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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1927

1,877 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 94

Toll of Floods. Along Mississippi. Widespread Destruction. New York, April 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 April 1927 · page 11

News received in New York says the toll of life and destruction of property in the storms and floods in the Mississippi Basin and south and central parts of the United…

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Facing Death Mississippi Floods Families in Peril Epidemics Break Out Chicago

The Sun · Friday 22 April 1927 · page 1

The advance of the greatest flood in the history of the Mississippi is still watched with acute anxiety. Eighty thousand people are homeless, and 100…

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Flood's Toll Over 100 Dead 30,000 Homeless New York

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 April 1927 · page 10

The toll of life and destruction of property by storms and floods in the Mississippi basin and the south and central States continues…

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To a Cyclone

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 April 1927 · page 11

Since the stars in their courses commanded My launching on life's troubled sea, From buffets and blows, to be candid, My Journey has seldom bean free;…

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After the Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 April 1927 · page 21

A survey of many of the suburbs yesterday revealed that in some instances the damage sustained through the recent cyclone was not as severe…

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Cyclone Aftermath How Roads Were Affected

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 April 1927 · page 15

The damage to roads affected by the recent boisterous weather in the coastal and table- lands regions is assessed by the N.R.M.A. Touring Department as representing tens of…

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Cyclone Damage Close on £250.000 Based on Reports

The Sun · Saturday 23 April 1927 · page 6

Basing their calculations on reports received from police, rail, and tramway sources, the authorities estimate that the damage done by the recent cyclone…

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Music & Musicians Fury of the Gale Part Singing Popular

Evening News · Saturday 23 April 1927 · page 7

It needed considerable musical enthu[?] on the part of the members of the Royal Sydney Apollo Club to endeavor to make a success of their…

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A Storm Echo Geranium's Launch Commander's Statement

Evening News · Saturday 23 April 1927 · page 7

An certain statements have appeared in a morning paper concerning an occurrence in Monday night's storm, when a launch was…

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The Vision of a Storm=proof City ?

The Sun · Saturday 23 April 1927 · page 4

THERE are certain lessons which force themselves on its after a big storm like that which did all the damage on Monday night. These storms, fortunately, are not of yearly occurrence, but there is no natural reason why we should not have a period of greater frequency,…

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Hurt in Gale Seaman Landed Hurled on Winch Auckland

Evening News · Saturday 23 April 1927 · page 2

jAMES THOMAS, a seeman on the [?] bound from castle to Gisborne, sustained serious internal injuries during the…

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Dash for Life Steamer in Gale Injured Seaman Auckland (Nz.)

The Sun · Saturday 23 April 1927 · page 5

The [?]umata ran into a heavy sale after leaving Newcastle for Gisborne on April 14, and was considerably buttered. A seaman, Joseph Thomas,…

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Where to Motor the Safe Routes Avoid Dangers Due to Storm N.r.m.a. Makes Special Report That Parramatta Road Again

Evening News · Saturday 23 April 1927 · page 3

LATE yesterday the N.R.M.A. reported that through traffic by the direct route was now possible to such centres as Goulburn and Canberra. Nowra and Orange. It was still impossible to travel by way of Wiseman's Ferry to…

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Your Garden Cleaning up After the Storm -- Ground Preparations for the Growing Season -- Lifting the Dahlia Bulbs -- How to do it -- Planting Roses -- In the Vegetable Patch -- Cultivating Cauli[?] flowers

The Labor Daily · Saturday 23 April 1927 · page 9

THOSE who love their gardens will be wanting to get to work cleaning up the flower bets and digging in plenty of manure to make…

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Flood in Colyton!

Nepean Times · Saturday 23 April 1927 · page 3

In our columns a few weeks ago appeared the anuouncomcnt from our correspondent of "Welcome Showers, but could do with an inch or two…

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2 00 Dead in American Floods City's Peril Mississippi Holocaust Worst to Come New, York

Evening News · Saturday 23 April 1927 · page 6

AT LEAST thirty more have been drowned in the Missis sippi floods in the past 24 hours. The total number of deaths…

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Growing Worse Mississippi Floods Spread Greenville's Fate Maddened Cattle Stampeding Through Streets

The Sun · Saturday 23 April 1927 · page 1

The toll of death, desolation and destruction, caused by the floods in the Mississippi Valley, is hourly growing greater. President Coolidge, in supporting the Red Cross appeal for help, states that, according to official reports, this is the worst…

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Record Hauls Fish in Lake Illawarra Result of Flood Port Kemela

The Sun · Saturday 23 April 1927 · page 3

The entrance to Lake Hawarra, which had been closed from the sea, is now open, the flooded waters having scoured a channel. The muddy…

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60,000 in Distress Flood Refugees Many Swept to Death Vast Areas Inundated in U.S.A. WASHINGTON

The Labor Daily · Saturday 23 April 1927 · page 1

OVER 60,000 people are now homeless owing to the Mississippi Hoods. 7500 square miles of country being under water…

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Myall River Flooded. Bullahdelah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 April 1927 · page 16

A record rainfall of 24 inches has been recorded here. The Myall River rose quickly, and by 6 o'clock last night the water was spreading over the town. The residents of…

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