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Floods & storms, 1927

1,877 stories in Sydney's papers · page 66 of 94

Since the Storm

Truth · Sunday 21 August 1927 · page 9

DURING the heavy weather of last Easter much damage was done to roads and crossings in some of our prettiest suburban pleasure resorts…

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Fire at Crow's Nest Baker's Factory Burnt Out Deluge of Flour

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 21 August 1927 · page 2

Fire swept through a factory of Gartrell, White, Ltd., bakers, in Lane Cove Road, Crow's Nest, last evening, and caused damage…

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Ship's Rough Trip Gales Off the Coast Buffeted for 39 Days Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 21 August 1927 · page 2

For 39 days the barquentine, Forest Friend, battled against high winds and rough seas coming from abreast of Sydney to Queenscliffe…

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Victim of Storm No Trace of Body Melbourne

Evening News · Monday 22 August 1927 · page 1

NO trace has yet been found of the body of Robert Williams, mate of the pilot ship Victoria, who was drowned in Bass Strait when his boat…

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Maheno in Gale Narrow Escapes

Evening News · Tuesday 23 August 1927 · page 9

HEAVY gales were encountered by the steamer Maheno throughout the whole at her [?] from Wellington, the [?] being swept fore and…

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Irish Sea Collision Britain Swept by Gale London, August 21

The Sun · Tuesday 23 August 1927 · page 9

Following one of the wettest summers for many years, a week-end gale has washed out sporting fixtures, worked havoc with hay and corn…

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Marama in Cyclone

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 August 1927 · page 16

The Marama met the force of a cyclonic gale on the run from Auckland, and she was late in reaching port. The wind was from west to south-west during the worst of the gale…

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Gales in Tasman Maheno's Rough Trip

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 August 1927 · page 16

The Union linen Maheno had a rough trip from Wellington, and she arrived late yesterday bearing traces of a hard battle with the elements. Passengers describe the conditions as…

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Storm Devastates Macao Soldiers Are Killed Lisbon

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 24 August 1927 · page 4

THE Minister for the Colonies to-day received a dispatch from the Governor of Macao, a Portuguese settlement near Canton, stating that a…

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Fun at Floodtime

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 24 August 1927 · page 13

WHEN it rained heavily in the Macpherson, or along the Dividing Range, the Clarence River rose at Tabulam as much as eighty feet…

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Flood's Huge Toll. Bombay

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 24 August 1927 · page 4

IT is estimated that the resent flood at Gujerath (Bombay) cost 750 lives, and caused damage estimated at £50,000,000…

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"Sahara Storm" on Bankstown Road

Evening News · Thursday 25 August 1927 · page 10

EVERY time a lorry Passes over Cross-street, which council has dug up, it in like a Sahara, dust storm, Women can't wash clothes, and they…

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"Ambassadors of Christ." The Missionaries in China. "Present Storms Will Pass."

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 25 August 1927 · page 33

AS long ago as the month of the Foreign Ambassadors and Consuls in China advised the missionaries of their various nationalities to…

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Our Paris Letter. Plagues of Paris Storms, 'Phones, Taxes Traders' Tricks Poor Films and High Prices

The Labor Daily · Thursday 25 August 1927 · page 3

THE last few weeks Paris had [?] the torrential rains and thundersoms that have so [?] the Continent of Europe, Although the Selne is swollen…

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Storms in Halifax

The Sun · Friday 26 August 1927 · page 11

Halifax is almost isolated from the world owing to wind and rain storms. Boats are adrift and houses have been unroofed. The extent of the damage…

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Day Labor Guildford's Storm Water Drain

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 26 August 1927 · page 7

On Tuesday night the Mayor (Ald. Webb) of Holroyd informed his Council that he had waited upon the Water Board to ascertain when the stormwater…

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Flooding Toongabbie The Commissioners Emphatic Blacktown Must Act

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 26 August 1927 · page 6

Holroyd Council has had considerable correspondence with the Railway Commissioners with regard to the flooding of Toongabbie near the station, and the…

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Two Moree Storms Moree

Evening News · Saturday 27 August 1927 · page 3

Two storms passed over the town yesterday, and the rainfall ranged from 24 points to 177 In some parts of the district the rain was not sufficient to…

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Storm in Nova Scotia Eight Dead; Four Missing HALIFAX

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 August 1927 · page 5

Eight people are dead and four are missing owing to a storm…

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Ten Killed Storm at Halifax Worst for 50 Years Halifax (Nova Scotia)

The Sun · Saturday 27 August 1927 · page 1

Ten people were hilled in the worst storm which has been experienced here for 50 years. Four persons an missing…

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