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Floods & storms, 1927

1,877 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 94

Still Stormy More Heavy Rains Flood Prospects

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 April 1927 · page 3

Continuing its erratic career, the cyclone moved still farther, north yesterday, and latest reports indicated that its centre was…

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Under Water Floods in America 22,000 Refugees New York

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 April 1927 · page 8

Floods have now inundated extensive fertile areas bordering the Mississippi River, and 22,000 inhabitants are refugees…

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Cyclone's Toll Grows Nineteen Killed; Sea Claims Eleven Storm Has Now Passed Sydney

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 5

The death roll of the cyclone now totals 19. Of this number, 11 were victims of the sea, 10 men and a woman being drowned when a launch was dashed on to a breakwater in Botany Bay…

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Storm-wrack

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 10

Easter, 1927, and its sequel will long be remembered in the coastal areas of New South Wales. We are not unused to storms and torrential downpours, but…

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Cyclone Victim Well-known Cricketer

The Labor Daily · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 2

A WELL-KNOWN Cumberland cricketer was a victim of the cyclone in the person of Frank Fitzgibbon…

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Last Kick Marsina in Cyclone

The Sun · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 13

Shocking weather was experienced by the Marsina after she left Brisbane on her way from Rabaul. The passengers were thankful to make port…

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U.S. Storms Dwarf Sydney's Cyclone Hundred Dead 30,000 Homeless Damage £5,000,000 New York

Evening News · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 14

STORMS and Roods over the basis of the [?] River continue [?]bated. Latest estimated are that 100 people are dead, 800…

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No More Rain Cooler Weather Cyclone Moves Seaward

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 5

After nearly a week of rain, the weather along the coast yesterday showed definite signs of returning to normal…

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Lost in Floods Mississippi Valley Swept Over 100 Dead Gale Increases Damage Kansas City

The Sun · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 1

Beneath overcast skies thousands of farmers and townspeople in the southern middle-western States are marooned on the levees and banks of the…

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The Cyclone. Passes Away from Coast. Fine Weather Returning

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 11

The cyclone which has caused the torrential rains and gales on the coast of New South Wales has practically passed away from the coast. Yesterday morning it was centred…

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Lost—a Cyclone Not Wanted Back Bright Weather Now

Evening News · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 8

FOR the first time during the past week Sydney people were able to discard overcoats and umbrellas to-day, as they awoke to bright…

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No Compensation "Storm Was Act of God"

The Sun · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 17

A ratepayer of Carlingford- road, Epping, wrote to Dundas Council last night claiming £10 compensation for damage to his home by the cyclone,…

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Balkans Storms Serbs' Sterner Policy New Cabinet's Trend Belgrade, Wed

The Labor Daily · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 1

THE new Juge-Slavian Government is expected to adopt a sterner policy in the Balkans; the Foreign Minister, M. Marinovie, in particular, is not so…

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The Storm. Sixteen Deaths. Great Damage. Weather Moderating

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 12

In addition to the five deaths already reported, eight people have been drowned in a launch disaster at Botany Bay, and three others are missing, so that the fatalities…

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"Don't Go" Wife's Sad Plea Cyclone Disaster Police Still Searching

The Sun · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 13

A squad of police, under Inspector Long, of Marrickville, and several civilians are keeping a sharp lookout on Lady Robinson's Beach for the…

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Iron Baron Safe Weathered the Storm Shipping Scattered Newcastle

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 5

Word was received in Newcastle today that the B.H.P. steamer Iron Baron, which, during the height of the storm, was blown 70 miles north, to Montague…

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Sunshine Again at the Royal Show After the Storm Wreckage Disappears

Evening News · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 13

IT was difficult to realise in the glorious sunshine at the Royal Show to-day that the great Easter festival had been held up for so…

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Botany Bay Disaster. Eight Drowned; Three Missing Launch Wrecked in Cyclone. Driven Over the Breakwater

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 11

It was established by the police yesterday that the launch Bronya foundered on Monday evening during the fiercest storm that has swept Botany Bay in the past 50 years. The bodies of eight of the eleven persons known to have been on…

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Grim Hunt for Missing Three Storm Victims Botany Bay Disaster Eight Identified

Evening News · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 13

THE SEARCH was resumed to-day for the bodies of the three missing victims of the Botany Bay disaster…

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Storm's Sweep Widespread Havoc in Country Inland Seas Motor-car Party Swims to Safety

The Sun · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 17

Complete details of the terrific damage by the cyclone in country districts are now coming through. Many towns suffered the greatest floods within memory. At West Maitland homes were isolated, at Darrawank, water…

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