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Floods & storms, 1926

1,452 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 73

Melbourne Rain Floods Not Feared Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 8

Further heavy rain fell in Melbourne to-day, but it is not expected that there will be any serious floods. At a…

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"Stand By!" Gales Lash Freighter Sea Ordeal Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 10 January 1926 · page 5

With a list of 17 degrees and a distressed and weary crew, the, tramp freighter Argalia, carrying four million super feet of Oregon pine,…

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Flood Relief Pope Gives 20,000 Florins AMSTERDAM

Sunday Times · Sunday 10 January 1926 · page 2

The Pope has given 20,000 florins towards the European flood relief funds. In order to prevent pillaging, the…

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Rabbits in Tree Tops English Floods ("Sun" Special) LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 10 January 1926 · page 12

Although every pumping station in the Ely district is working continuously, the floods are resulting in an increasingly serious situation…

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Drive to Death Drowned in Flooded Creek Tried to Cross Glen Innes

The Sun · Sunday 10 January 1926 · page 2

Len Hatcher, of Yelarbon, was drowned when attempting to cross Rocky Creek, which was running a banker. Hatcher, who had been…

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PARLIAMENT Meets To-morrow Storms Looming

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 January 1926 · page 4

The Parliamentary session, which commences to-morrow, will be short, but it promises to be anything but sweet. The debates will…

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CYCLING. Racing in a Gale. Fitzgerald's Fine Performances

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 January 1926 · page 8

The night carnival promoted by Mr. A. Crones for members of the League of N.S.W. Wheelmen on Saturday night, was successful, although a very strong cold wind was blowing all the evening. The feature…

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Storm Tossed Niagara in Heavy Weather

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 January 1926 · page 1

Mountainous seas, lashed by the fury of Northern Pacific gales, assailed the Canadian mail steamer, Niagara, after leaving Vancouver, on…

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Stopped by Storm Charter Was Cancelled

Evening News · Monday 11 January 1926 · page 3

The Japanese steamer Helnan Maru. of the Yamashita Kisen Kaisha Linc. arrived at Sydney to-day in ballast from Ocean Island…

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Floods in Europe. Paris Threatened Position in Holland. London, Jan. 8

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

A message from Paris says that the Seine is still rising, and that water is penetrating the underground railway stations. The river is also infiltrating along the Paris-Orleans…

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Flood Warning

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 January 1926 · page 7

The National Roads and Motorists' Association warns travellers that owing to flood rains on the North Coast, and in the northern and north-western districts, many of the roads are impassable. The N.R.M.A. is…

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Belgian Catastrophe Floods Bring Pollution London

The Sun · Monday 11 January 1926 · page 1

Belgium has suffered a disaster comparable to the Gorman invasion, says the Liege correspondent of the "Daily Mail."…

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Flood Waters at Junee

The Labor Daily · Monday 11 January 1926 · page 1

This photo., taken during last week's flood, shows the main road from Old Junee to Junee covered hy water in some places four feet deep…

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Eastern Sea Delayed by Storms

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 January 1926 · page 3

Storms of hurricane fury in the Pacific have delayed the arrival of the steamer Eastern Sea, which is coming from New York under the auspices of…

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Tibbitts Scores Collins Matched Again McGALE Next Opponent

The Sun · Tuesday 12 January 1926 · page 5

Jim Tibbitts (9.0), defeated Art Todd (9.2) on points in fifteen rounds at Szarka's Olympia last night, Bob Jinks (Wallsend), who scaled (9.2), outpointed Pat Boyton…

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Storm Romance Hotel Girl and Rich American

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1926 · page 2

Mr. Hugh M. Annat, a rich Scottish American was married at Glenisla, Forfarshire, recently to Miss Betty Dunlop, aged 23, a maid at a local hotel…

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Sonoma in Storm Ass Ailed by Heavy Seas

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 January 1926 · page 3

The American mail steamer Sonoma, due at Sydney this afternoon from San Francisco, ran into the tail end of the Samoan hurricane on the passage…

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Dry Land Again Floods Receding Gleam of Sunshine London, Monday Evening

Evening News · Tuesday 12 January 1926 · page 1

The Thames floods are subsiding rapidly at all points and the fields and roads are re-emerging from the waste of waters…

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The Far West. Flooded Rivers. Waters from Queensland. on the Paroo and Warrego. (From Our Special Correspondent.) Hungerford

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1926 · page 10

Fortune seems to be favouring the hardy settlers in this country in the far west of New South Wales. Talk to any of them, and they declare that the land will grow anything…

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Sailing Ebb or Flood Tide Dispute No N.S.W. Representatives Hibbard Will Take Defiance to Brisbane

Sydney Sportsman · Tuesday 12 January 1926 · page 7

THE Sydney Flying Squadron, which controls 18ft open boat sailing in New South Wales, has declined to alter its decision on the representation of the Brisbane 18ft Club to participate in the Mark Foy Cup for the blue ribbon of Australia on…

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