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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1927

1,877 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 94

Royal Show. Dismal Day. Damage by Storm. Ground Under Water

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 April 1927 · page 18

The storm took charge of the Royal Show yesterday. Rain, drenching and relentless, [?]shed over the ground in torrents. The [?]imation usually associated with the show…

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Rugby League Season Opens in Sydney This Week Easter Storms Wipe Out Practice Teams Strengthened Everywhere

Referee · Wednesday 20 April 1927 · page 15

The Rugby League campaign opens in earnest in Sydney this week. Enthusiasm by clubs and players has not been surpassed for years. If this continue, the season should be one of the finest on record among the metropolitan clubs. What influence .this will have on the prospects…

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Widespread Storm Havoc Wild Night Again Distresses Manly Boat Fleet Wrecked Services Resume

Evening News · Wednesday 20 April 1927 · page 11

MORE DAMAGE was caused in Manly last night by the wind and rain. Many more homes suffered In Consequence, while this already…

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Toll of the Storm. Eight Lives Lost. Enormous Damage to Property. Coastal Shipping Ceases

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 April 1927 · page 13

Tragic accidents occurred during the storm that swept over Sydney on Monday night. Eight lives were lost, and enormous damage to property was done. Great areas were submerged yesterday morning…

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Sydney Deluge Floods Out A.J.C CARNIVAL "Pilot's" Story of the Racing : Don Moon's Mud Win in Doncaster on Monday : Limerick Romps Home in St. Leger: Royal Feast's Sires' Produce Stakes : Sydney Cup To-Morrow A.J.C. Worried by Weather Doncaster Handicap Run on Easter Monday Cup Postponed Until To-morrow

Referee · Wednesday 20 April 1927 · page 1

Last week's rain has played havoc with the A.J.C. Autumn meeting. A postponement of the opening day from Saturday last until Monday was unavoidable. The Sydney Cup was to have been decided to-day, but…

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Inman Beats Reece in British Billiards' Championship Reece's New Stroke Raises Storm of Criticism

Referee · Wednesday 20 April 1927 · page 11

The outstanding event in billiards last week was the match between Melbourne in man and Tom Recce, in the first heat of the British Professional Championship…

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McGALE Knock's Out Billy Edwards Newcastle Man Slow As Treacle Right Cross Ends Fight in Seventh Round

Referee · Wednesday 20 April 1927 · page 12

To the amazement of a fairly good house at Brisbane Stadium on Saturday night, Frisco McGale, the colored American, knocked out Billy…

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Nine Are Killed Cyclone's Tragic Toll Extensive Devastation City and Suburbs Suffer Greatly How the Dead Bodies Were Found

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 20 April 1927 · page 5

TRAGIC toll has been taken of life and property in Sydney and suburbs in the worst storm for sixteen years. Nine men have been killed, and three persons injured, some the result of contact with live wires. A conservative estimate of damage to…

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Due to the Storm South Maitland Trains Suspended Heavy Seas Rage Shipping Is Tied Up Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 20 April 1927 · page 7

HEAVY sons pounded the coast here to-day, driven by a S.E. gale of 50 to 55 miles velocity The sight from Nobby's was…

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Police Think Whole Party of 10 Perished 15 Killed Awful Toll of Cyclone Grows Five Bodies in Sand Launch Party Vanished in Wicked Seas

The Sun · Wednesday 20 April 1927 · page 1

Five more bodies were found this morning in the track of the savage cyclone that lashed Sydney on Monday night. This brings the toll of lives exacted by the storm to fifteen. Entangled in three feet of seaweed, sand-drifts, and a wild jumble of flotsam cast up…

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Storm's Death Toll Is Now Thirteen: Sea's Eight Victims Bodies Washed Up One Woman Among Drowned Two Men Not Accounted for Search for 3 Missing in Launch

Evening News · Wednesday 20 April 1927 · page 1

THE TOLL of deaths directly attributable to the storm was increased today to 13. Twelve of the victims were men. Two others met their deaths in the coarse of the tempest, but not directly through its…

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In Flooded Gutter Death at Granville

Evening News · Wednesday 20 April 1927 · page 11

At Granville Council last night Ald. Stanton draw the Mayor's attention to the death of a local resident in the storm…

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Camden Floods Fall of Nepean

Evening News · Wednesday 20 April 1927 · page 11

Rail and road communication between Camden and Campball-town was resumed to-day, the Nepean River having fallen…

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New Mississipi Likely After Floods Huge Area Covered Thousands Homeless Kansas City

Evening News · Wednesday 20 April 1927 · page 1

TORNADOES and cloud bursts last night and to-day have added to the toll of more than a score of lives…

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Colliery Flooded. Result of Subsidence. 300 Men Unemployed. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 April 1927 · page 14

Flood waters found their way into the work ings of the Wallsend colliery during the week end Work at the mine is at a standstill and more than 300 miners it is understood will be…

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Show and Races. Illustrated in the "Sydney Mail." Heavy Floods

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 April 1927 · page 13

An admirable production is the current issue of the "Sydney Mall." This popular Journal's picterial records of the great show at Moore Park have for very many years…

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Mississippi in Flood. Thousands Homeless. New York, April 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 April 1927 · page 13

Floods have now inundated extensive fertile areas bordering the Mississippi River, and 22,000 inhabitants are refugees Rail traffic in many places has been paralysed Hundreds of…

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A Torrential Downpour: Floods Cause Heavy Damage Returning to Newcastle From Anna Bay

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 20 April 1927 · page 24

From Thursday morning till Saturday night heavy rain fell over a wide area of the coastal districts. Shipping was brought practically to a standstill, and a considerable disorganisation of railway traffic was caused by numerous landslides and washaways. Many of the low-lying parts of the Metropolitan area, Newcastle, and other localities were flooded. In the Tuggerah district a girl was drowned, and at Mardi, near Wyong, about 100 residents climbed to the roof of buildings, where they Were rescued by the police…

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To Beat Floods Dine Near Ceiling Cessnock

The Sun · Wednesday 20 April 1927 · page 11

Ingenuity was shown by many residents in the heart of Cessnock before leaving their homes when flood waters were rising. To prevent furniture being swirled…

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Flood Damage Govt. Help Sought Ruined Homes

The Sun · Wednesday 20 April 1927 · page 12

A deputation headed by Messrs Murray, Connell, and Booth, Ms.L.A., waited on the Minister for Works (Mr Flannery) this morning and pointed…

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