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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1927

1,877 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 94

Heavy Rain in North Byron Bay

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 22 February 1927 · page 1

A heavy rainstorm occurred here yesterday, and rain set in again today. Bangalow and Mullumbimby also…

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Result of the Cyclone at Cairns

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 February 1927 · page 14

RUINS OF ST. MONICA'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH…

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Storm at Murwillumbah Murwillumbah

The Sun · Tuesday 22 February 1927 · page 2

As a result of a storm which passed over the district on Sunday afternoon, telegraphic communication between Terranora and Tweed Heads post offices was interrupted…

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£145 at Stake Judging Songs Colossal Task Deluge of Entries

The Sun · Tuesday 22 February 1927 · page 11

"The Sun's" Great Song of Sydney Competition closed yesterday, but the work of the judges has practically only just begun…

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Worst Gale in 50 Years Twelve Killed New York Devastated Wind Reaches 90 M.P.H. New York

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 22 February 1927 · page 1

THE worst gale on the Atlantic [?] board for 50 years has caused 12 deaths and 3,000,000 dollars' worth of damage in the New York…

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The Floods in Nth. Queensland

Evening News · Tuesday 22 February 1927 · page 1

A train backed to the water's edge at Inkerman, where the bridge across the Bardskin River was destroyed. Passengers were transported across the Road in rowing boats…

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Relief for Flood Victims BRISBANE

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 February 1927 · page 7

Packhorse teams are now loading up with provisions at Almaden, at the junction of the Etheridge and Forsayth railways, and will make an…

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Yankalilla in Cyclone

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 February 1927 · page 19

The Adelaide Company's steamer Yankalilla, which arrived in Sydney yesterday with 5000 tons of sugar from Cairns, was severely buffeted in the recent cyclone on the Queensland coast. The crew had an…

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Cyclone and Floods: Cairns and Townsville

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 23 February 1927 · page 15

These pictures give some idea of the havoc wrought by the recent cyclone…

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Macartney Match. the Cyclone and Floods. Australian Orchids. "Sydney Mail" Features

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 February 1927 · page 14

The Macartney testimonial cricket match is excellently illustrated in the current issue of the "Mail," and Mr. Arthur Gregory interestingly describes the play, his comments being…

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New Zealand Welcomes. The Royal Visitors. Popular Demonstrations. Despite Heavy Rain. Glowing Speeches by the Duke

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 February 1927 · page 15

Yesterday the Duke and Duchess of York were welcomed to Auckland by great public demonstrations of loyalty, which were robbed of neither enthusiasm nor spontaneity by the heavy rain which fell during the day…

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Man Overboard Swept From Trawler Tragedy in Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 February 1927 · page 9

In a storm, Robert Dickens (50), of Rozelle, was swept front the deck of the trawler Dibbiu and drowned, off Shoalhaven on Monday night…

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Flooded Areas. Distribution of Food. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 February 1927 · page 17

Efforts which the Railway Department is making to supply the Etheridge region with foodstuffs were reviewed in a messate from the traffic superintendent at Cairns (Mr…

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The Floods. Four Bodies Found. Losses of Cane. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 February 1927 · page 16

A message from Ingham states that two additional bodies, one the 16-months' old child of Lucia Ragoneses, and the other one of the children of Lily Cassidy, were received…

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The Burdekin River in Flood Near Ayr (Q.)

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 23 February 1927 · page 41

At this point the torrent was 9ft. over the bridge. The boat is conveying passengers from the Brisbane-Townsville mail train…

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Cyclone's Tail Buffets Schooner Mauno's Long Trip

Evening News · Thursday 24 February 1927 · page 13

AFTER an 1800 miles trip from Suva under sail, her engine having been dismantled, the auxiliary schooner Mauno, which trades…

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Nature's Deviltry When Cyclone Rages Ants Give Warning

Evening News · Thursday 24 February 1927 · page 6

THERE is nothing exist so [?] grand in nature as a cyclone [?] in [?] night Under the other conditions [?]…

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Lang's Cyclone Whips Up Sea Charges Child Endowment Increased Freights Likely

The Sun · Thursday 24 February 1927 · page 13

Interstate shipping companies, it Is estimated, will have to meet an increased expenditure of at least £60,000…

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Toll of the Storm Many Lives Lost Blizzard and Cyclone

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 February 1927 · page 4

Travelling at seventy miles an hour, a blizzard swept over the Atlantic pec board on Sunday last, taking toll of no fewer than thirty lives, and…

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Storm at Deputation Bondi Deviations

The Labor Daily · Friday 25 February 1927 · page 6

Something closely approaching wordy warfare wan waged yesterday in the offices of Mr. Dunn. Acting Minister for Lands, when he received…

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