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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1927

1,877 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 94

Where Fishing Is Good Flood Waters Bring Down Big Schools at Forster FORSTER

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 April 1927 · page 2

The last flood brought down big schools of large bream and flathead to the channels at Forster from the four rivers of the Cape Hawke watershed…

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Nearly Missed Lunch Premier's Narrow Escape Newcastle's Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 April 1927 · page 21

A deputation from Newcastle nearly robbed the Premier (Mr. Lang) of his lunch yesterday. The deputation which included four…

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Cyclone Victims Inquests

Evening News · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 1

An coho[?] the trag[?] which occurred during the recent cyclone will be [?] at the City Coro[?] Court next Wednesday…

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Cyclone's Victims Inquests Next

The Sun · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 12

The City Coroner (Mr. H. W. Fletcher) has decided to hold the inquests on the victims of the recent cyclone next Wednesday…

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Motoring. Touring Roads. Damaged by Storms

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 15

Many popular touring roads are still obstructed by debris and wreckage left by the recent cyclone and floods, and are consequently inaccessible to touring motorists. Lady Carrington Drive, the Upper…

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Storm Wrack at Hunter's Hill

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 30

It was reported at Wednesday night's meeting of the Hunter's Hill Council, that, owing to last week's storm it had been necessary to employ men…

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The Late Storm—a Correction

The Cronulla-Sutherland Advocate · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 2

In last Friday’s issue of the Advocate, in the account of damage done by the storm, Mr. Ray. C. Dallimore’s of business at Caringb[?] was…

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Delayed by Storm New Kurnell Church

Evening News · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 13

A MEMORIAL church is being erected at Kurnell, in memory of Rev. Harold When, ex-President of the Methodist Conference. It was…

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Riots Feared Amid New Orleans Floods Dynamiting Levee Drastic Action To-day Fight for Doomed Homesteads Farmers Defy the State's Decree Appalling Death Roll of Deluge Memphis, Tenn[?]

Evening News · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 1

THE FEAR of bloodshed in the Acadia district of Louisiana, which is doomed to be flooded when the levee is dynamited to-morrow in order to save New Orleans from the tidal wave which is sweeping down…

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Curried 'Coota Clutha's Gay Adventure From Tassie a Midget in a Gale

The Sun · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 10

"A huge sea, 45 feet high, caught us once and I got the full force of it. Luckily, however, I was lashed to the tiller."…

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The Storm and Electrical System Efficient Work by County Council Staff

The St George Call · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 6

The chief electrical engineer reported to the County Council that considerable damage to the electric light construction was done by the storm last…

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Flooded Out Ratepayer's Grievance

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 7

Mr. Charles Ruxton, of Senior-street, Canley Vale, had an unenviable experience during the recent wet weather. He wrote to Cabra-Vale Council, his…

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Flood Sidelights The Eggs Survived

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 4

Prior to the recent hurricane a couple of hens, belonging to Mr. Ike Ferris, of Parramatta North, decided to rid themselves of the constant cackle of the…

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Narrow Escape Drove into Stream While Flood Raged

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 6

Messrs. W. Porter and McKeown had a narrow escape from a watery grave while driving on the Galston—Glenorie-road on Easter Monday night…

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Motoring Trade Gossip Through Flooded Arfa Neat Showroom Display

Evening News · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 11

Vulcan Lorries Distributor—Mr. W. T. C[?], of Glenn[?]-road [?] has been appointed sole distributor for N.S.W for V[?] British [?]…

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New Orleans. Flood Menace. Cutting the Levee. To Save the City. New York, April 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 11

Government officials having endorsed the scheme of the Governor of Louisiana, preparations are being made to cut the [?] below the city, to save New Orleans from…

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First Shots Fired in U.s.a. Flood Crisis Warning Desperate Farmers Levee Patrolled Negroes Loot Stricken Area

The Sun · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 1

Rifle shots, humming over the official steamer during an inspection of the levee south of New Orleans, which will be cut in an effort to save the city from the onrush of the Mississippi flood waters, warned the officials that the patrolling farmers, whose lands…

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"Spare That Tree!" Policy Saves Floods Mississippi's Lesson Now 200,000 Refugees Washington

The Labor Daily · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 1

HOMELESS fugitives from the Mississippi floods now total 200,000, and the number is increasing daily…

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Main Roads Board Blamed for Flood Damage

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 30

Criticism was levelled at the Main Roads Board for the method in which it was re-constructing the Homebush section of the Parramatta Road, by…

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World's Storm Factory

The World's News · Saturday 30 April 1927 · page 38

We think of the Arctic region as a country of terrible frosts and storms. This is a mistake. From the seventieth degree of latitude, which runs through the middle…

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