Flood Losses Produce and Stock Road Damage (Continued from Page 6) WINGHAM
Several culverts in the municipality have been much damaged, and traffic has been interrupted owing to washaways. The rush of water on Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Floods & storms, 1927
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Child Drowned at Wyong Newcastle Floods City Is Isolated Newcastle
Devastating floods at Wyong have resulted in the death of Eva Hicks, 8, whose body was found about eight miles from the town…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cessnock Again Has the Fury of the Flood People Make Ready Rescue Station Damaged Wollombi Inundated Cessnock
One continuous heavy downpour of rain on Good Friday awakened those people living in areas liable to flood to the possibility of a recurrence of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Floods in America Hundreds Marooned Great Damage New Orleans
Battered by the highest floods since 1921 the Mississippi River levee gave way in several places, and the collapse of the only barrier…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods at Newcastle
View of Street at Smedmore. Tudor Street Extended, Hamilton…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Hawkesbury in Flood Scenes of Devastation
Windsor Bridge which was almost submerged by flood water. Last night the water was falling rapidly. Top: Sydney visitors viewing the flood at McGrath's Hill. A crop of vegetables and lucerne is somewhere under the water. Bottom: The main road from the "Silo" to Windsor, recently completed by the Main Roads Board, and opened for traffic only a few weeks ago…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sydney's Worst Easter Loss of Life; Heavy Damage Serious Floods and Washaways
Easter, 1927, will be remembered as one of the most wretched and miserable N.S.W. has experienced. The holidays were completely spoilt, and widespread damage--running into many thousands of pounds--was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cyclone on the Coast. Storm Rages in Sydney. Strong Gale, High Seas, Heavy Rain Warning to Shipping. Buildings in Suburbs Blown Down
The cyclonic disturbance which passed along the coast of New South Wales in a southerly direction at the week-end has increased in intensity and changed its course, and last night was traversing the coast in a northerly direction…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Cyclone South Coast Deluge Trains Held Up
Downpours have occurred on the central and south coast. Most places in those districts and on the Blue Mountains received over 3in.,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Southerly Gales
City Forecast--Unsettled, with rain squalls: strong southerly winds to gale force: rough seas:…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →FIRE-FIGHTING In Heavy Rain City Building Ablaze
Firemen fought what threatened to become a serious outbreak of fire in the Queen Victoria Market Buildings in George Street, City, early this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Q.m. Markets Blaze Quelled in Heavy Rain
Firemen turned out in Heavy rain to a fire at Queen Victoria Markets, city, early this morning. An outbreak in the centre of the first…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storm Damage
A series of pictures of the devastation wrought by the storm appears on Page 20…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Ships Warned of Cyclone
THE Weather Bureau has issued the following warning to shipping:— "The centre of the eye lone at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Coast. Gales and Rain
A report from Wellengong at 6 o'clock last night stated that the wind had attained a velocity of about 45 miles an hour. Heavy rain commenced at midday, and it was still…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fighting the Raging Gale
The Riverina as she ploughed her way through the mountainous seas on her way up the coast…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Rain. in the City. 11 Inches in Five Days
Heavy rain fell in the city again yesterday afternoon, and last night there were torrential downpours. Following on the fine weather on Sunday,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Cyclone Returns--Riverina May be Lost Cyclone Comes Again Sydney and Suburbs Suffer Heavily Floods Feared in the South
A sixty-four mile gale lashed Sydney furiously with driving rain last night. Terrific seas broke along the coast, and shipping at sea was fiercely buffeted. Widespread damage was done in the city and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Storm-swept City
Furious gusts of wind and sheets of water that fell unremittingly transformed the city streets last night into swiftly running streams. The fury of last night's storm,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Flood Warnings. Issued by Mr. Mares. Effect of Cyclone
The eastern portion of New South Wales is again in the grip of a cyclonic disturbance. Further rain of a torrential nature is indicated on the South Coast, and flood warnings…
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