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Floods & storms, 1927

1,877 stories in Sydney's papers · page 59 of 94

Heavy Floods. in New Zealand. House and Bridges Wrecked. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 July 1927 · page 11

A phenomenal rainfall has been experienced at Hawkes Bay during the past 24 hours. The rivers are running very high, and…

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Homes Trenched to Keep Out Sewage Flow Health Menace Marrickville Floods

Evening News · Tuesday 5 July 1927 · page 14

ALD. M'NEILLY told Marrickville Council last night that, when it rained, a sewer overflowed in one place, and residents had to…

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Rescued in Boats Flood Waters Surround School Town Inundated

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 July 1927 · page 3

NAPIER (N.Z.), Monday.--The flood waters are receding, but large areas are still affected. Fortunately, owing to timely…

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Kuringai Storm Damage Repairing the Causeway

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 July 1927 · page 21

The damage done by washaways at Kuringai. Chase during the disastrous Easter storms is being repaired by the Public Works Department…

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The '90 Flood

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 6 July 1927 · page 13

A MAN of outstanding qualities was Jack Burgess, whose address was mostly "Out at the Back o' Bourke." It was his horse that first made him…

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In the Bush To-day the Flood Bird

Evening News · Thursday 7 July 1927 · page 12

The flood bird is the meat Wonderful bird is the island regions of Australia. It is not sees during dry seasons, but when heavy rain falls on high land it flies down the creeks and…

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Hawkesbury Flood of 1867 60th Anniversary Reminiscences Around Log Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 July 1927 · page 9

The 60th anniversary of the big Hawkesbury flood of 1867, when many square miles of country were inundated, and houses, barns, stock, and…

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Ran Into a Gale Bond Airmen Held Up Return to Essendon Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Friday 8 July 1927 · page 1

DISAPPOINTED that their schedule should be upset, the Bond fliers, after making an attempt to cross the Great Dividing…

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Ran Into Storm on Final Stage Bond's 'Plane Wins Through Epic Flight Around Australia Putting the Outback on Trade Map

Evening News · Friday 8 July 1927 · page 13

BOND'S aeroplane arrived safely at Mascot from Melbourne at 4.1 p.m. to-day, having flown right around Australia. The last stage was a sensational one, as the airmen…

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Cricket Again Stopped Heavy Rain Spoils Play LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 July 1927 · page 8

Heavy rain over-night and in the morning stopped play everywhere in the London area except at Colchester, where play began at a quarter to 6…

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Chats and Comments Damaged by Storms New Wall for St. Mary's, Waverley

Sunday Times · Sunday 10 July 1927 · page 22

The eastern Trail of St. Mary's Church, Waverley, which was damaged by the severs storms last Easter, will be polled down and extended 10 feet. The cost will…

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Severe Cyclone Near N.Z.

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 July 1927 · page 2

A very severe cyclone caused rough to high seas about 400 miles west of Cook's Strait (N.Z.) at the week-end. Shipping in the neighborhood…

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150 Killed in Appalling Flood Saxon Tragedy Follows Cloudburst Villages Engulfed Dresden

Evening News · Monday 11 July 1927 · page 9

AT LEAST 150 villagers and holiday-makers an believed to have been killed in floods in the Mueglits valley in…

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Tragic Floods. Disaster in Saxony Death-roll of 150. LONDON. July 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 July 1927 · page 11

At least 150 are dead in the,, Mueglitz Valley, Saxony, which is studded with villages, the residents of which are chiefly occupied in making Noab's arks and wooden…

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150 Dead Sudden Flood Havoc in Saxony Village Swept Away London

The Sun · Monday 11 July 1927 · page 1

It is feared that 150 people are dead and damage amounting to £750,000 has been caused by a terrific cloudburst during Friday night in Saxon…

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Heavy Death Roll in Saxony At Least 150 Drowned When Trapped by Flood Waters Residents Fear Worst Is to Come Dresden

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 July 1927 · page 5

At least 150 are dead in the Mueglitz Valley (Saxony), which is studded with villages chiefly occupied in making Noah's Arks and other wooden toys. Many holiday-makers were trapped by the inundation…

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London Deluge Street Becomes Lake Air Liner's Struggle London, Monday Night

The Sun · Tuesday 12 July 1927 · page 1

An hour's tropical deluge, the worst in the memory of residents, inundated London to-day. The water poured in on the West…

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Sheep in Storm Rough Trip From N.z

The Sun · Tuesday 12 July 1927 · page 5

Three hundred and ninety-five stud sheep for Australian farms, mainly consigned to Dalgety and Co., Ltd., arrived by the Walkouaiti to-day from…

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Big Storm Vivid Golf 9 Arrests Hits Thames Valley City in Gloom Streets Flooded Baby's Pathetic Fate London

Evening News · Tuesday 12 July 1927 · page 1

ONE of the most remarkable thunderstorms in the history of London broke over the Thames Valley this afternoon…

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Stop Press. Flood Horror. London, July 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 July 1927 · page 10

Deaths through the cloudburst in Saxony are now estimated at 200. The death-roll is mounting steadily, as bodies are recovered in out-of-the-way places…

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