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Floods & storms, 1927

1,877 stories in Sydney's papers · page 54 of 94

Cyclone's Fury Takes Toll in Holland 33 KILLED; 300 Hurt Belgium Swept Also London

Evening News · Thursday 2 June 1927 · page 13

IN a great cyclone that swept the province of Gelderland, in Holland, 33 were killed and 300…

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"Weathered Many Gales" Complimentary Farewell to Capt. John Vine Hall

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 June 1927 · page 28

"May Captain John Vine Hall, having weathered many a gale in life's struggle, now find a port of peace and quiet. with a good anchorage and…

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Fierce Cyclone. Many People Killed. Villages Destroyed. London, June 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 June 1927 · page 11

A great cyclone swept over Holland yesterday. In the province of Gelderland 30 were killed and 300 injured. The storm centred on Eibergen and Neede…

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Wheat Harvest Toll of Storm and Fire Estimates Reduced

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 June 1927 · page 12

Final returns of the N.S.W. wheat harvest for the Benson 1926-27 have been received by the Government Statistician (Mr. T. Waltes)…

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Thirty Killed Holland is Struck by Cyclone 300 Are Injured London

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 June 1927 · page 5

Thirty were killed and 300 injured in a cyclone in the province of Gelderland, Holland. The centre of the storm was at…

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Thousands Homeless After Awful Cyclone Levelled Nature's Huge Scythe Cellar Refuges Germany and Holland Suffer

The Sun · Friday 3 June 1927 · page 1

The cyclone that caused many deaths and did a great deal of damage in Holland on Wednesday continued its destructive career into Germany, but, though houses were razed or unroofed, the inhabitants were able to take refuge in cellars…

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Man Who Flew Atlantic America's Floods

Evening News · Friday 3 June 1927 · page 16

CHARLES A. LINDBERG, standing in front of the plane in which he flew the Atlantic. At the time of his entry all eyes were centred on the Wright-Bellanca effort, which received much publicity. It was abandoned when Lindberg reached Paris. MISSISSIPPI FLOODS—The levee at Poydras, before a hole was…

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Recovering After Mississippi Flood Planting Cotton Wholesale Vaccination New Orleans

The Sun · Friday 3 June 1927 · page 1

Already cotton is being planted in the areas bared by the receding floods…

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Fourteen Dead 180 Injured Cyclone's Havoc [?]Ath Through Holland and Germany the Hague

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 5

ELEVEN people [?] and 150 [?] result of yesterday's [?] Holland…

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Cyclone Terror in Holland Like a Black Pillar of Smoke Hundreds Were Hurt the Hague

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 5

Eye-witnesses of the cyclone which swept through Holland and Belgium and Germany, describe its approach as like a heavy black pillar of smoke from…

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Tricksters Take Melbourne Society by Storm Valet Feted and Financed as Lord "British Colonel" and His Friend the Judge

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 9

MOST OF OUR OVERSEAS visitors are amazed at the overwhelming hospitality lavished upon, them by Melbourne's society leaders…

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Of Making Many Books Canberra's Legends John Gale's Book Unknown Beauties

The Sun · Sunday 5 June 1927 · page 18

"Where are most of the Federal Capital's foundation-stones?" The Prince of Wales was standing on Kurrajong Hill when he ashed this…

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OVER 100 Dead in Kentucky Floods Great Property Damage Louisville (Ky.), June 3

The Sun · Sunday 5 June 1927 · page 1

Floods which followed disastrous storms in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky last week-end resulted, according to the incomplete reports…

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Another Flood Disaster Great Property Damage LOUISVILLE

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 5 June 1927 · page 2

Floods, followed by disastrous storms, in the mountains of eastern Kentucky, last week-end, resulted in upwards of a hunderd deaths, and…

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Storms in Kentucky. Heavy Loss of Life. Vancouver, June 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 June 1927 · page 9

A message from Louisville states that the [?]oods were followed by disastrous storms in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky last weekend which resulted in upwards of 100 deaths…

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Two Drown When Sea Floods Fishing Smack Fight for Life Futile in Heavy Waves Daring Rescuers Brave Rocks to Aid Third Man Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Monday 6 June 1927 · page 5

TWO men were drowned, and a third lies seriously ill in Newcastle Hospital, following the capsize of a fishing smack on the bar at Swansea, ..bout 7 o'clock this morning. The 'dead are:-- ALBERT DAVIES SHIRLEY, married, laborer, Nott Street, Merewether…

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Severe Cyclone Warning to Shipping

The Sun · Tuesday 7 June 1927 · page 9

A very severe cyclone is indicated over the central and southern parts of the Tasman Sea, with its centre about latitude…

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Cyclone Cause of Rough Seas

Evening News · Tuesday 7 June 1927 · page 14

THE Weather Bureau to-day issued the following ocean forecast:— "A very central and south Tasman Sea…

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Five Men Missing Storm Holds Secret Auckland

The Sun · Tuesday 7 June 1927 · page 10

Five men went fishing in a launch near Opotiki on Friday, and have not been seen nor heard of since. A heavy sea is running with an easterly…

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Five Missing in a Raising Gale N.Z. Fishing Party Two Days Overdue Auckland

Evening News · Tuesday 7 June 1927 · page 13

GRAVE anxiety is felt for the safety of five men who set out on a fishing expedition from Kutarere, near Opoliki, on…

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