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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1927

1,877 stories in Sydney's papers · page 49 of 94

Storm Tossed. The Kilcredane. Fighing the Inrush of Water. Fremantle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 May 1927 · page 12

Fully laden, with rock phosphato from Nauru, the Kilcredane ran into a storm off the south coast early on Saturday morning and, with a list of six degrees to starboard,…

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State of the Roads Still the Storm Affects Some Tourist Routes Belmore Falls District a Trip to Burrinjuck Dam

Evening News · Thursday 12 May 1927 · page 7

THE CLOSE-IN ROADS are treated in this week's bulletin by the Touring Department of the N.R.M.A. It is indicated that most of the reuter put temporarily off the motorists map by the heavy weather—such as Lady Carrington Drive, Upper…

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Damaged by Storm

The Propeller · Friday 13 May 1927 · page 1

Rockdale Council at its last meeting decided to write to the Parliamentary members for the district and the Minister for Lands asking them to pay a…

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After the Storm Washed Flowers Away Ratepayer's Livelihood

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 13 May 1927 · page 7

A Howther, wrote to the Cabra-Vale Council this week complaining of the had drainage above his premises in Canley-Vale, where, after the last storm, he…

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Flooded Roads Brisbane to Sydney Motorists' Experiences

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 13 May 1927 · page 16

The many and varied experiences of a motorist travelling in wet weather to and from Brisbane were described by Jack Perry, the well-known…

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Mississippi Floods Many Persons Marooned Thousands of Refugees

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 May 1927 · page 2

Commenting upon the Mississippi floods (early details of which have already appeared in the "Farmer and Settler") the Secretary for Commerce…

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Mississippi Flood. Threat of New Levee Break. New York, May 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 May 1927 · page 11

The impact of the swollen Mississippi River now bears heaviest on the Bayou des Glaizes levee, in which a break is expected hourly. This would flood some of the richest…

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£60,000,000 But Will Be More U.S. Flood Losses Another Spill-over Memphis (Tenn.)

The Sun · Friday 13 May 1927 · page 1

The Secretary for Commerce (Mr. Hoover) estimates that the losses caused by the floods on the Mississippi total £60,000,000…

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Vast Sums Wanted U.S. Flood Relief Army of Victims Still Growing Washington

The Labor Daily · Friday 13 May 1927 · page 1

RED CROSS officials have announced that the 10,000,000 dollar fund fur flood relief hue been over-subscribed by more time 100,000 dollars, but…

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Another Break Is Feared Rich Sugar Growing Areas will be Flooded New Orleans

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 May 1927 · page 15

A break, in the Bayou-Desglaizes levee is expected hourly. Some of the richest sugar-growing areas in Southern Louisiana will be flooded…

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Fire and Flood Heroes Royal Society's Awards Announced

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 May 1927 · page 19

Bravery in bush- fire and flood was rewarded yesterday at the monthly meeting of the Royal Shipwreck Relief and Humane Society of New South…

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Storm in Calcutta

The Sun · Saturday 14 May 1927 · page 3

During a 20-minute storm in Colcutta on Friday evening, two men were drewned, four liners broke from their mooring, and four country ships…

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Operation in a Gale. How Doctors Saved Seaman's Life

The World's News · Saturday 14 May 1927 · page 19

The splendid surgical work of three doctors to save the life of an injured seaman while the ship tossed in a gale was described when the American Trader berthed…

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Britain's Richest Heiress Mark[?]es Father's Sec'y Crowds Storm Church London

The Labor Daily · Saturday 14 May 1927 · page 6

BRITAIN'S wealthiest heiress. Miss Mary Ashley, yesterday married Captain A. S. C. Reid, M.P. (Cons.). The ceremony wm a brilliant…

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Pent Up Waters Wreak More Havoc Huge Inland Sea Released Floods Travel 20 Miles a Day Louisiana Disaster Intensifies New Orleans

Evening News · Saturday 14 May 1927 · page 1

FLOOD WATERS have clipped a great section out of the Bayou des daises levee at Borde Lonville. Sixty thousand people have been driven from their homes as a result, and another million acres is threatened with…

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The World s News. Serial and Short Stories Novelty in News and Views Flood Prevention and Control

The World's News · Saturday 14 May 1927 · page 3

THE great flood disaster which has occurred on the Mississippi River has naturally aroused world-wide interest in the problems of flood prevention and…

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New Orleans. Threat of Flood. Danger Still Acute. New York, May 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 May 1927 · page 15

Telegrams from New Orleans state that while no definite break has yet occurred in the Bayou des Glaizes levee, water to-day began pouring over the dyke levels. The…

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Riding the Storm

The Sun · Sunday 15 May 1927 · page 3

"I am glad that I was not born later, as there would have been nothing left to explore except the moon," said Roaid Amundsen, one of the…

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Old Sydney The Sydney That Never Dies. John Gale and Canberra—The Story of the New Capital— Men who Settled There in the Early

Truth · Sunday 15 May 1927 · page 20

SHOULD there be a proud man in Australia to-day, that man should be John Gale, of "The Age" newspaper, Queanbeyan, a town…

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Missing French Aviators may be Safe in Labrador Diverted by Storm Navy Experts' Theory No News for Month ? WASHINGTON

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 15 May 1927 · page 3

LIEUTENANTS Ramsay and Kincaid, naval hydrographic experts, haying carefully studied the weather conditions, have presented a report to Mr…

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