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Floods & storms, 1926

1,452 stories in Sydney's papers · page 62 of 73

Wind Storm. Melbourne Suffers. Electric Supply Fails. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 November 1926 · page 11

The weather in Melbourne to-day was in marked contrast to the cold showery nature of the weather which prevailed during Melbourne Cup week, and at 2 o'clock this…

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New Zealand Floods. Farms Damaged. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 November 1926 · page 12

Some farmers in Marlborough province are heavy sufferers from flood owing to their young crops having been ruined by the flood waters, which still cover blocks of land in…

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Floods at Midnight Many Casualties Persian Catastrophe Teheran

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 9 November 1926 · page 1

GREAT damage has been caused by the sudden overflow of the Kargun River, north-west of Resht, on the Caspian Sea…

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Fierce Melbourne Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 November 1926 · page 13

A picture theatre at Gardiner was unroofed by a strong wind, which blew across Melbourne with a velocity of 60 miles an hour, last, night. The portion of…

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The Boy and the Flood

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 10 November 1926 · page 13

WHEN i lived on the Clarence the owners of rented farms used to say that a big flood was a good thing, as it renewed the fertility of the land it…

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The Gold Deluge in the United States

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 11 November 1926 · page 4

A year ago the wise men of Gotham, who are supposed to know everything, declared that the period of huge gold imports into the United States was drawing to its close, and would he succeeded by a period which would be remarkable for its{ exports of gold…

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Golfers'ban on Jewesses Rouses Storm "Mediaeval" Club Mid-surrey Minds London

Evening News · Thursday 11 November 1926 · page 4

GOLF CLUBS throughout the country unanimously condemn the action of the Mid-Surrey Golf Club in barring Jewish wounds…

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Is It the Calm Before the Storm?

The Labor Daily · Saturday 13 November 1926 · page 4

MEMBERS of the general public who stray into the gallery of the Legislative Council these days find a very different atmosphere to the stormy…

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Bulli's Fifty Year Old Junior Clerk Storm Over Council's Strange Appointment

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 13 November 1926 · page 9

HERE is the strange story of Bulli (N.S.W.) Shire Council's brand-new 50-year-old junior clerk. Heated protests were made at the…

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In a Gale N. Z. League Team Beaten Second Test Match London

The Sun · Monday 15 November 1926 · page 6

The New Zealand Rugby League team was beaten by England in the second test match at Hull by 21 points to 11. Everything seemed to combine to spoil…

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One-way Canals Venice Has a Pitt-st. Flooded, Too London, Monday Night

The Sun · Tuesday 16 November 1926 · page 13

With a view to minimising traffic problems Venice is establishing oneway canals, and stationing traffic police at the principal intersections…

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Isolated Storms. in Queensland. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 November 1926 · page 19

In addition to a wide area on the Daring Downs wheat area, the West Moreton farming and dairying district also participated in thunderstorms which occurred to-night…

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Ocean Wanderer Comes Here to Dock Killoran in Gales

Evening News · Wednesday 17 November 1926 · page 11

PLYING light and with [?] trolling from her sides, the Finwish bargus Killoran, round from Callso to Post Linooin in ballast…

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Short of Food Barque's Trying Voyage Buffeted by Gales

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 November 1926 · page 1

After knocking about the New South Wales coast for thirty days, buffeted by adverse winds reaching gale force and assailed by big seas, the 1500-ton…

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Gale Swept Seamen's Ordeal Prayer Answered Death Passes by

The Sun · Wednesday 17 November 1926 · page 2

Overhead the smoky oil lamp swung fitfully to and fro with the lurching of the ship, casting its murky light on the seamen, who,…

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Big Storm in Melb. Roofs Off Houses Melbourne

The Sun · Wednesday 17 November 1926 · page 11

A cyclonic storm, which began at 5.30 p.m. yesterday, and raged over Melbourne during the night, unroofed many houses in Bent-street and…

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A Flood Proof Fence E. S. Clayton, H.D.A., Senior Agricultural Inspector in N.S.W. Agricultural Gazette

Construction and Local Government Journal · Wednesday 17 November 1926 · page 15

During the winter of 1925 a very disastrous Hood occurred in the Murrumbidgee River. Great damage was done to fences all along the river flats. In the vicinity of Gundagai…

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A Storm of Confetti

Evening News · Thursday 18 November 1926 · page 1

Mr. and Mrs. John [?]hano were [?] with [?] as they left Ail S[?] Church, Woolletre, after their wedding yesterday afternoon…

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Cyclone. Damage in Victoria. Ship Ashore. Prospects of Rain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 November 1926 · page 11

Violent gates in Victoria and New South Wales have resulted from a cyclonic disturbance which is centred to the north-east of Tasmania. Damage to property has been…

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