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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1927

1,877 stories in Sydney's papers · page 55 of 94

Fresh Floods Arkansas Menaced Torrential Rains "News" Special Little Rock (Ark.)

Evening News · Tuesday 7 June 1927 · page 13

FARMERS engaged on work of rehabilitation have again hren driven to the hills. A new flood threatens to devastate Crittenden…

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Mississippi Flood. Advice to Farmers. New York, June 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 June 1927 · page 11

A conference at Chicago, which was held to discuss matters arising out of the Mississippi flood, decided to request President Coolidge to call a conference of civilian engineer[?] for the…

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The Cyclone. Over the Tasman Sea. Warning to Shipping

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 June 1927 · page 15

The cyclone moving over the Tasman Sea was yesterday morning centred in latitude 35 degrees, and longitude 162 degrees. It is gradually moving eastward…

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New Comet Mr. Gale's Discovery in South-east Sky

The Sun · Wednesday 8 June 1927 · page 15

A new comet was discovered by Mr. Walter Gale early this morning. "It is a hitherto unexpected…

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Storm Tossed. Steanier Damaged. Swept by Huge Wave. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 June 1927 · page 16

While bound from Port Lincoln to Teneriffe to receive orders, the steamer City of Khios was so seriously damaged in a heavy sea that it was necessary to put into Port…

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New Zealand Storm Launch Still Missing Five Fishermen's Fate Auckland

The Sun · Wednesday 8 June 1927 · page 17

Steamers arriving report tempestuous weather. The launch which left Opotiki on Friday with five fishermen aboard is still missing. The gravest…

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Calm Before the Storm Peking's Surface Quiet Tientsin an Armed Camp Tientsin

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 8 June 1927 · page 1

WITH the rapid arrival of troops, Tientsin is taking on the appearance of an armed camp, reminiscent of the days of…

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Back to the Hills 20,000 Again Menaced by Floods Fears for the Levees New York

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 June 1927 · page 5

Littlerock farmers, engaged in the work of rehabilitation, are again being driven to the hilis by a new flood, which threatens to devastate…

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Cyclone Passes Away. Rain Inland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 June 1927 · page 12

The severe cyclone which was centred over the Tasman Sea has passed away to the east. The heavy seas caused by the disturbance are now expected to moderate…

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New Comet. Mr. W. F. Gale's Discovery

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 June 1927 · page 11

A new comet was discovered shortly after midnight on Tuesday by Mr. W. F. Gale at his home in Waverley. Following a custom of some years' standing, Mr. Gale was…

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Melbourne's Mystery Explosion-- --Great Cyclone in Madagascar

The Sun · Friday 10 June 1927 · page 24

MADAGASCAR this time. This great bridge was wrecked by the flood; following the cyclone, which swept the east…

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Heavy Gales in Bass Strait Play Havoc with Shipping Many Vessels Are Long Overdue Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Friday 10 June 1927 · page 8

HEAVY weather in Bass Strait is playing havoc with the Tasmanian mosquito fleet. After battling whit the elements for six days, the little ketch Rahra arrived…

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Five Men Rescued After Weeks Anxiety Caught in Storm. Fourt Days Foodless Auckland

Evening News · Friday 10 June 1927 · page 9

AFTER having been missing for a week, the five men who left Kutarere, near Optik; last Friday, in the launch Scout, on a…

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Another Flood Arkansas Threatened Buck to the Hills

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 10 June 1927 · page 3

Farmers engaged in the work of rehabilitation at Little Rock (U.S.A.), following upon the recent disastrous floods in the Mississippi Valley, were…

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Cyclone's Prank

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 11 June 1927 · page 19

AFTER the late cyclone had passed over Cairns, a well-known resident, who was alone in the house at the time, found that…

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"Worst Flood Since Noah." Mississippi Victims on Church Steeples

The World's News · Saturday 11 June 1927 · page 45

The cable has kept us well informed as to the progress of the great floods along the Mississippi River, but here is a fuller account which arrived by the last mail…

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My Cyclone Experience

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 12 June 1927 · page 6

I'm sure all the Seekers remember that cyclone--no one could possibly forget it--that is, if they had an experience like I had!…

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Gordon Goings-on Angry Dressmaker Storms Bootseller's Emporium Case Dismissed

Truth · Sunday 12 June 1927 · page 10

HORNSBY, that suburb of the ultra-respectable on the Hornsby line, was well represented at North Sydney Court when a local dressmaker and draper, Amelia Elizabeth Wallace, summoned Joseph Henry Webb, a youthful-looking boot…

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"The Sheik" Real Desert Romance Vivid Sand Storm

The Sun · Sunday 12 June 1927 · page 2

Those who read and liked "The Sheik," may enjoy the dramatisation of the novel, presented at St. James Theatre last night…

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This Week's Prize Letter a Flooded Lake

Sunday Times · Sunday 12 June 1927 · page 3

Dear Editor,—Have yon ever seen a river or lake in flood ? Never will I forget the time when Terrigal Lake lose, owing to constant and heavy rain. As…

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