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Floods & storms, 1926

1,452 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 73

Heavy Rain at Darwin. Darwin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 January 1926 · page 18

Monsoonal rains reached Darwin on Saturday. For the past four days there has been a steady fall, totalling 10 inches…

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Collins and McGALE

Referee · Wednesday 13 January 1926 · page 10

It has been, definitely settled that Harry Collins, the middle and welter weight title holder, will meet the American coloured boxer, Frisco McGale…

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In Stormy Seas Niagara's Voyage Full Force of Gale

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 13 January 1926 · page 4

"THE most frightful storm I have ever experienced." These were the words of the skipper of the Niagara Captain Showman, when the…

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Stars Shone As Storm Raged Novel Disturbance Another Trying Day

Evening News · Wednesday 13 January 1926 · page 10

SYDNEY was visited by a peculiar thunderstorm shortly before [?] last night. A patch of [?] looking cloud oppeared and—[?]…

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Floods in Europe. Crucial Point Passed. London, Jan. 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 January 1926 · page 17

The Thames floods are subsiding rapidly at all points. Fields and roads are re-emorging from a waste of waters. The Seine and all its tributaries are falling…

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Ships Warned Gales and High Seas

The Sun · Thursday 14 January 1926 · page 14

The Weather Bureau today Issued a warning to shipping that strong southerly winds and gales, and rough to high seas, were being experienced…

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Port of Sydney in Wireless Call Suva Delayed in a Cyclone High water, Fort Denison: 8.6 a.m. and 8. 45 p.m. ARRIVALS

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 January 1926 · page 3

Baron Maclay, str., 6317 tons, Captain Cameron, from Tacoma, 5.35 a.m. Comyn, Smith, and Co., agents. Almkerk, str., 7062 tons, Captain van The A.U.S.N. passenger steamer Suva, which was announced to salt from the Lime Street Wharf at 4 p.m. yesterday, has been unavoidably delayed. She is expected to leave at 7 A cyclonic storm was met by the steamer Baron Maclay on the run across the Pacific when nearing the Fiji group. For 18 hours the vessel had a severe buffeting. She however,…

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The Paroo. In the Flood Country. with the Royal Mail. Difficult Travelling. Cunnamulla (Q.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 January 1926 · page 10

Although the flood waters of the Paroo are subsiding, travelling in this part of the country is still very difficult. Swamps and flooded creeks have made the ordinary routes…

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Orchards Stripped Cyclone in the West Bathurst

The Sun · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 15

Reports from the Bathurst district indicate that Wednesday's cyclone wrought hundreds of pounds worth of damage to orchards in the Bathurst…

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General News Bathurst Cyclone a Night of Havoc Bathurst

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 4

A cyclonic storm struck Bathurst last night, and created havoc. Towards 3 o'clock the temperature had climbed to 96deg.--a noint which…

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Bitter Cold and Storm V Sea Unlucky Europe London. Thursday Night

Evening News · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 8

England it now getting the tail and of a storm which has plunged most of Europe into the bitterest cold, even Rome being covered in…

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General News Track of Cyclone Orchardists' Suffer

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 January 1926 · page 4

BATHURST.--Many hundreds of pounds' worth of damage has been done to orchards in the district as the result of the cyclonic winds of the past…

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Rigors of Winter. Europe Suffers. Bitter Cold and Gales. London, Jan. 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1926 · page 17

There has been a heavy fall of snow in London, Norfolk, Leicestershire, and Monmouthshire. Hunting has been abandoned. England is now getting the tall end of a…

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Ruined City Thrills. British Expedition in Electric Storm

The World's News · Saturday 16 January 1926 · page 19

One of the many remarkable finds made in British Honduras by Mr. Mitchell Hedges, the well-known explorer, who, with Dr. Gann, arrived at Avo[?] outh in November,…

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Junee Flood Losses Very Heavy Wagga

The Labor Daily · Saturday 16 January 1926 · page 5

RAVAGES of the flood which occurred in the Junee district recently pre still apparent in the streets of the town. Bridges have…

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Big Waterspout Storm at Brisbane Milkman's Luck Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Monday 18 January 1926 · page 5

What is stated to be the largest waterspout seen in Moreton Say occurred in the vicinity of Woody ' Point about 3 p.m. on Saturday…

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Swept by Cyclone Raratonga's Plight Auckland

The Sun · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 18

Baratonga, one of the Cook Islands between Tonga and Tahiti, was swept by a hurricane on the night of December 23. Many native houses were…

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Wrecked by Gale Fruit Crops at Orange Bathurst

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 1

A gale at Orange has seriously damaged large quantities of fruit, William pears suffering severely. Som growers estimate that half their crops…

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Sport Sayings and Doings Wall's Fight Deasey Loses on Points Collins and McGALE

The Sun · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 5

Boxing in fine style, Dave Wall (8.4) de- feated Ken Deasey (8.6) on points, in 15 rounds, at Szarka's Olympia, last night, be- fore a pucked house…

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FLOODS ! Railways Submerged Train Trapped Brisbane, Tuesday

The Sun · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 18

As the result of torrential rain in North Queensland during the weekend, practically all the railway line between Babinda and Cairns was…

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