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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1927

1,877 stories in Sydney's papers · page 56 of 94

Sulphur Storm Kills Many People Teheran

The Labor Daily · Monday 13 June 1927 · page 1

A STORM imparting a strong su[?] small swept Dizful, in the south-west Persian Desert…

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Mutch's Triumph Child Welfare Row Judge Supports Ex-minister Reverberations of Political Storm Secret Inquiry and Its Outcome

Evening News · Tuesday 14 June 1927 · page 12

MR. MUTCH, ex-Minister for Education, has trimuphed over the Premier, Mr. Lang, as the result of the report of the Royal Commissioner, Mr. Justice Harvey, into the administration of the Child Welfare department…

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Steamer in Cyclone

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 June 1927 · page 16

Caught in a cyclonic storm off Cape Leeuwin, the P. and O. steamer Peshawur, from Liverpool, had her steampipe and windlass casings swept away, while her starboard gangway was…

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Storm Victim Proteus in Tow Dn Way to Brisbane

Evening News · Wednesday 15 June 1927 · page 13

DISABLED in a storm off the New South Wales coast, the [?]mer Proteus has been picked up [?] being towed to Brisbane…

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N.Z. "Cyclone" Scores Another Knock-Out Brisbane Battle Brief But Willing

Referee · Wednesday 15 June 1927 · page 10

Short as the principal bout at the Brisbane Stadium proved to be on Saturday night, it was chock full of incident, the result of some particularly fierce exchanges between Les. Robson, 10.10, and Nelson McKnight, 10.5½, who hails from New Zealand…

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In Distress Steamer Proteus Storm-battered in Tow 300 Miles Away

The Sun · Wednesday 15 June 1927 · page 14

The steamer Proteus, bound from Sydney tp Tehlo. New Caledonia, is reported to be in distress off the New South…

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Gale Comet. Observed in Europe

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 June 1927 · page 12

The new comet which was discovered on Juno 7 by Mr. W. F. Gale, who is a member of the New South Wales branch of the British Astronomical Association, has since been…

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After the Flood Tale of Two Ladders Charge of Theft

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 17 June 1927 · page 1

A somewhat belated sequel to the Easter floods was staged at the Liverpool Police Court yesterday, when William Kable Kirkman was charged with having…

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Fatal Storm at Perth Perth

The Labor Daily · Saturday 18 June 1927 · page 6

During one of the heaviest rainstorms aver experienced in the suburbs last night, five street accidents occurred…

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Great Gale. Fremantle Swept. Extensive Damage. Fremantle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 June 1927 · page 16

High seas pounded the North Mole, and spray obscured the steel light tower during the height of to-day's gale, which frequently attained a velocity of more than 70 miles an…

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Storm in the West Pe[?]h

The Labor Daily · Saturday 18 June 1927 · page 1

Fierce [?] which lave been raging all way. was high winds and freaue[?] rain small set in early last night and grow in imensity this…

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The '67 Flood

Nepean Times · Saturday 18 June 1927 · page 1

THE wardens of St. James' Church, Pitt Town, have decided to keep up the [?]th anniversary of the big Hawkesbury flood of 1867, as their…

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"Callous and Inhuman" Migrant Flood Strong Labor Protest Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 18 June 1927 · page 4

"It is callous and innuman to go on dumping shiploads of migrants into this country while thousands of unemployed are on the verge of…

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Stormy Passage Schooner Towed Into Port Battered by Gales

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 19 June 1927 · page 3

Battered by heavy gales on a voyage from Whangape (N.Z.) to Sydney, the auxiliary schooner Louis Theriault was towed into…

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Buffeted by Gales

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 June 1927 · page 14

Buffeted by heavy gales on a voyage from Whangape (N.Z.) to Sydney, the auxiliary schooner Louis Theriault was towed into Sydney on Saturday night…

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Great Gale in West Perth

The Labor Daily · Monday 20 June 1927 · page 1

Consequent on the heavy gate raging in Fremantle the [?] wires are down and the lighting system is failing intermittenly Great damage has been…

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Perth Swept by Gale Heavy Damage to City Property Buildings Lose Roofs

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 June 1927 · page 2

PERTH, Sunday.--After sundown on Friday the gale which had swept the metropolitan area for the previous 24 hours became an 80-mile-an-hour…

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After the Storm Memorial Hospital Ready for Patients Katoomba

Evening News · Monday 20 June 1927 · page 3

THE Blue Mountains Anzac Memorial Hospital is now in readiness to receive patients, following the delay pending the finding of Judge…

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Loyalty First Bared Heads in Storm Striking Tattoo Scenes London, Sunday Night

The Sun · Monday 20 June 1927 · page 1

Locomotives festooned like giant clothes-horses, with women's lingerie, and groups of drenched men surrounding improvised bonfires on the station…

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Victorian Town Razed to Ground in Cyclone It Lasted Only Ten Minutes Left Behind Scene of Desolation and Wrecked Buildings Hut Is Split Up Into Three Sections

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 June 1927 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Half the township of Bungaree was razed to the ground by a cyclone which swept over an area of 15 miles this afternoon. SO severe was the storm that one…

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