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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1926

1,452 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 73

The Sun Stop-press Rescued From Gale London

The Sun · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 1

The Swedish steamer Atlanten (2199 tons), which was rescued by a German liner after being disabled during a gale in the Channel, has…

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Gale in Pacific. Damage at Pago Pago. Vancouver (B.c.), Jan. 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 11

American Samoa was struck on Friday by the most severe storm experiemced for more than 20 years. Pago Pago Bay is covered with wreckage, including the debris of several…

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Storm Clouds On the Waterfront Seamen's Union "At It Again" Talk of Strike

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 1

Relations between the shipowners and the Australian Seamen's Union are strained almost to breaking point…

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Sailing Title Race 18-Footer Trouble . Ebb or Flood Tide?

Evening News · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 2

MESSRS Arnold [?] Sec and Roberts [?] of the Brisbane 18 footers Club who an on a visit to Sydney will attend…

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A Flooded Mine Pumping Nawing Pet

Evening News · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 7

The managing directors of [?] Ltd. [?] the [?] that pumping of the [?] Friday. december and it was hopped…

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1000 Drowned Dreadful Floods in Europe Britain Suffers Starving Hungarians Clinging to Roofs

The Sun · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 1

In Britain, as in many parts of the Continent, the flood waters are still rising. South Wales is particularly affected, and two men have been drowned there. The position in many parts of Europe almost beggars…

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Floods Likely Torrents of Rain Queensland Catches It Boats Rescue Families Brisbane

The Sun · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 9

Widespread rains, averaging up to six inches in the west, have fallen during the last 48 hours. In some places the downpour was…

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Queensland Floods Races Postponed Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 6

Heavy rain throughout the State continues. Campers have been Impeded and sports and race meetings postponed…

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Under Water Floods in Europe Enormous Damage Thousands Homeless LONDON, January 2

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 1

Floods are widespread in England and on the Continent. In Holland and Belgium the damage is so considerable as to constitute…

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Further Rain the Flood Prospects

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 10

The north-eastern flood prospects apparently were undiminished on Saturday. The customary week-end lack of data from inland, however,…

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FLOODS. Position Serious. Holland's Plight. Disaster in Belgium. LONDON, Jan. 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 11

Telegrams from Amsterdam say that the floods in districts watered by the Mouse, Waal, Rhine, and Lek have assumed the character of a great catastrophe…

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Scene of Disastrous Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 9

Pago Pago, Samoa, which has just suffered the worst storm for 20 years…

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Storm at Queanbeyan Queanbeyan

The Sun · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 9

A heavy rainstorm, accompanied by thunder and lightning, struck Queanbeyan last night. The fall on Jerrabomberra was like a cloudburst, and…

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Storm at Goulburn Goulburn

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 9

Yesterday afternoon Goulburn experienced an exceptionally heavy storm. Over an inch and a half of rain fell within 30 minutes. The storm was…

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Terrific Storm Damage at Wiseman's

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 8

WISKMAN'S FERRY, Monday. Following a hot sultry day, a terrific thunderstorm, accompanied by a strong wind, passed over the…

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Tea-cup Storm Immorality of Fruit Melbourne

The Sun · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 9

The Minister for Customs (Mr. Prat[?]), referring to complaints from London of the condition of Australian canned fruit, said to-day: "The whole…

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In Cyclone's Grip for Six Days Niagara Arrives Late Auckland

The Sun · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 9

The Niagara arrived from Vancouver 24 hours behind schedule time. Severe cyclonic gales were experienced for six days after leaving…

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Samoa. Swept by Storm. Buildings Collapse Several Natives Killed Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 9

A radio message received by the Minister for External Affairs states that a tremendous storm, which struck Samoa on New Year's Day, did serious damage to the food supply of…

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Thames in Flood Farms Submerged Still Rising London, Monday Night

Evening News · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 7

The flooded Thames, winch rose nine inches during the night, st[?]d is rising. It is three and a half inches higher at Reading since this…

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