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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1926

1,452 stories in Sydney's papers · page 60 of 73

Broken Hill Storm Wreckage by Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 October 1926 · page 5

BROKEN HILL. -- Residents in the back country at The Gorge, a few miles from Broken Hill, were fearful that their houses would be blown down by…

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Havana Is Devastated Struck by Cyclone Millions of Damage Making for Florida Havanah (Cuba)

The Labor Daily · Friday 22 October 1926 · page 1

MILLIONS of dollars of damage was done here by to-day's hurricane, houses being unroofed, windows smashed, and practically every…

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Severe Storm. Damage at Havana. Havoc Amongst Shipping. New York, Oct. 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 October 1926 · page 11

A severe storm to-day flooded the streets of Havana, the capital of Cuba. Transportation was stopped, power systems were thrown out of commission, and communication with…

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Sydney to Victoria Mud, Swamp and Flood "On Top Every Time"

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 October 1926 · page 15

A distance of 2,600 miles was covered when Mr. A. E. Parker and three companions travelled from Sydney to Victoria recently in a…

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Coastal Storm Foreshore Washed Away PERTH

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 October 1926 · page 7

Heavy storms are reported along the coast, and shipping at Bunbury and Busselton has been interfered with. At Busselton a considerable portion of…

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Many Dazed by Lightning in Tweed Storm Fires Re-started House Is Struck Lines Out of Order Murwillumbah

Evening News · Saturday 23 October 1926 · page 1

VIVID lightning, which accompanied a thunderstorm throughout the Tweed district, dazed a number of…

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Severe Thunderstorm. Murwillumbah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 October 1926 · page 16

A severe thunderstorm, with unusually severe lightning, passed over Murwillumbah yesterday. Three persons in Murwillumbah sustained shocks, and were dazed for some…

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The Storm

Sunday Times · Sunday 24 October 1926 · page 3

Great clouds arose in the western sky and rolled majestically across the sky till it was black as ink. Every now aand then vivid flashes of…

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Hovering 'Plane Freakish Gale Australian Flying Record Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 October 1926 · page 1

The caprice of the wind at North Essendon aerodrome on Friday enabled Captain Johnston to achieve what aeronautical science has not…

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Storm's Fury British Vessels Founder 100 Lives Lost Vancouver, Monday, Oct. 25

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 October 1926 · page 1

A message from Hamilton, Bermuda, reports that Friday's hurricane resulted in the loss of the British sloop, H.M.S. Valerian, and…

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"Statements Are Utterly False" Baddeley to Oakes Foreign Influx Flooding Labor Market

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 26 October 1926 · page 5

"THE statement of Mr. Oakes is entirely false, and coming from an ex-Minister of the Crown, who should have understood the position…

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Jazz Ship's Fate Founders in Storms

Evening News · Wednesday 27 October 1926 · page 10

The jaxx warship. H.M.A.S. Manly, has been shattered by broadsids of critle[?] before she has been able to leave the slips…

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Britain Loses Trade Japan Floods India London

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 27 October 1926 · page 1

Japan's trade with India is increasing by leaps and bounds, while that of Britain has declined, according to the official Bombay…

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P.F.A. Flood Light

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 October 1926 · page 5

Recently the North Sydney Council decided to grant permission for the erection of a flood light sign on the P.F.A. site. The decision aroused…

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Waterspout Falls on Mauritania Storms in France Italy Is Deluged "S.o.s." From Shipping

The Labor Daily · Thursday 28 October 1926 · page 1

BUT for the enormous size and strength of the liner Mauretania, no doubt a terrible disaster would have occurred in Cherbourg Harbor…

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Havoc in Scotland. Winter Begins With Storms and Winds

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 29 October 1926 · page 4

Violent storms have marked the hegl[?] of winter in various parts of Scotland, and much damage has been caused to several churches by…

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Sunshine and Storm Dispute at Wentworth £500 Writ Issued

The Sun · Friday 29 October 1926 · page 12

Acting on behalf of Hilda Margaret Doyle, of Woollahra, secretary of the Eastern Suburbs Sunshine Club, Mr. Mervyn Finlay, solicitor,…

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Toll of Floods Calcutta

The Sun · Friday 29 October 1926 · page 3

It is possible now to make an accurate estimate of the damage caused by the severe floods last month in the Nerbudda Valley, Central Provinces…

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Great Storms in Portugal Houses Demolished Lisbon

The Labor Daily · Saturday 30 October 1926 · page 1

VIOLENT storms have ravaged the regions of Al Dei Nova, San Beaite, and Amaralega, demolishing houses and tearing up trees…

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Country Press Pars Real Hail Storm

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 30 October 1926 · page 21

We have had the biggest hall storm since Noah's time. Hail as large as pumpkins (small ones) rattled the roofs and ripped and tore everything it…

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