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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1925

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Struck by Lightning. Man Killed During Storm

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 27 November 1925 · page 4

An employed of the Water and Sewerage Board, Charles Kirkpatrick, aged thirty-eight years, was struck dead by lightning at West Hoxton…

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Terrible Gale On English Coast Many Casualties London, November 26

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 November 1925 · page 7

Terrible north-easterly gales are raging on the east coast of England. Hurricanes of wind and heavy falls of snow are reported…

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Senate Count. Delay by Floods N.s.w. Next Week Tasmania Elects Group

The Sun · Friday 27 November 1925 · page 11

Those floods in the Darling electorate that held up ballot-boxes have been the means of delaying the whole Senate count for…

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The Elections. Senate Count. Floods Cause Delay

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 November 1925 · page 18

Final results in the Calare, Hume, Robertson, and Werriwa divisions of New South Wales were announced by the Chief Electoral Officer yesterday. In Calare, where there…

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Peter and Pitpat A Storm Coming

Sunday Times · Sunday 29 November 1925 · page 3

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Mark of the Storm Lightning's Strange Stunt BRISBANE

Sunday Times · Sunday 29 November 1925 · page 1

Mrs. Robilliard, wife of a well known returned soldier, of the Enoggera district, is left with the distinct imprint of a tree on her shoulder…

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Storm Fury Five Boats Go Down Woman Hurt Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 29 November 1925 · page 2

Just before 6 p.m. to-day one of the worst dust storms ever, experienced in Melbourne blew over the city…

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The Tide Turns Now at Flood for Jack Scully

Truth · Sunday 29 November 1925 · page 2

NOTHING succeeds like success, and Trainer Jack Scully has well and truly got the winning breeze behind him…

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N.s.w. Senators Elected Next Week Floods Delay

The Sun · Sunday 29 November 1925 · page 2

Electoral officials hope to be able to announce the election of the first New South Wales Senator on Tuesday and the remaining four before the end of the…

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Melbourne's Gale Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 November 1925 · page 1

A remarkable dust-laden gale which swept over Melbourne yesterday blew over fences, uprooted small trees, and despoiled gardens. Tiles were blown…

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Theatre Crashes in Gale Earlwood Sensation Avalanche of Bricks

Evening News · Monday 30 November 1925 · page 4

ONE of the most sensational happenings that marked the track of yesterday's gale when it swept through the suburbs…

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Bondi Coolers Crowd Rushes Them Scatter From Storm

Evening News · Monday 30 November 1925 · page 4

The crowed which sought relief from the heat at Bonds yesterday morning was almost a record one…

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Three Drowned Swept From Yacht in Hobson's Bay Sudden Gale MELBOURNE

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 November 1925 · page 1

Three deaths by drowning marred the opening of the sailing season of the Hobson's Bay Yacht Club yesterday…

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Storm Havoc Southern Italy and Greece Tidal Wave Fires in Naples; Railways Demolished

The Sun · Monday 30 November 1925 · page 1

The coastal districts of Southern Italy and Greece have been swept by furious storms, which have wrought widespread havoc and caused many fatalities. Overflowing rivers flooded the countryside, while a tidal wave…

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In Grip of Storm Danger on Harbor City and Suburbs Suffer Houses Unroofed; Trees Uprooted

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 November 1925 · page 1

The city and suburbs were in the grip of the elements yesterday. A howling southerly, which reached gale force, did heavy damage to property, while in a number of instances lives were endangered…

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Turned Over by Week-end Gale

Evening News · Tuesday 1 December 1925 · page 1

The cruising yacht, Worane, photographed in Port Phillip just before she was capsized by the gals on Saturday afternoon. Three Melbourne residents were drowned…

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Storm Passes Some Showers Likely

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 December 1925 · page 11

The disturbance responsible for the windstorm at Sydney on Sunday had passed yesterday across the south Tasman Sea. where strong westerly…

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Violent Cyclone Damage in Morocco Paris, November 30

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 December 1925 · page 7

It is advised from Casablanca that the most violent cyclone ever experienced at Fez struck the town on November 28…

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Violent Cyclone. Damage in Morocco. London, Nov. 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 December 1925 · page 11

Advices have been received in Paris from Casablanca stating that a most violent eyolone was experienced at Fez on Saturday. Five aeroplanes, the local aerodrome, and a large…

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The Tide Turns Now at Flood for Jack Scully

Sydney Sportsman · Tuesday 1 December 1925 · page 3

NOTHING succeeds like success and Trainer Jack Scully has well and truly got the winning breeze behind him…

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