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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1927

1,877 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 94

The Mississippi. Toll of the Floods. New York, April 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 April 1927 · page 15

The gravity of the disaster in the Mississippi Basin is increasing hourly. At present it is estimated that 160 are dead. It is feared that the list will be much heavier, as many inundared…

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Sadie Gale Fullers' Programme

The Sun · Sunday 24 April 1927 · page 5

Sadie Gale delighted the audience at Pullers' Theatre yesterday with her singing, and war encored again and…

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Death and Devastation: U.s. Gales

Sunday Times · Sunday 24 April 1927 · page 1

Over 200 persons have lost their lives, about 100,000 are homeless, and the damage to property is…

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Tug's Triumph Fight to Reach Riverina Fighting the Cyclone

The Sun · Sunday 24 April 1927 · page 2

The story of the struggle of the gallant little tug St. Giles as she fought her way down the coast against the cyclone to the rescue of the wrecked…

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On the Wings of the Storm Tragedy Comes With Mission Steamer John Williams Man Killed, Another Arrested

Truth · Sunday 24 April 1927 · page 23

WITH the coming of the Mission steamer John Williams to Sydney on Wednesday evening there was tragedy. AS the steamer that takes Christianity and peace to the heathen came to Harbor on the wings of the storm, one of the crew,…

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Sadie Gale Again in Fullers' Revue

The Labor Daily · Monday 25 April 1927 · page 7

SADIE GALE was a welcome addition to the Stiffy and Mo Revue at Fullers' on Saturday, and with the help of the Radio Six, a…

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Battered by Storm. Terrifying Experiences. the Captain's Bravery

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 April 1927 · page 10

What happened to the Mungana and her crew last week, when huge seas damaged her rudder, smashed boats, gear, buckets, davits, and doors, and came within an inch of…

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Flood Victims Negroes and Whites

Evening News · Monday 25 April 1927 · page 7

GREENVILLE U.S.A., Sunday IT IS ESTIMATED that more than 100 negroes were drowned in floods north of here yesterday…

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MISSISSIPPI. Terrible Flood. Greater Disaster Feared. President's Appeal. New York, April 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 April 1927 · page 9

It is hourly made manifest that the floods within the Mississippi Basin are growing in volume, and that their menace increases. On Thursday at least 30 people were drowned…

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Flood Damage. Wauchope

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 April 1927 · page 10

Within the Hastings Shire an enormo[?] amount of damage was caused by the rec[?] rain and floods. One bridge was comple[?] washed away, and another seriously damage…

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Flood-swept Mississippi Peril Worse to Come ? 'Planes to the Rescue Kansas City (Missouri), April 23

The Sun · Monday 25 April 1927 · page 1

All the flood-swept towns in the Mississippi Valley report food shortages. Greenville is suffering the most acutely…

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Mine Flooded Water's Wild Rush West Maitland

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 April 1927 · page 3

Ayrfield No. 1 colliery, where a splendid seam of over 30ft. was being worked, has been badly flooded. A subsidence occurred in the swamp area…

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Many Perish Floods and Winds in America Disease Feared New York

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 April 1927 · page 1

At least 30 more have been drowned in the Mississippi floods during the past 24 hours bringing the total death list from drowning…

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Fujisan Makes Triumphant Dash in All-aged Stakes! Storm Aid for Stranded Riverina Gale Might Move Sand Salvage Plans Eden

The Sun · Tuesday 26 April 1927 · page 13

With anchors and salvage gear for the Riverina on board, the steamer Bergalia arrived in Twofold Bay this morning…

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Seaplanes in Cyclone Halt at Jervis Bay Melbourne

The Sun · Tuesday 26 April 1927 · page 2

The three seaplanes which left Sydney for Point Cook on Easter Sunday were exposed to the full strength of the cyclonic conditions which…

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Terrible Gale. Steamer's Rough Passage. Seaman Injured. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 April 1927 · page 11

The steamer Ihumata, proceeding from Newcastle to Gisborne, put into Auckland to land a seaman, James Thomas, 55 years, who was injured during a gale on April 16…

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"Lumps of Suet" British Playgoers Sybil Causes Storm London

Evening News · Tuesday 26 April 1927 · page 4

SYBIL THORNDIKR, the noted actress has called theatre audi[?] adding that she is not a servant of the public…

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Mississippi Floods Cause Big Damage

Evening News · Tuesday 26 April 1927 · page 20

THE MISSISSIPPI BASIN, where tremendous damage is being caused by floods, probably worse thin any region, has ever experienced. Rain is still falling over Arkansas. Missouri, Mississippi, and Alabama. LITTERED WITH WRECKAGE.—A Mississippi countryside Littered…

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FLOODS. In United States. Appalling Death-roll. Montreal, April 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 April 1927 · page 11

A despatch from Memphis says: "With the Mississippi surging past this city at a rate in excess of 2,000,000 cubic feet of water a second, and in excess of 3,000 000 cubic feet…

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Colliery Flooded. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 April 1927 · page 16

Ayrfield No. 1 colliery is seriously flooded, and about one hundred miners will be rendered Idle. Flood waters on the surrounding country are deeper than they have been…

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