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Floods & storms, 1927

1,877 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 94

Flood Havoc Queensland Relief Fund BRISBANE

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 7

At a meeting of citizens in the Town Hall today, it was decided to inaugurate a fund to relieve distress in the north caused by the recent cyclone…

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More Floods Heavy Rain in Q'land Bridges Submerged Brisbane

The Sun · Saturday 5 March 1927 · page 7

The coastal belt of Southern Queensland is again experiencing heavy rain, which in places has been of a torrential nature…

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More Floods Bridge 13 Feet Under Help for Victims ? BRISBANE

The Sun · Sunday 6 March 1927 · page 2

Financial aid for reconditioning cane farms in the Herbert River district, which were damaged by the recent floods, was today asked of the…

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Storm Centre

The Labor Daily · Monday 7 March 1927 · page 1

Plan of Shanghai, showing foreign Settlements and the Chinees areas. The main body of the Nationalists appears to be advancing from the south…

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Rain Storm. Sweeps Sydney. 109 Points Recorded

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 March 1927 · page 12

Heavy, almost torrential, rain fell at Sydney on Saturday afternoon, a total of 109 points being recorded at the Weather Bureau within a few hours…

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A Prize Sealy Ham Terrier Great Storm in Britain

The Sun · Monday 7 March 1927 · page 14

TO DEFEND SHANGHAI. Guns of the Royal Artillery being shipped to China from England. SLEDGE DOGS in their snowbound kennels. These dogs are used on a mail service in the Jungfrau railway, in Switzerland. A SEALYHAM TERRIER, which has won five "firsts" at the…

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Stop Press. Floods in Queensland. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 March 1927 · page 10

Heavy rains during the week-end have caused floods in the Nambour district. Pinbarren Creek rose to a higher level than had previously been known…

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Heavy Rain On North Coast Cool Southerlies

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 March 1927 · page 11

The rain which fell in New South Wales during the week-end covered all the coastal areas and highlands, a large part of the central west…

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CENSURE! Storm In Caucus Liquor Bill Defeat

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 March 1927 · page 7

There was a stormy scene in the Parliamentary Labor Caucus yesterday, when a report of the Government Whip (Mr. Mark…

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Cyclone. in Madagascar. 500 Lives Lost. Appalling Destruction. CAPETOWN. March 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 March 1927 · page 11

The Port Couis correspondent of the "cope Argus" cables that appailing destruction was caused by a cyclone on the erst coast of Madagascar. It is reported…

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Big Death Roll Madagascar Suffers By Cyclone 500 Lives Lost Capetown

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 March 1927 · page 1

Five hundred lives were lost in a cyclone in Madagascar. The Port Louis (Mauritius) correspondent of the Cape "Argus" cables…

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Cyclone Hits Madagascar Town in Ruins Tidal Wave Havoc Among Boats Capetown

Evening News · Tuesday 8 March 1927 · page 9

THE Port Louis correspondent of the "Cape Argus" cables that [?] has been caused by a cyclone as the east…

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Argentine Floods Eleven People Die Vancouver

Evening News · Tuesday 8 March 1927 · page 9

Torrential rains, leading to record-breaking floods, are reported from the Argentine. In the Ju[?] district 11 people are…

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Eleven Dead Argentine Floods Vancouver

The Sun · Tuesday 8 March 1927 · page 15

Record floods have followed torrential rains at Junjui Argentine), and eleven persons are known to be dead…

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Queensland Floods Italian Relief Fund

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 March 1927 · page 12

The "Italo-Australian," the organ of the Italian colony in Australia, has opened a fund in favor of sufferers affected by the recent floods in north…

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Seaport Wrecked Madagascar Cyclone Tidal Wave Seaport Demolished. Capetown

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 March 1927 · page 5

A message from Port Louis states that, while the death roll at Tamatave (Madagascar) was exaggerated, the destruction of property is…

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Storm's Wash-out in Sydney Games Cut Short : Jackson Again : Glebe Going Strong

Referee · Wednesday 9 March 1927 · page 12

Dull light followed by a terrific rainstorm caused premature adjournment in the Sydney premiership games On Saturday. It is unlikely that there will be…

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N.S. Wales Athletic Championships James Carlton, Champion Schoolboy, Wins 100Yds in Great Finish Seven Titles Retained : A Queensland Victory : Severe Thunderstorm Causes Wash-out

Referee · Wednesday 9 March 1927 · page 9

Commenced at Manly Oval on Saturday afternoon in dull and sultry weather, the first section of the State track and field…

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Lucky Saved From Flooded Sewer London, Tuesday Night

The Sun · Wednesday 9 March 1927 · page 1

A sudden rainstorm, flooding the low-level sewers, swept a laborer, Robert Churchyard, who was working beneath Fleet-street, in the…

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In the Snow Storms Follow Japanese Quake 70,000 Homeless Floods and Damaged Railways Block Relief

The Sun · Thursday 10 March 1927 · page 1

Official reports fix the death roll in the Japanese earthquake as 2275, while over 4000 persons were injured. The stricken districts where 70,000 homeless persons have been forced to live in the snow, arc now the scenes of violent rain and…

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