 3

"VISITING the Western. Northern and Southern districts of Mr. J. C. Eldridge. Senate candidate has conducted a remarkably wist…

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Storm at Lithgow Switchboard Fused Lithgow

The Sun · Tuesday 10 November 1925 · page 17

Torrential rain, accompanied by extremely vivid lightning and heavy thunder, fell in Lithgow last night, one inch being recorded in a little over…

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Lane Cove Is Wroth Ferry Time-table Storm of Criticism

Evening News · Tuesday 10 November 1925 · page 11

LANE COVE Council and many residents joined forces last night in a protest against the new Lane Cove River ferry time-table,…

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Makambo in Gale

Evening News · Wednesday 11 November 1925 · page 6

Strong gales, with heavy seas, were experienced in the New Hebrides by the Makambo, which returned to Sydney to-day. For four days the wind…

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"Bit of a Gale" Waves Sweep Makambo

The Sun · Wednesday 11 November 1925 · page 9

Huge waves swept the decks of the Burns, Philp steamer Makambo in the early part of her trip from the New Hebrides at the beginning of the…

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Steamer Arrested Claim for £200 Storm Shifts Cargo Melbourne

The Sun · Friday 13 November 1925 · page 9

A Japanese steamer, the Fuji Maru, has been arrested at Geelong, as a result of writs issued in the High Court by Otto Rourke and R. B. McComas,…

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Strange Storm. Railway Buildings Wrecked. Darwin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 November 1925 · page 15

A cyclone, with heavy rain, struck Pine Creek last night, and blow the railway goods shed and other buildings down. The storm came in an extremely narrow track along the…

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'Planes in a Storm. London, Nov. 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 November 1925 · page 15

The Rome correspondent of the Central News Agency says:—Four French aeroplanes, crossing the Apennines homewards from Teheran (Persia), were overtaken by a…

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Short, But Sharp Storm Hits Town Buildings Destroyed Darwin

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 November 1925 · page 1

A "willie willie" hit Pine Creek township yesterday, and destroyed a number of houses, including two buildings at the railway station…

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Storm Drives Pigeon Down

The Labor Daily · Monday 16 November 1925 · page 8

A homing pigeon that looks like a valuable bird fell at Rossievale on Wednesday during a storm. Mr. W. Ogala, Post Office, with whom…

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Perils of N. Territory a Terrific Storm. Darwin

The Labor Daily · Monday 16 November 1925 · page 8

A terrific storm burst upon the little town of Pine Creek on Thursday afternoon about 4.30, accompanied by heavy rain…

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All in by Friday Counting Absent Votes Floods in Darling

The Sun · Monday 16 November 1925 · page 10

The tally office for the Chief Electoral Officer (Mr. Allars) was shifted from the G.P.O. to-day to the Electoral Office at the Customs House, and…

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Shipping Battled with Cyclone the West Calera

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 17 November 1925 · page 3

After an exciting voyage from Pacific Coast Ports, the cargo steamer West Culiera is due here to-morrow. The story of her battle with a tropical cyclone was…

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In Howling Gale Leave Boat Capsizes Nine Lives Lost Halifax

The Sun · Wednesday 18 November 1925 · page 1

Early this morning a paseer-by picked up Charles Taylor, aged 19, from a rocky beach where the youth bad struggled ashore, more dead than…

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More Rain With Thunderstorms Southerly Change Coming

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 November 1925 · page 12

Extensive rain and thunderstorms are expected to-day. Later a cool southerly change should dispell the heat and sultriness in…

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More Heavy Rain To-day's Weather. State

The Labor Daily · Thursday 19 November 1925 · page 4

Unsettled generally, with further extensive rain. Heavy falls on parts of the coast and highlands. Sultry with…

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Heavy Rain. a Drenched City. Good Country Falls

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 November 1925 · page 12

Taken completely unawares by the incipient summer sultriness of yesterday morning, it was a bedraggled business community that took its way homeward some hours later…

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Cyclonic Storm

Evening News · Thursday 19 November 1925 · page 9

A CYCLONIC storm is centred on the south coast and is moving in an east to north-east direction.Rough…

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