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Floods & storms, 1926

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Faced with Ruin Floods in Russia Worst for 100 Years London, Sunday Night

The Sun · Monday 26 April 1926 · page 6

The Riga correspondent or The Times" reports that the greatest floods since 1826 have occurred in European Russia, as a consequence of the rapid…

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Floods in West Bitter Weather Rivers Break Banks Bathurst

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 April 1926 · page 1

The roughest weather this season was experienced throughout the west during the week-end. Rain, at times heavy, and accompanied by a gale,fell…

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Heavy Gales Delay Shipping Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 27 April 1926 · page 1

Heavy gales along the Victorian and southern N.S.W. coast have affected shipping. Interstate passenger vessels…

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Severe Storm. Steamer Damaged. Orari's Trying Experience. Fremantle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 April 1926 · page 9

After having survived the severest storm recorded in the Australian Bight for some time, three steamers reached Fremantle yesterday. They were the Orari, City of…

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Man Drowned in Flooded River. Mudgee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 April 1926 · page 10

Robert Edwards, a plasterer, was driving in a sulky yesterday, and attempted to cross the river, which was running half a banker. The horse and sulky were washed away,…

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Crew Imprisoned in Fo'casie Orari in Gale Mountainous Seas Perth

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 28 April 1926 · page 4

The steamer Orarl, bound for Eastem States from the United Kingdom, with a big cargo, entered Fremantle Harbor yesterday after a rough…

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Canadians Lose Jobs. While Immigrants Flood Into Country

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 28 April 1926 · page 4

One day the Canadian Government announced that it had undertaken to guarantee immigrants from the British Isles employment for five years on farms or…

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Man Drowned in Flooded Creek Mudgee

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 28 April 1926 · page 3

A flood fatality occurred at Mudgee on Sunday. Robert Edwards, well-known resident, was driving a sulky, with two…

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General News in Flooded River Man Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 April 1926 · page 4

MUDGEE.--On Sunday morning Robert Edwards, plasterer, his son Jack, and a friend, Walter Chivers, were driving, when they reached the…

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To Check Filthy Reading Flood Irish Bishops Move

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 29 April 1926 · page 39

Although the fact has not been referred to in the Irish newspapers, says a Dublin message, there is authority for asserting that the appointment of a…

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Floods in Russia. Loss of Life. London, April 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 April 1926 · page 9

Reuter's correspondent at Moscow says: The Volga and its upper tributaries have overflowed their banks. The river Klazma flooded the town of Orekhovo, 45 miles east of…

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Volga Demands Toll Many Lives Lost Villages Are Flooded Moscow

The Labor Daily · Thursday 29 April 1926 · page 1

The River Volga and its upper tributaries have overflowed the banks. The river at Kiazma flooded the town of Orekhovo. 45 miles east of…

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Volga Overflows Floods in Russia London, April 28

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 April 1926 · page 7

A message from Moscow reports that the Volga and its upper tributaries have overflowed their banks. The river Klazma flooded the town…

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Liner and Freighter Buffeted Gales in the West Perth

The Labor Daily · Friday 30 April 1926 · page 5

The master of the freighter Hallfield, which took 1½ days instead of the usual ten to come from Sydney to Fremantle, was considerably murdered. The…

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Protection From Flood. Maitland Moves

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 30 April 1926 · page 7

At a meeting last week residents of East Maitland (N.S.W.) took initial stops towards protecting the town from flood waters. It was…

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Gale at Newcastle

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 May 1926 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--A strong westerly wind, carrying clouds of dust, has been blowing during the last couple of days, and to-day the weather turned cold. Nobby's signal station…

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Look Out for Gales at Sea

Evening News · Monday 3 May 1926 · page 8

THE following warning to shipping was issued by the Weather Bureau to-day:— N.W. to W. and S.W. winds,…

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Gale Delays Steamers Two are Due To-morrow

Evening News · Monday 3 May 1926 · page 7

The Westerly gales prevailing in Sydney an bring felt by shipping bound for Sydney from New Zealand and Pacific Islands…

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Gales Raging on Victorian Coast Ships Seek Shelter Melbourne

The Sun · Monday 3 May 1926 · page 7

Gales are blowing ail along the Victorian coast. Some ships have been delayed 13 hours. Not a collier, a schooner, a…

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Gale at Goulburn Snow and Hurricane City in Darkness Goulburn

The Sun · Monday 3 May 1926 · page 10

Last night was one of the worst in Goulburn's history. After a day of wind, sleet, and flurries of flying snow, the wind increased at sunset…

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