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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1927

1,877 stories in Sydney's papers · page 73 of 94

OVER 1000 Dead Bodies Amid Ruins Many Marooned Railbeds Swept Away Vast Mexican Floods Mexico City

The Labor Daily · Thursday 22 September 1927 · page 1

PARTIAL re establishment of telegraphic communication has revealed the magnitude of the flood disaster in the Acambaro district of…

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Mexican Floods are 124 Miles Wide

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 September 1927 · page 5

MEXICO CITY, Wednesday. The Government relief train is unable to reach flood sufferers in the Lerma Valley,…

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CANBERRA. Heavy Thunderstorm. Roads Flooded. Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 September 1927 · page 12

Severe lightning and thunder this morning preceded a violent rainstorm over the Federal Territory. For about half an hour deafening peals of thunder and vivid flashes of…

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Guildford Flooded Water from Pipe Head

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 23 September 1927 · page 7

During question time at Holroyd Council meeting on Tuesday night, Alderman Davison asked the Mayor what was being done with regard to the storm…

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Article on Premier. Circulated in Armidale. Flood of Periodicals. Armidale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 September 1927 · page 11

Armidale has been inundated to-day with the periodical "Stead's Review," containing an article on the Premier (Mr. Lang). The magazine is wrapped in Government…

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Trees Planted. Memorial to Mr. Gale. Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 September 1927 · page 14

Outside Parliament House this morning the Parliamentary staff watched the Speaker of the House of Representatives (Sir Littleton Groom) plant an English holly tree in memory…

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Levine for India Sets Off at Last Thrills at Start Landing at Vienna in Heavy Rain London

Evening News · Saturday 24 September 1927 · page 3

CHARLES LEVINE, the American airman, with his English pilot, Capt. Hinchcliffe, left England on an attempt to fly to India at 8 a.m. to-day. A message from Vienna stated that they had landed there at 5.33…

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Sheer Strength Compston in Gale Great Golf Win London

The Sun · Saturday 24 September 1927 · page 3

At Walton Heath to-day the "News of the World" £1040 golf tournament was won by Archie Compston who beat James Braid by 8 up and 7 to…

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'Plane Founders in British Storm Another Damaged London

Evening News · Saturday 24 September 1927 · page 1

TWO Royal Air Force se[?]planes have been damaged by a storm which is sweeping the British Isles…

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English Hollies Trees Planted at Canberra One in Memory of the Late Mr. Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 September 1927 · page 2

CANBERRA, Friday. -- Two English hollies were ceremoniously planted today in the gardens facing Parliament House, one on the Senate side by the…

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Abo. Rainmakers Natural Omens the Flood-bird

Evening News · Saturday 24 September 1927 · page 6

WESTERN [?] pr[?] a heavy fell of rope. O[?] land [?] have [?] in [?] form[?] and if [?] the…

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The Mississippi Flood. Good Health Aftermath

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 September 1927 · page 9

pestilence outhreaks in the Mississippi Valley have been sqeicked by the nation's health armies. Not only have there been no enidemics in…

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Cities Flooded Heavy Rains in British Isles; Two Seaplanes Damaged LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 25 September 1927 · page 4

Heavy rains continue throughout the British Isles. One of the cities most affected is Edinburgh, many parts of which are…

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Sheltering From Gale Bona at Newcastle

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 September 1927 · page 15

The auxiliary yacht Bona put into Newcastle on Saturday morning, through stress of weather. She is expected to arrive in Sydney to-day, completing the trip from Brisbane…

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Worst Summer Heavy Storms and Floods --Looking for Sunshine --Enormous Losses LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 September 1927 · page 5

The summer, which according to the calendar, has just ended is declared to have been the worst in Britain since 1878…

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Blown Out Gale Stops Schneider Cup Quarter Million Disappointed

The Sun · Monday 26 September 1927 · page 1

A howling gale necessitated the postponement of the Schneider Cup race yesterday afternoon, disappointing the 250,000 people who had gathered at Venice to witness the contest…

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Quarter Million to See Plane Speed Races Great Contest Britons v. Italians Gale Delays Start Excitement Over Schneider Cup "News" Special

Evening News · Monday 26 September 1927 · page 1

OWING to a heavy gale, the start of the Schneider Cup race has been postponed until 230 to-morrow afternoon equivalent to midnight in Sydney. The six [?] British and [?] will star…

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Heavy Gale Causes Postponement of Schneider Cup Race Speed of 5 Miles a Minute Expected British Flyers Will Enter Cockpits in Pink of Condition--Death May be Penalty for Error of Judgment--Entrants Have Trained Like Prizefighters

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 September 1927 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.--All the Italian and British machines competing in [?] Sc[?]eider Cup race at Lido (Venice) successfully passed navigability and seaworthiness tests on Friday. The race has been postponed until 2.30 p.m. to-morrow, owing to a heavy gale…

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Nine Drowned in Swiss Floods Deluge of Mud Sweeps on Village Berne

Evening News · Tuesday 27 September 1927 · page 1

SWITZERLAND it suffer from devastating floods. Bridges have collapsed in every part of the country…

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Valuable Racehorses Killed in Gale From England for W.A. ADELAIDE

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 27 September 1927 · page 1

Two racehorses, Golden Image and Prime Prospect. valued at £2000 and [?] respectively, consigned to Mr. J. [?]arry, of Western Australia, were…

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