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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1926

1,452 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 73

Flood Waters in Wagga. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 May 1926 · page 12

The municipal council works committee is faced with tbe serious problem of disposing of a large volume of water which rushes down from the low bills at the southern end…

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Heavy Rain Over Southern Half Cold Conditions

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 May 1926 · page 7

Rain has fallen over the southern half of New South Wales. There were heavy falls of over an inch at a number of places on the…

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Gales in Tasman Sea Steamers Delayed

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 May 1926 · page 3

Heavy westerly gales are being experienced by shipping in the Tasman Sea. The New Zealand steamers Marama…

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Gale Havoc in Lithgow Lithgow

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 4 May 1926 · page 6

Considerable damage was done by a storm in Lithgow last night. About 10 o'clock the gale blow in the gable of a house in Tank St. owned by Mr…

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Goulburn Plunged in Darkness Gale Hits Power-house Goulburn

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 4 May 1926 · page 1

A gale of terrific force raged throughout last inght in Goulburn. It was one of the worst ever experienced here, much damage being caused to…

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Explosives Adrift Harbor Sensation Lighter Driven in the Gale Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 4 May 1926 · page 1

One of the three lighters which comprises the powder magazine for Newcastle, broke adrift in Limburger's Bay during the height of a gale…

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Flood of Migrants Figures in Commons London

The Sun · Tuesday 4 May 1926 · page 1

Replying to questions in the House of Commons to-day, the Secretary for the Dominions, Mr. Amery, told Lord Apsley (Con.) that, between January…

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N.Z. Floods Logs Shatter Bridges Auckland

The Sun · Tuesday 4 May 1926 · page 16

Torrential rains flooded the King country. A large bridge over the Ongarue River, after a battering from huge…

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Heavy Floods in N.Z. Wellington (N.z.)

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 4 May 1926 · page 1

Heavy rains in the North Island have caused floods aud washouts…

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Lammeroo in Gale Heavy Seas Shipped

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 May 1926 · page 3

The Adelaide S.S. Company's steamer Lammeroo, which arrived in Sydney yesterday from Adelaide via, Tasmanian ports, encountered very wild weather on…

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Gales in Tasman Sea New Zealand Boats Buffeted

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 May 1926 · page 3

Alter a severe buffeting in westerly rules crossing the Tasman Sea, the Union liners Maunganul and Marama arrived last night, several hours late…

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Storm Ruins Grapes Orange

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 5 May 1926 · page 8

Stormy weather in the among district has played have with the grape crop. One grower, it is reported, lost 3000 half- bushel cases…

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Storm at Lithgow. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 May 1926 · page 16

Last week-end was the roughest experienced in Lithgow for some time. The wind blew with hurricane force, particularly on Sunday, and some damage was done to fences…

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Fighting the Gale Hard to Reach Australia

The Sun · Thursday 6 May 1926 · page 15

"I guess you folk don't want our automobiles and pianos and things." This, in an accent which left no doubt as to the nationality of the ship…

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The Children's Page. Goody Gossamer's Rhymes. Storm and Peace

The Catholic Press · Thursday 6 May 1926 · page 46

I went in the bush when the wind was high, And it bore through the swaying trees; It whirled all the dead leaves, sere and dry, And strewed all the land with these…

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Fierce Gales Damage in New Zealand Trees and Sheet Iron Crumble Wellington, N.Z.

The Sun · Thursday 6 May 1926 · page 23

This portion of New Zealand has been severely buffeted by gales during the past few days. Nelson had an un enviable experience, much damage…

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Buffeted by Gales Steering Gear Damaged

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 May 1926 · page 3

The steamer Easterner, flying the American flag, and cunning under the auspices of the U.S. and A. Line, came direct from New York, via the Panama route. She was delayed by…

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The "Sixty-Seven" Flood Information Wanted Fob Irrigation Commission

Nepean Times · Saturday 8 May 1926 · page 5

Who knows all about the Great Llood of 1867? Don't all speak at once, ye patriarchs. But it is to be hoped that…

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Storm-Clouds "Sinister Conversations" at Geneva The Houghton Report (Copyright to "The Sun") LONDON, April 2

The Sun · Sunday 9 May 1926 · page 3

EUROPE is sobering down once more after one of its worst sprees. At Geneva the Continental nations, with one or two exceptions, forgot…

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White-anting White Australia Stop the Filthy Flood of Nondescripts

Truth · Sunday 9 May 1926 · page 10

THE Immigration Act is another of those strange pieces of legislative enactments which are honored more in the breach titan in the observance. SEVERAL well-deserved strictures have…

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